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Scientometric Analysis: An Emerging Tool in Veterinary and Animal Scientific Research.

The present study is an evaluation of published papers in the field of scientometrics-bibliometrics in veterinary or animal studies. The objective was the quantitative evaluation of the scientific content and the bibliometric details of papers that had used scientometrics as a methodological approach to assess various topics within the broad field of veterinary or animal studies. For the search of published papers, the Web of Science database was used; the search string {ALL FIELDS = [scientometric* OR bibliometric*]} AND {ALL FIELDS = [veterinary OR animal*]} was employed. In all, 163 papers were evaluated individually. There was a progressive increase in the number of papers published annually (slope 0.314 ± 0.063) which originated from 58 countries, mostly from the United States of America (n = 24) and 306 organizations. The databases employed most frequently for record search were the Web of Science, Scopus and PubMed (in 105, 60 and 21 papers, respectively); the median timespan of the searches was 25 years (interquartile range (IQR): 31) and the median number of records was 1082.5 (IQR: 4708) (min.: 14, max.: 207,894). The papers were published in 106 journals (Animals (n = 21), Scientometrics (n = 8)), classified into 56 Web of Science categories ('veterinary sciences' (n = 26 journals)). Searches related to 88 different topics. There were 517 unique keywords in the papers, among which 'bibliometric(s)' (n = 45) occurred most often. The median number of co-authors per paper was 4 (IQR: 3) (min.: 1, max.: 17), with a total of 689 individual authors. Most papers (n = 110 (67.5%)) were published under open access. The median number of citations received per paper was 4 (IQR: 9) (max.: 68) and the h-index was 21. In multivariable analysis, the higher number of cited references in papers and the inclusion of specific animal species in the record search emerged as significant for the number of citations received per paper yearly.

Detecting a network of hijacked journals by its archive

This study describes a method for identifying hijacked journal domains based on an analysis of the archives of clone journals. This method is based on the argument that fraudulent publishers recycle identical papers to create a fictitious archive for a hijacked journal. A Google Custom Search API is used to search the details of papers published in hijacked journals (title/authors/affiliation) and provide links to where similar texts were published. An analysis of the archives of hijacked journals facilitates the detection of 62 clone websites of 57 authentic journals. It also enabled the prediction of two hijacked journal websites before they became operational. This study shows that the majority of detected hijacked journals are within a network of clone journals organized by the same fraudulent individual(s). The information and content of nine out of the 57 examined legitimate journals have been compromised in international and national scientometric databases by hijackers, which poses a challenge for the international academic community.

Rising incidence of hip fractures in Sindhudurg west coast of Maharashtra, South India (2000 to 2011)

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> The incidence of hip fractures in Sindhudurg, west coast of Maharashtra has been reported in relation to age and gender.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> Using the medical records and X-ray registers from May 2000 to October 2011, all patients of proximal femoral fractures were recorded and included in this study. The data was cross checked doubly with details of indoor case papers against ward admission and operation theatre registers, were found to be congruent after verifying the names of patients.<strong></strong></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> The total male incidence was bimodal with moderate peaks at 31 to 50 years and very high at 51 to 70 years. The female incidence with peaks at 41 to 60 years with regular steady increase up to 80 years. Males of 31 to 70 years 2.5 times more likely to sustain a fracture (95% CI 2.3 to 2.8) than females. Females between 40 to 60 years 2.8 times more likely to sustain fracture than males (95% CI 2.5 to 3.0). The trend was stable from year to year. This high increase in hip fractures in men of 51 to 70 years incidence documented osteoporotic fractures in contrast with too much emphasis on the importance of menopause in hip fractures.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Despite wide variations in age specific hip fracture rates over a decade, reasons for differences are not clear. From 2000 to 2011, the hip fractures in district hospital increased by a factor of 6.6%, 14.34% in both the genders above the age of 41 years in parallel with hospital admissions.</p><p> </p>

Thiazole Containing Heterocycles with CNS Activity.

