Chronology of Scientific Publication

Objective This study aimed to explore the relationship between publishing speeds and peer-reviewed journal bibliometric measures in ophthalmology. Methods Journal Citation Reports and Scopus Database were accessed for identification of journal bibliometric measures in ophthalmology. Twelve randomly selected articles from 2018 for all identified journals were studied. All outcome measures were extracted from the full text of articles and correlated with journal bibliometric measures. Statistical analysis was performed on measured parameters in comparison to a previous study. Main Outcomes and Measures Journal impact factor, Eigenfactor score, and CiteScore were correlated with time from submission or acceptance of manuscripts to online and print publication. The correlation between study design and publishing speeds was also assessed. Results A total of 55 journals were included for a total of 657 articles. Online publications were significantly faster than print publications for almost every journal (p < 0.001). Laboratory experimental studies had significantly shorter times from submission to online publication (p = 0.002) and acceptance to online publication (p < 0.001) compared with observational and interventional studies. Journal impact factor was positively correlated to publishing speed from acceptance to online publication (p = 0.034). CiteScore was positively correlated to speed from submission to print publication (p = 0.04), acceptance to print publication (p = 0.013), and acceptance to online publication (p = 0.003). Eigenfactor score was not statistically significant when correlated with any outcome measures. Conclusion Online publication has increased speed of dissemination of knowledge in the ophthalmology literature. Despite reporting higher numbers of submissions every year, ophthalmology journals with higher bibliometric measures of impact tend to publish peer-reviewed articles faster than journals with lower impact scores. Study design of an article may affect its speed to publication.

A DSS designed to support farmers participating in the Rural Environment Protection Scheme to remain compliant with legal requirements is described. There are 38 universal critical dates (e.g. “March 1st Bird nesting, hedgerow maintenance prohibited”) and many farm plan specific dates (e.g. “shed painted by end of May 2009”). Framers can incur financial penalties for non-compliance with key dates. Farmers register through a web site and provide farm plan specific information to the system. Thereafter the farmer receives reminders by SMS to a mobile phone on or before the key date. Some key dates have multiple messages delivered at various different stages warning of forthcoming events. The system also provides calculation explanation for targets set out in the farm plan and links to legislation documents that govern the scheme. This paper describes the dynamic web based system development and deployment. After trials with sample users of the system, it was concluded that there was a need, a demand and a place in the Irish farming community for such decision support systems. As implemented the DSS uses technology already adopted by the farming community, which was key to the successful deployment.

As art museums undergo a digital transformation, institutions rethink physical exhibitions and print publications to create online resources which expand or replicate their traditional functions. Collection websites, online exhibitions, online publications, exhibition websites, and online exhibition catalogues coexist with interactive features which cannot be easily categorized in the previous typologies, the exhibition and the publication. Moreover, often these different types of online resources share characteristics and functions. This article intends to define two of the most relevant online resources typologies in art museums, the online exhibition and the online publication. The aim of it is to discuss and understand the importance of rethinking traditional typologies in the digital age. If typologies are necessary is because they help us to advance previous models. Both the definition and discussion are built upon the perspectives of art museums practitioners and a scholarly audience collected through interviews. The viewpoints of the two collectives help us understand existing conventions, preferences, and needs with regards to online exhibitions and publications in art museums.

The purpose and ways of presentation of key dates characterizing individual stages of the life cycle of scientific publication are considered. For the author who plans to publish his work in a particular journal, the most significant dates are the dates of the preliminary stages: reviewing, proofreading, layout, etc. The key date, usually reflected in a bibliographic reference to a published work, is the year of its publication. With the advent of the Internet, alive publications have become widespread. The authors of alive publications constantly keep their work up to date, eliminating the noted inaccuracies and, most importantly, reflecting the latest achievements in the field under consideration. For the reader, the main interest here is the date of posting online of the latest, recent version of the publication.

