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We are pleased to bring the second issue of the Journal of Forest and Livelihood despite some delay. What we have learnt through the experience with the first and the second issue is that producing a Journal of this quality from a country like Nepal, where there is a poor information infrastructure, is a daunting task. The challenges lie in all aspects of management: getting qualityarticles, getting the time of quality reviewers and editors, and finally getting serious readers who are willing to pay for the journal. We hope to cope with these challenges with stronger collective action, through increased number of serious editorial advisors, readers and contributors. We left the areas of articles open, and got more number of articles this time, compared to the firstissue. There were a few articles from outside Nepal also, but our editorial policy, which has a focus on Nepal based empirical articles, did not allow us to consider them. One important element of the editorial policy that we would like to reiterate is that this journal is not completely theory based, comparing data globally, but focuses on generating evidences from Nepal which may help prove or disprove, compare and contrast certain theoretical propositions. In this sense, it falls in-between the theory based highly. academic journals and free-style issue-based writings.

Withdrawal Notice: Cluster-based Sampling for Fake News on Healthcare During COVID-19 Infodemic

This article has been withdrawn from the journal Recent Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Bentham Science apologizes to the readers of the journal for any inconvenience this may have caused. The Bentham Editorial Policy on Article Withdrawal can be found at https://benthamscience.com/editorial-policies-main.php. BENTHAM SCIENCE DISCLAIMER: It is a condition of publication that manuscripts submitted to this journal have not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere. Furthermore, any data, illustration, structure or table that has been published elsewhere must be reported, and copyright permission for reproduction must be obtained. Plagiarism is strictly forbidden, and by submitting the article for publication the authors agree that the publishers have the legal right to take appropriate action against the authors, if plagiarism or fabricated information is discovered. By submitting a manuscript, the authors agree that the copyright of their article is transferred to the publishers if and when the article is accepted for publication.

Demand for TV content in a national language: The case of Kazakhstan

This study examines preferences in selecting television content, using a national television channel as a case study. The Russian language put a lot of pressure on the Kazakh language during the communist regime. Post-Kazakhstan’s independence, linguistic dynamics shifted as authorities began responding to the demands of the Kazakh-speaking population. The aim is to test the hypothesis regarding the increasing demand for native language content, supported by the analysis of TV program ratings. For hypothesis testing, we employed empirical data obtained through an investigation into the preferences of the Kazakh-speaking audience. A total of 300 residents in Astana, aged 20-70, were interviewed. The survey results elucidate the correlation between public events and the television audience’s preferences. Historical, complex, and comparative analyses were employed, utilizing empirical data derived from a television audience preference study. The examination of television projects and their scripts revealed that language format substantially influences content informativeness and viewership ratings. Findings highlight a correlation between major events and television audience preferences. Programs in the Kazakh language elicit a positive response from the country’s television audience, particularly when discussing engaging topics. Based on research, recommendations are offered for enhancing editorial policies on television channels, with an emphasis on incorporating more Kazakh-language projects to better cater to the growing demand.

WITHDRAWN: Mechanism and Research Progress of Agarwood in Improving Recurrent Oral Aphthous Ulcer and Ulcerative Colitis

The article has been withdrawn at the request of the corresponding author of the journal The Natural Products Journal. Bentham Science apologizes to the readers of the journal for any inconvenience this may have caused. The Bentham editorial policy on article withdrawal can be found at https://benthamscience.com/pages/editorialpolicies-main BENTHAM SCIENCE DISCLAIMER: It is a condition of publication that manuscripts submitted to this journal have not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere. Furthermore, any data, illustration, structure or table that has been published elsewhere must be reported, and copyright permission for reproduction must be obtained. Plagiarism is strictly forbidden, and by submitting the article for publication the authors agree that the publishers have the legal right to take appropriate action against the authors, if plagiarism or fabricated information is discovered. By submitting a manuscript, the authors agree that the copyright of their article is transferred to the publishers if and when the article is accepted for publication.