Thiazoles are promising scaffolds in the area of medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry and have accounted to show different pharmacophoric properties. For the last years, thiazole derivatives have focused too much attention to develop different new CNS active agents. It has been broadly used to generate diverse therapeutic agents against various CNS targets. Histamine H3 receptors are seriously involved in the pathophysiology of numerous disorders of the central nervous system. The literature survey has been done using different database from peerreviewed journals. The quality of repossessed papers was evaluated using standard tools. The details of important papers were described to focus on the potency of thiazole containing heterocycles with CNS activity. Eighty nine papers were included in the review indicating thiazole containing heterocycles with CNS activity. (1) to (30) papers included different thiazole derivatives impregnated withCNS activity. Different CNS agents have been shown in references (37) to (56). The remaining papers have been searched for anticonvulsant agents (57) to (78) and other miscellaneous activities from (79) to (89). A detailed investigation has been carried out on thiazoles and its derivatives to judge its efficacy to overcome several CNS disorders. This article covers the recent updates of thiazole and its derivative with CNS activity already present in literature and will definitely provide a better platform for the production and development of potent thiazole based CNS vigorous drugs in near future.

GLUT4 and Glycogen Synthase Are Key Players in Bed Rest-Induced Insulin Resistance. Diabetes 2012;61:1090--1099

In recognition of the policies of Diabetes , specifically that “[a]t the time of submission, authors should disclose details of related papers they have authored […], similar papers in press, and any …

Citation analysis of papers from Chinese Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

To analyze and evaluate the quality and academic level of the Chinese Journal of gastrointestinal surgery. Based on the data from WanFang data, a statistical research was carried out with the methods of bibliometrics and citation analysis to investigate the Details of the papers from Chinese Journal of gastrointestinal surgery cited by other journal articles.The important analysis indexes included number of published papers, number of cited papers, citation frequency, citation time distribution and difference, authors and citation journal distribution, etc. Of all the 1442 papers published by the Chinese Journal of gastrointestinal surgery. From 2007 to 2011, 392 papers are cited, which account for about 27.18% of all cited numbers with total cited 998 times .. Immediacy index from 2009-2011 were respectively 0.08, 0.04 and 0.08. Cited half-life was 0.08 in 2011. A relatively large proportion of papers published in the journal have ever been cited, indicating that the whole quality of the journal is considerably high. But due to its relatively short history of publication the journal still lacks papers with deep impact and great significance.

Systematic Review of the Evidence Base for the Medical Treatment of Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

To systematically review the evidence base for the medical (pharmaceutical and nutritional) treatment of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease. Key clinical questions were formulated regarding different treatment modalities used in the treatment of paediatric (not adult-onset) IBD, in particular the induction and maintenance of remission in Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis. Electronic searches were performed from January 1966 to December 2006, using the electronic search strategy of the Cochrane IBD group. Details of papers were entered on a dedicated database, reviewed in abstract form, and disseminated in full for appraisal. Clinical guidelines were appraised using the AGREE instrument and all other relevant papers were appraised using Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network methodology, with evidence levels given to all papers. A total of 6285 papers were identified, of which 1255 involved children; these were entered on the database. After critical appraisal, only 103 publications met our criteria as evidence on medical treatment of paediatric IBD. We identified 3 clinical guidelines, 1 systematic review, and 16 randomised controlled trials; all were of variable quality, with none getting the highest methodological scores. This is the first comprehensive review of the evidence base for the treatment of paediatric IBD, highlighting the paucity of trials of high methodological quality. As a result, the development of clinical guidelines for managing children and young people with IBD must be consensus based, informed by the best-available evidence from the paediatric literature and high-quality data from the adult IBD literature, together with the clinical expertise and multidisciplinary experience of paediatric IBD experts.

NBRP databases: databases of biological resources in Japan

The National BioResource Project (NBRP) is a Japanese project that aims to establish a system for collecting, preserving and providing bioresources for use as experimental materials for life science research. It is promoted by 27 core resource facilities, each concerned with a particular group of organisms, and by one information center. The NBRP database is a product of this project. Thirty databases and an integrated database-retrieval system (BioResource World: BRW) have been created and made available through the NBRP home page (http://www.nbrp.jp). The 30 independent databases have individual features which directly reflect the data maintained by each resource facility. The BRW is designed for users who need to search across several resources without moving from one database to another. BRW provides access to a collection of 4.5-million records on bioresources including wild species, inbred lines, mutants, genetically engineered lines, DNA clones and so on. BRW supports summary browsing, keyword searching, and searching by DNA sequences or gene ontology. The results of searches provide links to online requests for distribution of research materials. A circulation system allows users to submit details of papers published on research conducted using NBRP resources.

