Introducing the Asian Pacific Island Nursing Journal (APINJ)

Abstract

As the Dean of the Schools of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (since 2004) and the Editor of Biological Research for Nursing (since 2002), I was both honored and delighted when Dr. Inouye shared with me that the Asian American/Pacific Islander Nurses Association (AAPINA) was interested in developing a journal and asked me to serve as consulting editor. I immediately arranged a phone call with Daniel Ruth, Senior Acquisitions Editor with Sage Publications, a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets since 1965. After many discussions and a few revisions of the journal proposal, Sage agreed to publish the Asian Pacific Island Nursing Journal (APINJ) as an online open-access journal. This is wonderful because it means that the work of AAPINA members and those of others doing work on the Asian American/Pacific Islander population will have a venue for rapid dissemination of their work. The content is available to readers anywhere and anytime at no cost and may easily incorporate multiple media sources such as links, images and sound. This will improve the research in this area and ultimately improve the healthcare of this population. The business advantage of this model is that this can be done cost-effectively without a guarantee of subscriptions. Online open-access journals have been the subject of debate around recent publishing models. Many professionals have resisted this model and categorized all open-access journals as second rate. Some of these have been referred to as “Predatory” journals by Jeffrey Beall, an academic librarian, because of the high author charges and poor or nonexistent review. This has led to confusion for authors and editors in the nursing profession. Therefore, it is appropriate to distinguish between these predatory journals and APINJ, published by a reputable publisher. The table below provides guidelines for evaluating the integrity of a journal. It has been adapted from “Predatory Publishing: What Editors Need to Know” written by the INANE Predatory Publishing Collaborative and published in the September 2014 issue of Nurse Author & Editor. Please keep these issues in mind when submitting manuscripts to any journals, especially those that you have not heard of or seen. Also, you can rest assured that APINJ will develop and evolve into a substantial journal with integrity. Your submissions to APINJ will assure the success and continuance of this journal. Please keep these issues in mind when submitting manuscripts to any journals, especially those that you have not heard of or seen. Also, you can rest assured that APINJ will develop and evolve into a substantial journal with integrity. Your submissions to APINJ will assure the success and continuance of this journal.