This paper is devoted to the study of the features of native advertising texts in foreign segment. Considering that the experience of creating native advertising texts in foreign online publications is greater than in Russia, the subject of the study in this article was the materials published in the online publication POPSUGAR.Family in 2022. The article is based on the method of content analysis of native advertising texts published in the online publication POPSUGAR.Family. The author also uses methods of description, comparison and generalization, combined with the analysis of theoretical materials, which allows to establish the methods of creating native advertising texts used in the English-speaking segment. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the analysis of the features of working with this direction in foreign media, which in the future will help editors to build work with this type of content in domestic online publications more effectively. The results of the study show that text native advertising often meets the needs of the target audience of the media and is published in accordance with the current information agenda. The uniqueness of the information is expressed in the expert's commentary, appeal to research or personal experience of the author. It is also important to note that commercial integration can also make the text unique. Native advertising is designed like editorial materials, and the style of presentation is close to the editorial canon. Unlike advertising in Russian-language online publications, foreign media point out the advantages and disadvantages of native advertising to create controversy in the text, and brands can be integrated into a topic that is not directly related to them, which can potentially have a positive effect on attracting a new segment of consumers.

This article is devoted to the study of Telegram messenger functionality and tools for publishing content, increasing the audience of online media and the possibility of using chatbots for convenient and efficient interaction with readers. The subject of this study is the Telegram channel of the regional Internet edition Bel.ru. – the leader of the rating of the most quoted media in the Belgorod region for 2023 according to Medialogy research. The object of this study is modern media space. In the course of the analysis 549 publications on the Bel.ru channel were studied. In the article, the author pays special attention to the formats of publications used, their number, and also considers the features of the algorithm of publishing a message in messengers and social networks, which have significant differences. The author pays attention to the rapid growth rate of Telegram popularity and suggests further integration of Internet media with the messenger. The following methods of analysis are used in this paper: content analysis method, description method, structural-typological method. The results obtained in the course of the study may be useful for editors of online publications planning to create a channel in Telegram messenger or already having such a channel. The analysis allows us to conclude that a modern online publication uses many available tools to create a variety of content, interact with the audience and increase its reach. In turn, the messenger Telegram meets the requirements of online publications, in particular, offering a wide range of publication formats and the ability to customize chatbots. The author of the study concludes that editors of online publications seeking to expand their audience can use the messenger's capabilities to increase their presence in the information space, as well as to increase the reach of publications and additional monetization.

Users enjoy and like both online and print news papers. But it is believed that it is necessary to adopt various modern techniques so as to identify the interests of the young college going population. Factors influencing attitude towards usage of print and online publication have been studied by several researchers. In this modern age, people are provided with a wide range of traditional and digital channels. Currently online news sites have greatly satisfied the expectations of the readers, and there has been a decrease in the circulation of print news papers. This study examines the consumer choice of print and online media with respect to demographics and preference of format. The study adopted a primary quantitative data collection approach wherein a paper based survey of 150 college post graduate students was carried out. Overall these results, acknowledged that the print edition has been the prevailing choice when compared to the print edition in terms of readership and preference and generates more profit to the advertising field.