Literature survey

The Journal is always looking for ways to provide a better service for its readers and one of the new innovations that we shall be evaluating over the next year is to introduce a literature survey feature. This idea stems from the publishers John Wiley & Sons Limited, who have found this to be a very successful way of keeping readers informed of new developments in a subject on other journals. The literature survey has been produced by two senior researchers Dr Leonardo Giovanini and Dr Jonas Balderud. It provides details of significant papers that might be of value, chosen from a range of leading journals. It is, of course, a purely personal view of important papers and it does not claim to be comprehensive since not all journals are covered. However, it is an attempt to highlight useful publications in the areas covered by the journal. We hope this will become a regular feature and any feedback would be appreciated. You may contact the Managing Editor or Leo or Jonas directly. Finally, I would mention that the Board of the Journal is pleased to receive proposals for special issues or indeed other initiatives. The Journal Board meets twice per annum and it is pleased to receive inputs from readers. In fact, there is a formal special issue proposal submission procedure if this is of interest. Details may be obtained from the Managing Editor.

Literature survey

The Journal is always looking for ways to provide a better service for its readers and one of the new innovations that we shall be evaluating over the next year is to introduce a literature survey feature. This idea stems from the publishers John Wiley & Sons Limited, who have found this to be a very successful way of keeping readers informed of new developments in a subject on other journals. The literature survey has been produced by two senior researchers Dr Leonardo Giovanini and Dr Jonas Balderud. It provides details of significant papers that might be of value, chosen from a range of leading journals. It is, of course, a purely personal view of important papers and it does not claim to be comprehensive since not all journals are covered. However, it is an attempt to highlight useful publications in the areas covered by the journal. We hope this will become a regular feature and any feedback would be appreciated. You may contact the Managing Editor or Leo or Jonas directly. Finally, I would mention that the Board of the Journal is pleased to receive proposals for special issues or indeed other initiatives. The Journal Board meets twice per annum and it is pleased to receive inputs from readers. In fact, there is a formal special issue proposal submission procedure if this is of interest. Details may be obtained from the Managing Editor.

Non-nominative subjects (review)

