Challenges For Authors Research Articles

Supporting the needs of public health decision-makers and review authors in the UK.

Systematic reviews, through the synthesis of multiple primary research studies, can be powerful tools in enabling evidence-informed public health policy debate, development and action. In seeking to optimize the utility of these reviews, it is important to understand the needs of those using them. Previous work has emphasized that researchers should adopt methods that are appropriate to the problems that public health decision-makers are grappling with, as well as to the policy context in which they operate.1,2 Meeting these demands poses significant methodological challenges for review authors and prompts a reconsideration of the resources, training and support structures available to facilitate the efficient and timely production of useful, comprehensive reviews.

Facilitating Coherence across Qualitative Research Papers

Bringing the various elements of qualitative research papers into coherent textual patterns presents challenges for authors and editors alike. Although individual sections such as presentation of the problem, review of the literature, methodology, results, and discussion may each be constructed in a sound logical and structural sense, the alignment of these parts into a coherent mosaic may be lacking in many qualitative research manuscripts. In this paper, four editors of The Qualitative Report present how they collaborate with authors to facilitate improvement papers' coherence in such areas as co-relating title, abstract, and the paper proper; coordinating the method presented with method employed; and calibrating the exuberance of implications with the essence of the findings. The editors share exercises, templates, and exemplary articles they use to help mentor authors to create coherent texts.

The Migration of the Book Across Territorial Borders

Although the USA, Canada, UK, and Australia currently retain territorial copyright laws, with commensurate restrictions on parallel, importation of books, advances in digital technology, and the advent of e-books have caused an involuntary migration of the book across these defined borders. This changing publishing sphere has impacted authors' copyright protection, with authors struggling to come to grips with breaches of copyright outside the protection of their own borders. Additionally, the extra-territorial publication of books are often in breach of authors' copyright but difficult to address locally. This article deals with the copyright issues faced by authors once their books enter the digital sphere, as well as the difficulties associated with overseas publications of their books, from a territorial perspective. It examines—especially in view of recent case law in the United States—whether territorial copyright borders still afford book authors effective copyright protection in the digital economy, and further, whether the culture of the book is being eroded through the prevalence of extra-territorial publications. In addressing these issues, the article references recent qualitative and quantitative research conducted through interviewing and surveying published Australian authors nationally. The findings of the qualitative and quantitative research showed that, whilst publication in the digital sphere poses significant challenges for book authors, their responses to copyright challenges are varied and inconsistent, depending on their viewpoints. Relevantly, this article examines the recent US Supreme Court decision of Kirtsaeng v Wiley and Sons, Inc.—which dealt with the application of the “first sale doctrine” in the cross-border sale of text books on eBay—and considers its likely future impact on the enforcement of territorial copyright by authors and publishers. Finally, the article concludes that territorial copyright borders have become blurred, difficult to enforce in view of recent precedent, and are ineffective in preserving authors' copyright and the cultural dimensions of their books. In conclusion, it suggests that new copyright solutions are required, demanding that authors embrace digital technology, improve their knowledge of online publishing, and apply creative publishing models to their advantage.

Challenges for Authors and Publishers in Scientific Journal

Scientific journals are still the most important media for dissemination of scientific information. Nowadays, on the one side publishers and on the other side researchers are faced with variety of challenges. The scientific journals are concerned with dissemination of correct results, on right time to right people. On the other hand, they undertake to observe ethic and rules of publication. The researchers are concerned with publication of their results in a valuable journal with high rank. It is important for every scientist to publish articles in the scientific journals in order to get recognition for his/her work, earn his/her academic promotion, attract new funds for new research, and maximize effects on present and future research. The aim of this study was to express challenges of author and publisher in scientific journals. This study was unsystematic-review study. The literature was searched on evaluate the challenges of author and publisher in scientific journals with the help of library, books, conference proceedings, data bank, and also searches engines available at Google, Google scholar. For our searches, we employed the following keywords and their combinations: challenge, author, publisher, fraud, plagiarism in the searching areas of title, keywords, abstract, and full text. In this study, more than 100 articles and reports were collected and 16 of them were selected based on their relevancy.

African language books for children: issues for authors

Growing interest in bilingual education in sub-Saharan Africa has highlighted an urgent need for reading material in African languages. In this paper, we focus on authors, one of several groups of stakeholders with responsibility for meeting this demand. We address three main issues: the nature and extent of African language publishing for children; the challenges for authors; and the available support. Our analysis is based on interviews and focus group discussions with publishers, authors, translators, educationalists, and representatives of book promotion organisations from nine African countries and documentary data on children's books in African languages in South Africa. Although there is evidence of a growing interest in producing books in local languages, the number of titles is constrained by funding. The challenges for authors include the need to understand the ingredients for successful children's books and for the sensitivity necessary to negotiate the linguistic challenges associated with a newly emergent genre in African languages. Support, in the form of competitions and workshops, relies on external funding and expertise and offers only temporary solutions. We finish with suggestions for more sustainable ways forward.

The evolution of a new publication type: Steps and challenges of producing overviews of reviews.