Navigating the Intersection of Post-Truth and Sustainability in Journalism: Challenges Facing Sustainable Journalism in Northern Cyprus Media

This study explores the challenges facing sustainable journalism practices in the post-truth era through interviews conducted with journalists in Northern Cyprus. Based on the perspectives of professionals in the field, the aim is to understand current issues related to the feasibility of ethical and sustainable journalism. The study indicates that challenges specific to the media field, compounded by the post-truth effect, relegate sustainable journalism practices to the sidelines. In this context, essential measures for the enduring success of media organizations include strategies like diversifying revenue sources, embracing digital subscription models, investigating alternative business models, enforcing transparent editorial policies, and actively involving readers. The study also reveals the effects of financial difficulties such as low salaries, limited budgets, and financial constraints on the professional practices of journalists through interviews. Furthermore, through interviews, it elucidates how technological changes, the rise of digital media, and the rapid dissemination of news affect journalists’ information control processes and knowledge management strategies. Finally, while contributing to our understanding of how journalists in Northern Cyprus confront challenges in the post-truth era, this study presents the factors that may have a negative impact on sustainable journalism practices through an example and offers insights into common problems that may be encountered in this regard.

Withdrawal Notice: Design and Synthesis of Circular Antenna Array for Low Side Lobe Level and High Directivity Using Artificial Hummingbird Optimization Algorithm

The article has been withdrawn at the request of the authors of the journal Recent Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Bentham Science apologizes to the readers of the journal for any inconvenience this may have caused. The Bentham Editorial Policy on Article Withdrawal can be found at https://benthamscience.com/editorial-policiesmain. php. BENTHAM SCIENCE DISCLAIMER: It is a condition of publication that manuscripts submitted to this journal have not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere. Furthermore, any data, illustration, structure or table that has been published elsewhere must be reported, and copyright permission for reproduction must be obtained. Plagiarism is strictly forbidden, and by submitting the article for publication the authors agree that the publishers have the legal right to take appropriate action against the authors, if plagiarism or fabricated information is discovered. By submitting a manuscript, the authors agree that the copyright of their article is transferred to the publishers if and when the article is accepted for publication.

Penerapan Kode Etik Jurnalistik Pada Peliputan Berita Kriminal di Panturapost.com

This study discusses the application of a journalistic code of ethics in the context of reporting on the online media panturapost.com. In the digital era, online media has become the main source of information for the community. However, with technological developments and intense competition, the journalistic code of ethics is often neglected. This study aims to analyze how the journalistic code of ethics articles 3, 4 and 5 are applied in online media reporting at panturapost.com. This study uses a qualitative research method with a case study approach. This study focuses on examining the application of a code of ethics in several aspects such as editorial policy, news production practices from planning to news loading, journalists' understanding of the code of ethics, to analyzing criminal news content published in panturpost. .com. The results of the study show that the implementation of the journalistic code of ethics in the online media panturapost.com has been implemented. Other results show that panturapost.com in the news production process has quite strict stages to make news worthy of broadcast according to the principles of the journalistic code of ethics.

Thematic Diversity of Regional News on the TASS News Feed

The article is devoted to the problem of thematic diversity of news content from the regions of the Russian Federation. Based on the agenda setting theory and its special direction “media diversity”, the author explores approaches to its measurement and operationalizes this concept in the context of the TASS regional editorial policy. The presented results of the content analysis allowed to draw conclusions about topics dominated the agency’s agenda for 10 years. Thematic priorities of news from various federal districts have been identified. Quantitative assessments examine the dynamics of the thematic spectrum, both for the country as a whole and at the level of macroregions. The conclusions are drawn that the concept of the agency's regional editorial policy, focused on the maximum variety of content and the disclosure of the information potential of the regions, is not fully implemented in practice, which, in particular, is expressed in an excess of news about emergency and criminal incidents. Nevertheless, the editors were able to introduce into routine practice active information support for topics chosen by the Russian government as strategic, which indicates the flexibility of the agency’s agenda and the potential for greater diversity. In interpreting the data, the author also relies on his own experience as a correspondent and editor of a news agency.