Reviewed by: Non-nominative subjects ed. by Peri Bhaskararao and Karumuri Venkata Subbarao Heiko Narrog Non-nominative subjects. Ed. by Peri Bhaskararao and Karumuri Venkata Subbarao. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2004. Vol. 1. (Typological studies in language 60.) Pp. xii, 323. ISBN 9027229708. $150 (Hb). Vol. 2. (Typological studies in language 61.) Pp. xii, 317. ISBN 9027229716. $150 (Hb). Nonnominative subjects (NNS) are sentence constituents in languages with accusative alignment that exhibit some if not all canonical subject properties except nominal case marking. In English NNSs are rare, but exceptional case marking of subjects of embedded clauses, discussed by Howard Lasnik in vol. 1, is one possible example. The concept of NNS can be, and actually is, extended to noncanonical marking of subjects in languages with ergative alignment which receive other than their default ergative (or absolutive) marking, and to other noncanonical case-frames as well. Therefore, the term ‘noncanonically marked’ might have been a more appropriate title for the publication than ‘non-nominative’, as the Australian language specialist Tasaku Tsunoda remarks in his contribution. This two-volume set is the second high-profile publication on this topic within a relatively short time, following Non-canonical marking of subjects and objects (ed. by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R. M. W. Dixon, and Masayuki Onishi, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2001). Vol. 1 contains authors from A to Min, vol. 2 from Mis to Y, combining for twenty-eight contributions and 640 pages of densely printed text. The research [End Page 453] impetus in this case came mostly from South Asian languages. This is not surprising since South Asia, besides the Caucasus, is arguably the language area that exhibits the most abundant noncanonical case marking. While only a single contribution by Bernard Comrie deals with a Caucasian language, fifteen papers are concerned with one or more South Asian languages. Four papers deal with Germanic languages, most prominently Icelandic, and the rest are dispersed among different language families and languages. With respect to theoretical background, a clear majority of the papers are oriented toward formal syntax, particularly those dealing with South Asian and Germanic languages. There are several typologically (functionally) oriented papers, and two are on the acquisition of NNSs. The questions that emerge from the study of NNSs are as apparent as the answers to them are controversial. First, are NNSs really subjects? There seem to be various degrees of subjecthood, depending on how many properties a particular NNS shares with canonically marked subjects in a specific language. It turns out that, crosslinguistically, agreement on the verb tends to be the one subject-like feature most difficult to obtain for NNSs, while properties like control and conjunction reduction come more easily. Some papers go even further by questioning the concept of subject as such. Second, are the sentences in which NNSs occur, in particular sentences with one more argument, transitive or intransitive? Masayoshi Shibatani (not in these volumes) has triggered a discussion by making a strong argument that they are intransitive. Then, what are the conditioning factors for having NNSs? Is the existence of NNSs predictable from other properties of the language? What conditions (or elements of the clause) are responsible for noncanonical subject marking? Are NNSs arguments or adjuncts? Further, what are the implications for the theory of case (Case)? It is quite impossible to provide details of individual papers and issues within the limited space here. Instead, I wish to make some general remarks that pertain to the publication as a whole. These volumes will doubtless become an invaluable source of information on NNSs. This is the most extensive publication on the topic to date, and it contains a good number of outstanding individual contributions that deserve to be read beyond specialized interest in the topic. But the value of the publication might have been further enhanced if the papers were more connected to each other. Particularly, formally oriented studies exhibit the tendency to make far-reaching proposals about language structure in general on the basis of just one or a very limited number of languages. In a publication thematically as tightly knit as this one, it is striking to see then how apparently conflicting claims are...

PROFESSIONALISM IN PUBLISHING

PROFESSIONALISM IN PUBLISHING

Editorial

Editorial

Darrigol, Olivier-Worlds of Flow. A History of Hydrodynamics from the Bernoullis to Prandtl

The second half of the 20th century marks a radical change in the historiography of fluidmechanics. From the beginning of theoretical fluid mechanics there was an interest in establishing the priorities of discoveries. For example in the controversy between Johann I Bernoulli and his son, Daniel. Subsequent historical accounts are represented by the works of Saint-Venant (1887) and Love (1901). More recent treatises on the history of mechanics, like that of Dugas (1950), Dijksterhuis (1956), Szabo (1979), dedicate many chapters to history of fluidmechanics. An innovative approach has been taken byTrusdell (1954), Whiteside (1974), Mikhailov (2002), in their essays on Euler, Newton, Daniel Bernoulli, respectively. These authors have exposed the details of the original papers, checked the correctness of the proofs, and, above all, expressed critical comparative judgments. The “critical” history of mechanics is now a flourishing discipline. This superb book by Darrigol is a compromise between descriptive and technical histories, since it provides a large account of the development of theoretical and engineering fluidmechanics accompanied byprecise explanations of howequations have been derived and which solution procedures have

Ernst Mayr, 1904–2005

Ernst Mayr, 1904–2005

Journals used for the publication of English psychiatry, surgery and paediatrics research

PurposeTo identify the papers, and publishing journals, describing psychiatry, surgery and paediatrics research funded by the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. To make comparisons with non‐NHS research and examine the journal impact factors, and importance to clinicians, of journals publishing the most NHS research. To consider the implications, including those for research assessment.Design/methodology/approachExisting databases were examined: the research outputs database (ROD), which contains information on UK biomedical papers; NHS ROD, which contains details of papers on ROD funded by the NHS; lists of journal impact factors. These were combined with selective findings from surveys conducted to identify journals read and viewed as important for clinical practice by psychiatrists, surgeons and paediatricians.FindingsIn each specialty many papers publish NHS‐funded research and they out‐number the non‐NHS papers in the ROD. They appear in a wide range of journals but in each specialty one journal is clearly the most used. The impact factors of journals publishing the most NHS research vary considerably. In each specialty the journal containing most NHS publications is widely perceived to be important by clinicians.Research limitations/implicationsMuch NHS‐funded research is also funded by other bodies. Clinician survey response rates were between 38 per cent and 47 per cent. The analysis could be extended to other specialties.Practical implicationsPapers published in the few journals in each specialty that are viewed as important by clinicians could be given additional credit in assessments.Originality/valueThis paper describes outputs from NHS research and shows how assessment could be extended.