EDITORIALSProcessing color figures: that was then, this is nowEric J. Pesanelli, Eric J. Pesanelli, Editorial Art Manager Published Online:01 Jul 2005https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00426.2005MoreSectionsPDF (97 KB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailWeChat Where Do We Go From Here?The last several years have seen drastic changes, as well as dramatic advances, in the world of scientific publishing. Technology and demand from users have methodically moved the journal publication program of the American Physiological Society (APS) toward a “digital pathway,” from online submission and peer review to publication.As the APS Publications Department continues to implement more steps in this digital pathway, changes and improvements will continue to emerge. The latest step in this pathway is the APS movement to an RGB (red, green, blue) workflow for the processing of color figures.Out with the OldWith the continuing shift from traditional print journals to online journals, APS will no longer require color images be submitted in CMYK (cyan, yellow, magenta, black) format. Under the previous CMYK workflow, we required authors to convert their RGB images to CMYK for print publication, only to have these images converted back to RGB for online proofing and publication. These conversions, back and forth, resulted in a considerable loss in image color quality and intensity. Vibrant blues, greens, and reds were most affected, because these are not fully represented in the CMYK color space (Fig. 1).Fig. 1.Standard CMYK workflow. Author's original RGB color image is converted to the CMYK color space for printing on large-format printing press, potentially altering the image's color quality. The CMYK version is then converted back to the RGB color space for electronic proofing and online publication, which may further alter the quality of the image.Download figureDownload PowerPointIn with the NewOur digital pathway and online publication processes not only make it possible to implement an RGB workflow, they demand it. Online journal publication allows for the use of original RGB color images as captured by digital cameras and scanners and as seen in authors' laboratories and presentations. RGB images will be preserved throughout the online publication process and displayed as the author intended. The RGB workflow allows for the preservation of fluorescent blues, greens, and reds (Fig. 2).Fig. 2.New RGB workflow. Author's original RGB color image remains in the RGB color space through the electronic proofing and online publication processes, thus retaining the author's intentions and the image's integrity. The RGB image is only converted to the CMYK color space for printing.Download figureDownload PowerPointWhat about Print?The printed journals must still follow the CMYK workflow. This will require that the last step in the process will be a conversion to CMYK for printing. This conversion will result in the same color shift in the printed journal from the original digital file that was experienced under the old workflow. The print quality should not suffer with this workflow change, and in many cases it will look much better, because the conversion will be done by the printer with much more sophisticated software than was being used by APS Art Editors.How to SubmitStarting in July 2005, authors should submit all color images in RGB color space. The preferred formats are still EPS and TIFF. All images should be created at print quality and size. The minimum resolution for a raster image (TIFF format) is 300 pixels per inch (118 pixels per cm). For more information on the submission of accepted figures, please visit the Instructions for Preparing Your Manuscript page at http://www.the-aps.org/publications/i4a/prep_manuscript.htm.This article has no references to display. Download PDF Previous Back to Top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedInformation More from this issue > Volume 99Issue 1July 2005Pages 2-2 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2005 the American Physiological Societyhttps://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00426.2005History Published online 1 July 2005 Published in print 1 July 2005 Metrics

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Over the past year, readers have noted several changes with The Journal, including twice-a-month issues, increased use of electronic publication options, and briefer articles, while we preserve The Journal's tradition of presenting high-quality orthopaedic information. I want to describe some other innovative changes that we have put in place to enhance the value of The Journal to your practice. A new and very valuable change has taken place with The Journal's web site as of June 1. Beyond the new look, the functionality of the web site has been upgraded markedly. The searching capability on this new site is based on “semantic technology,” a term that may not be familiar to many orthopaedists. While current searches for orthopaedic articles depend on the correct keyword entry, semantic technology assigns the correct concepts to articles. Semantic searches, which are driven more by “meaning” rather than by a specific keyword, allow subtleties of language to be more easily addressed by the computer software, producing more precise searches and linking for the user than are currently available with conventional text searches. The end result is a quicker, more focused, and more complete retrieval of orthopaedic information on the topic that you select. The new web site will provide improved capabilities to optimize the use and linkage of your computer and mobile device together. You will now be able to use your iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android to access the same items that you have been working with on your computer, providing access to orthopaedic information when you need it. The new web site improves image quality and ease of image manipulation and allows easier access to CME exams within the article that you are reading. Over the past years, the publication of supplements on surgical techniques has been highly valued and highly rated by our readers. Building on this prior success, JBJS Essential Surgical Techniques has now become a separate online publication. By presenting the surgical technique in a manner that permits portions or all of the technique to be accessed at any time that is convenient for the reader, we can integrate video and images in ways that make the publication easier to use. These techniques will continue to be linked to a peer-reviewed article describing results for a clinical series of patients for whom this surgical technique was used. The online format allows for a rolling posting of new surgical techniques throughout the year, not just at specified dates. Another innovative online publication that now is in place is the JBJS Case Connector. This publication includes more than 2000 case reports previously published in The Journal as well as the ongoing addition of new case reports after peer review is complete. The semantic technology mentioned earlier allows the computer to identify connections between the case reports that may easily go undiscovered with conventional text searches. This connectivity can be important for identifying a group of reports of uncommon conditions and will create an “early warning system” to report and aggregate individual case reports of complications or problems with new techniques or devices that otherwise may not be discovered as early. We have introduced the name “Corridor” to describe a grouping of JBJS articles, surgical techniques, and case reports by subspecialty interest. A number of these Corridors will also include an electronic newsletter that includes commentary by a respected editorial panel of orthopaedists in that subspecialty related to notable articles published outside of JBJS. A subscription to the subspecialty Corridors will be available at a nominal fee for individuals. JBJS continues to be committed to providing high-quality and up-to-date information to our readers to improve orthopaedic patient care. These new web site features and additional online publications will prove valuable to our readers and will allow the use of modern technology to meet this commitment, establishing JBJS as an integral part of your orthopaedic practice.