Measuring Commonality in Recommendation of Cultural Content to Strengthen Cultural Citizenship

Recommender systems have become the dominant means of curating cultural content, significantly influencing the nature of individual cultural experience. While the majority of academic and industrial research on recommender systems optimizes for personalized user experience, this paradigm does not capture the ways that recommender systems impact cultural experience in the aggregate, across populations of users. Although existing novelty, diversity, and fairness studies probe how recommender systems relate to the broader social role of cultural content, they do not adequately center culture as a core concept and challenge. In this work, we introduce commonality as a new measure of recommender systems that reflects the degree to which recommendations familiarize a given user population with specified categories of cultural content. Our proposed commonality metric responds to a set of arguments developed through an interdisciplinary dialogue between researchers in computer science and the social sciences and humanities. With reference to principles underpinning public service media (PSM) systems in democratic societies, we identify universality of address and content diversity in the service of strengthening cultural citizenship as particularly relevant goals for recommender systems delivering cultural content. We develop commonality as a measure of recommender system alignment with the promotion of a shared cultural experience of, and exposure to, diverse cultural content across a population of users. Moreover, we advocate for the involvement of human editors accountable to a larger value community as a fundamental part of defining categories in the service of cultural citizenship. We empirically compare the performance of recommendation algorithms using commonality with existing utility, diversity, novelty, and fairness metrics using three different domains. Our results demonstrate that commonality captures a property of system behavior complementary to existing metrics and suggests the need for alternative, non-personalized interventions in recommender systems oriented to strengthening cultural citizenship across populations of users. Moreover, commonality demonstrates both consistent results under different editorial policies and robustness to missing labels and users. Alongside existing fairness and diversity metrics, commonality contributes to a growing body of scholarship developing “public good” rationales for digital media and machine learning systems.

Removal Statement

We, the Authors, Editor and Publisher of the journal Ferroelectrics, have removed the following article: Rojaleen Lenka, Subhasmita Swain & Tapash R. Rautray (2024) Electrically polarized zinc-substituted BCP composite scaffold exhibits dual characteristics of osteogenic and antibacterial activities, Ferroelectrics, 618:4, 1096-1109, DOI: 10.1080/00150193.2023.2300616 This article was erroneously published while still undergoing peer-review. We regret this oversight. We have been informed in our decision-making by our editorial policies.

Adherence to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors–recommended gender equity policy in nursing journals listed in MEDLINE or PubMed Central: a descriptive study

Purpose: The evolving landscape of nursing research emphasizes inclusive representation. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) has established guidelines to ensure the fair representation of various demographic variables, including age, sex, and ethnicity. This study aimed to evaluate the adherence of nursing journals indexed in MEDLINE or PubMed Central to the ICMJE’s directives on gender equity, given that journals indexed in MEDLINE and PubMed Central typically adhere to the ICMJE’s guidelines.Methods: A descriptive literature review methodology was employed to analyze 160 nursing journals listed in two databases as of July 28, 2023. The website of each journal was searched, and the most recent original article from each was selected. These articles were then evaluated for their alignment with the ICMJE guidelines on gender equity. Descriptive statistics were applied to categorize and enumerate the cases.Results: Of the articles reviewed from 160 journals, 115 dealt with human populations. Of these, 93 required a description of gender equity. Within this subset, 83 articles distinguished between the genders of human subjects. Gender-based interpretations were provided in 15 articles, while another 68 did not offer an interpretation of differences by gender. Among the 10 articles that did not delineate gender, only two provided a rationale for this omission.Conclusion: Among recent articles published in the nursing journals indexed in MEDLINE and PubMed Central, only 16.1% presented clear gender analyses. These findings highlight the need for editors to strengthen their dedication to gender equity within their editorial policies.

Censorship-Governed Translations in Communist Romania

The article seeks to provide a partial but genuine account of the translations from English and American literatures into Romanian in the censorship-governed, communist period. It rests on the historical, political and ideological pre-requisites that set the scene for translational censorship in Romania and focuses on issues like: the number of published translations, editorial policies, revision methods, translators and their status. Finally, it overviews the 21st century debates and further investigative initiatives on censorship and translations.

Features of Scientometric Results of a Russian Scientific Journal: the Case of the Scientific Direction “Economic Sciences” of the Bulletin of Chelyabinsk State University

The article presents the results of the use in the academic community of articles of the scientific journal Bulletin of Chelyabinsk State University in the direction of “Economic Sciences”. The study is based on data from the RSCI information system for 2018–2022. The total number of citations for each issue, individual articles, and the H‑index for issues and by year were calculated. The main trends and patterns in citing articles have been identified, including a three-year delay, passion for the topic of digitalization, inattention to articles by young authors and to international topics. The results of the study may be useful to editors of scientific journals for comparing the indicators of their journals with the one studied in this article, as well as for improving editorial policies.