Anthony Houghton

Anthony Houghton, a world-renowned theoretical condensed matter physicist, died of cancer on 28 July 2003 in Providence, Rhode Island. Born on 4 October 1935 in Heanor, England, Tony received a BSc in mathematical physics from the University of Birmingham in 1956. His 1959 PhD thesis, “Non-Perturbative Approach to Impurity Resistance in Metals,” was conducted at Birmingham under the supervision of Geoffrey Chester in the group of Rudolph Peierls. Tony carried out postdoctoral research at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; the University of California, San Diego (UCSD); and at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.In 1963, Tony joined Brown University in Providence as an assistant professor in the physics department and rapidly rose through the academic ranks. During his career at Brown, he made many lasting contributions to condensed matter physics as the single author and coauthor of more than 90 papers. His early work focused on aspects of the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory of superconductivity, including ultrasonic attenuation. In a well-known collaboration in 1973 with Franz Wegner, then at the Institut für Festkörperfoschung, KFA Jülich, Germany, Tony made an important contribution to renormalization group theory by developing a differential form of the recursion relations.During the 1980s, Tony turned to the physics of strongly correlated electrons and carried out pioneering work on the use of the 1/N expansion to describe the Anderson impurity model. After the 1986 discovery of high-temperature superconductors, Tony worked with collaborators to develop a theoretical description of the melting of the vortex lattice; that description provided excellent agreement with experimental data.Much of Tony’s attention during the 1990s was devoted to the physics of fermion liquids. Alan Luther and Duncan Haldane showed that bosonization could be extended to dimensions greater than one, and Tony spent much of that decade exploring the ramifications of those ideas. During that period, he also was Brown’s physics chair (1992–98).Tony held visiting professorships at many European and American institutions, including Oxford University and UCSD. He held Science Research Council fellowships and, in 1977, won an Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award. Tony was a superb teacher and mentor to his students and junior colleagues. He taught a wide range of classes, from introductory pre-med to many-body theory, and prepared and delivered his lectures with the utmost care and diligence. Throughout his life, Tony ventured into new physics with the energy and determination of a young person just starting in the field, and he did not take the easy way out. He worked through every complicated calculation himself and understood each detail of all of his collaborative efforts, whether with his students or other researchers. Colleagues would pass by his office and see him bent over his desk doing page after page of calculations to fill in the details of important papers in an emerging field; he was convinced that this was the only way to truly master a new subject.Despite a diagnosis of cancer in early 1999, Tony maintained high spirits and often used his wry sense of humor to calm his concerned colleagues. He continued to work on strongly correlated systems during a period of remission. But in late 2002, the cancer reappeared and his condition deteriorated quickly. A blackboard covered with equations and derivations remained in his office after his death.Anthony HoughtonBROWN UNIVERSITYPPT|High resolution© 2004 American Institute of Physics.

Basic research and health: a reassessment of the scientific basis for the support of biomedical science

The bibliographic details of research papers underpinning five clinical advances in neonatal intensive care were collated and analysed using applied bibliometric techniques. After a time-lag of about 17 years, between 2% and 21% of research underpinning clinical advances in NIC could be described as basic. This observation is at odds with Comroe and Dripps' 1976 finding. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

Critical appraisal of published research: introductory guidelines.

Reading medical journals can be time consuming, and most doctors have become adept at skimming contents by reading titles and perusing abstracts. Getting to grips with the details of papers and conducting a critical appraisal of the research may be a task many find difficult because there are not research experts and have not had training in the appraisal of papers during medical education. This difficulty may be particularly acute for junior doctors embarking on their first research towards a higher degree.

IFLA 1985

A brief report of the 1985 IFLA Council, held in Chicago 16-24 August, with details of attendees, papers, visits and meetings, and particular emphasis on the Section of Art Libraries Preconference.