To date, the Cochrane Child Health Field has published 18 overviews of reviews in our journal, Evidence-based Child Health: A Cochrane Review Journal. In this article, we highlight some of the logistical and methodological challenges of producing such syntheses. As this is a new and evolving publication type, we hope that our experience will benefit others who engage in this process. Current Methods: We discuss the process we have developed to produce overviews of reviews relevant to our mandate, including identification of the research question, establishment of the author team, selection of outcomes and included SRs, and presentation of findings. Ongoing Development: We discuss the lessons we have learned, outstanding challenges for overview authors, and the limitations of overviews. Overviews of reviews are only as good as the SRs and primary studies on which they are based; gaps or lack of currency in this evidence will weaken the overview of reviews. Future directions in this work must address questions of bias and loss of information. Methods for overviews of reviews targeted for specific groups, such as children, need more elaboration. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Digital histologic images: practical pointers for successful electronic submission to biomedical journals

The advent of digital imaging and online submission of manuscripts has created new challenges for authors using histological images. Digital images are used routinely in today's histology research lab and authors must prepare illustrations that meet standards for resolution, color modes, image size, and digital file types for successful online submission to biomedical journals. Because authors may not be familiar with these requirements, our objective here is to present practical guidelines and information for successful image submission online. Ethical issues related to digital imaging and other current topics also are discussed with reference to available online resources.

Critical Human Security and HIV/AIDS in Thailand and China: National Responses and Provincial/Municipal Perceptions of the Challenges for Young People

No accessJournal of Human SecurityOther Journal Article01 January 2009Critical Human Security and HIV/AIDS in Thailand and China: National Responses and Provincial/Municipal Perceptions of the Challenges for Young People Authors: Neil Renwick; Jing Gu; Jinglin He Authors: Neil Renwick Professor, Global Security, Coventry University Google Scholar More articles by this author ; Jing Gu Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, UK Google Scholar More articles by this author ; Jinglin He Sub-regional Coordinator, Regional Support Team, Asia and Pacific, UNAIDS, Bangkok Google Scholar More articles by this author SectionsAboutPDF/EPUBExport CitationsAdd to FavouriteAdd to FavouriteCreate a New ListNameCancelCreate ToolsTrack CitationsCreate Clip ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInEmail Abstract This paper examines global and national responses to HIV/AIDS. The paper adopts a critical human security approach relating personal and community security with emancipatory development. The paper details this approach and relates it to challenges of health security and specifically to HIV/AIDS. The paper focuses upon young people as a particularly high risk population. It addresses these challenges in Thailand and China. The paper introduces an on-going study into HIV/AIDS at community level in Chiang Mai and Kunming. It concludes that, for more effective responses, it is necessary to engage communities in policy development and promote peer-group implementation. Full Text DOI Previous article Next article RelatedDetails View PUBLICATION DETAILSDate of Publication:January 2009Journal:Journal of Human SecurityISSN:1835-3800Volume:5Issue:2Page Range:47-64First Page:47Last Page:64Source:Journal of Human Security, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2009: 47-64Date Last Modified:05 September 2018 12:24Date Last Revised:06 October 2012Geographic LocationThailandChinaSubjectPublic healthNational securityAIDS (Disease)--Prevention METRICS Downloaded 0 times Copyright© Human Security Institute, 2009Download PDFLoading ...

Publishing in the digital age: Challenges and requirements for authors and users of SpringerLink

The use of technology to support the digital production, distribution and storage of scientific content in full-text formats poses challenges for authors and publishers as well as for the librarians and scientists who access the materials. While scientific publishers still have to produce high-quality print products, they have had to develop new production systems that are now able to produce book and journal pages in both print and digital form. This paper will discuss how Springer organizes its digital production and distribution systems and some of the challenges we will face in the future.

A new look in 2005

Welcome to an expanded INR! Beginning with this issue, the journal has more pages and a new look. Sixteen additional pages in each issue of INR and a revised layout enable us to bring you more international news and original articles from 2005 onwards. The extra space assists us in fulfilling ICN's mission to inform readers of the many nursing developments taking place worldwide. It also allows us to publish a greater number of authors and reduce the amount of time authors must wait to see their articles in print. The new INR layout and our search for efficient use of space brings challenges for authors. From 2005 we have established some new boundaries in the Author Guidelines. All future submissions of original articles should be between 3000 and 5000 words in total, inclusive of a 250-word abstract and up to 40 references. The revised guidelines will encourage authors to write more economically, and ensure that we do not have to reject good articles simply because of a lack of space. Article rejection is the worst possible outcome for our entire publication team. The data sources for articles remain unchanged. These include descriptions of innovative practice; audits; human interest or opinion pieces; empirical research; theoretical critiques; and literature reviews. We are pleased to announce that a new subject heading is also being introduced. Experiences from the Field will comprise short reports, not previously published, on subjects that include single case studies and service innovations that do not aim to be comprehensive or necessarily research-orientated. These reports should be no more than 1000 words with up to 10 references, and no abstract is required. They should contain up to five key policy messages and three on implications for practice. The complete Author Guidelines are available on the inside back cover of each issue of the journal, and at: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/inr and http://www.icn.ch/fr_INRsubscribe.htm. Our constant aim is to encourage publication from authors representing as many of ICN's 125 member countries as possible. We ask all authors therefore to include as one of their 10 keywords the name of the country that is the subject of their article. The number of different countries represented in article submissions continues to increase. At the last count, in November 2004, authors from 55 member countries had submitted at least one article on nursing and/or health care, since 2000. A key editorial objective is to encourage INR authors to be international in outlook. The evidence for increasing collaboration between authors from different countries that was mentioned last year11 Robinson, J. (2004) Some international aspects of nursing International Nursing Review, 51 (3), 131. is also found in this issue. Community relationships, health development22 See also, Nickson, P. (2004) Trends and Issues in Nursing 18, Community Development: Guidelines for Action. ICN, Geneva. , building nursing and midwifery capacity, and collaboration on the curriculum for Nursing and Public Health in Europe all feature aspects of working together locally, between agencies, and across international boundaries. This does not exclude specifically local studies where possible international implications for nurses can always be included in a discussion section. We hope that you will enjoy reading your new INR, and that you will take advantage of the expanded pages by sending us articles and short reports about your work and experiences. We want to hear from you.