Journals have been publishing the results of scientific investigations since the founding of Philosophical Transactions in 1665. Since then we have witnessed a massive expansion in the number of journals to the point that there are now approximately 28,000 active, peer reviewed journals collectively publishing more than 1.8 million articles per year. Before the mid-1990s, these journals were only available on paper but by the end of the 20th century, most journals had moved to online platforms. Online publication has also served as the impetus for the move to ‘open-access’ to the information contained in journals. The fact that a publication is ‘on-line’ and ‘open-access’ does not negate the responsibility of the author and the publisher to publish in an ethical way. [1]The document produced by the IFCC Ethics Task Force (TF-E) on publication ethics states that ‘Ethics in Science at its broadest level encompasses research ethics, medical ethics, publication ethics, conflicts of interest, ethical responsibilities as educator, plus many other areas.’ Thus publication ethics is a continuum from the first step of research design through to the information being read by the reader.In general terms ‘publication ethics’ includes the ethical behaviour of the authors in writing and submitting a scientific manuscript to a publisher for the purpose of publication, thus any discussion of publication ethics must include the role of the authors, referees, publisher and reader and the issues of authorship (and the use of ‘ghosts’), plagiarism, duplicate publication (including in different languages), image manipulation (particularly in the era of digitisation), and conflict of interest [2]. To aid the authors, and others involved in the process of publication, a number of resources are now available particularly those from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) [3] and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) [4].More recently the issue of ‘publisher ethics’ has also been raised, particularly with the sudden increase of what could be termed ‘predatory’ publishers utilising the open access model to publish low quality articles, which often do not adhere to the guidelines mentioned above, utilising an author-pays model of open-access publishing for their own profit [5].

What happens to the bibliographic reference when scientific publications turn from printed publications to online ones? At first glance, very little: a hyperlink to this work's online position may be added to the usual bibliographic information. However, even GOST R 7.0.5–2008 "Bibliographic reference," which was published more than 10 years ago, already provided for specifying two additional online attributes in this reference: the date when the author of the reference last accessed it, and the date when the version of the publication used by the author was posted. Over the years, much has changed in this area, and some of the old hyperlink attributes have lost their relevance. However, through the increased capacity of cross-domain solutions, now there is the technical possibility to include dynamically important to online reader information in the text of online bibliographic reference. In particular, the number of visits to work yesterday and total visits from the date of posting, the number of references to this work according to Google Scholar and/or Crossref, the date of the latest available revision of the text, etc. are in high demand by online readers. Such opportunities, which are very topical for a modern author of scientific publication, are unfortunately ignored in Russian state standard P 7.0.108-2022, which was introduced in 2022.

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The article is devoted to the problem of improvement of results of the ranking of national universities in the international Webometrics ranking. It considers the methods that require coordinated efforts of the state scale. First of all, we should organize the transition of university sites to the model web 2.0, where the most of material will be created by teachers in the course of their day-to-day work, and then by students in the learning process. Introduction of information transparency policy will raise the value of openness and presence factors. Herewith, it is necessary to implement the checking for plagiarism. The next step is the creation of distributed network learning communities, uniting the efforts of students and teachers from different universities. To increase the value of the factor of influence it is necessary to involve other organizations, interested in the development of universities (schools, adventures), and to change the practice of quoting, e.i. to add web address of documents in bibliographic references and to indicate websites of universities every time they are mentioned in online publications.

Written by an international team of acclaimed folklorists, this reference text provides a cross-cultural survey of the major types and methods of inquiry in folklore. * Contains contributions from major scholars such as David Leeming, Linda Degh, and Dan Ben-Amos * Numerous photographs bring the subject material to life * More than 300 entries, each concluding with a bibliography of references * Over 50 sidebars provide biographical information on major folklore collectors and scholars