<i>Book. Reading. Media</i> is a Space of Knowledge Related to a Person Who Reads, Writes and Media

The purpose of the article is to introduce the editorial policy, mission and plans of the new journal, established by the State Public Scientific and Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (SPSTL SB RAS) in 2023. The Book. Reading. Media is called to become a platform for representatives of various scientific disciplines who study books, readers and media in the past and present. The article contains the opinions of the members of the editorial board, leading Russian and foreign experts in the field of book studies, library science, reader studies, media studies, cultural studies, etc. All of them are confident in the relevance of the new journal’s subject and express their hopes for its successful development and relevance among professionals.

The development of the school newspaper in Israel between 1948–1980: concept and product

Hebrew media has a rich history which continued to be produced after the creation of the state of Israel in both formal and informal settings. The production of school newspapers influences the extracurricular educational activity by enriching it with valuable content, as well as the spirit, that is useful for the harmonious development of the students involved in such activities. The process of designing and producing school newspapers between 1948 and the eighties of the 20th century in Israel was carried out in a very similar way to the way in which this process was carried out in the period before the establishment of the state of Israel and continued to function in accordance with the activity of the three categories of staff usually involved in the process of making these journalistic products: teaching staff, students, as well as the category combined between the two ones. Through the research presented below, it was concluded that over the years, the editorial policy of the school newspaper in Israel was often dictated by the type of school, the religion of those involved in the process, the gender of the authors (boys, girls), age, product financing, etc. The positive aspect of the process of creating a school newspaper can also be extracted from the fact that two categories were always involved in the process of creating a school newspaper: students and teachers, the tandem working more efficiently than in other cases where only one category was involved: either only teaching staff, or only students.

Analysis of publication activity of the journal “Agrarian Science” for 2023

To analyze the current state of the journal “Agrarian Science”, the prospects for its development and correction of editorial policy, some indicators of the journal›s publication activity for 2023 are presented. In 2023, 248 scientific articles were published in 12 issues of the journal “Agrarian Science”in four sections presented in the journal — Agronomy; Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine; Agroengineering and food technologies; Economics, which is an average of 20.7 articles per issue. The editorial board provides open and free access to all materials published in the issues of the magazine. The average number of authors in a scientific article of the journal “Agrarian Science” is 3.2 people. In 2023, the number of publications with the participation of foreign authors amounted to 15 articles (6% of the total number), and Kazakhstan is the most active foreign country among those published in the journal in 2023 — 73% of the total number of publications among foreign authors. The average number of sources in the bibliographic lists of scientific articles of the journal for 2023 is 17.2 references. The main authors of the articles are candidates of sciences (or PhD) — 47.1% of the total number of authors. The number of publications funded from various scientific foundations or grants is 119, or 49% of the total number.

Polarization and reliability of news sources in Wikipedia

PurposeWikipedia's inclusive editorial policy permits unrestricted participation, enabling individuals to contribute and disseminate their expertise while drawing upon a multitude of external sources. News media outlets constitute nearly one-third of all citations within Wikipedia. However, embracing such a radically open approach also poses the challenge of the potential introduction of biased content or viewpoints into Wikipedia. The authors conduct an investigation into the integrity of knowledge within Wikipedia, focusing on the dimensions of source political polarization and trustworthiness. Specifically, the authors delve into the conceivable presence of political polarization within the news media citations on Wikipedia, identify the factors that may influence such polarization within the Wikipedia ecosystem and scrutinize the correlation between political polarization in news media sources and the factual reliability of Wikipedia's content.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conduct a descriptive and regression analysis, relying on Wikipedia Citations, a large-scale open dataset of nearly 30 million citations from English Wikipedia. Additionally, this dataset has been augmented with information obtained from the Media Bias Monitor (MBM) and the Media Bias Fact Check (MBFC).FindingsThe authors find a moderate yet significant liberal bias in the choice of news media sources across Wikipedia. Furthermore, the authors show that this effect persists when accounting for the factual reliability of the news media.Originality/valueThe results contribute to Wikipedia’s knowledge integrity agenda in suggesting that a systematic effort would help to better map potential biases in Wikipedia and find means to strengthen its neutral point of view policy.

Gender gaps in publications and citations in gambling studies: Comparisons against addiction science.

Women in academia publish fewer papers and receive fewer citations than men. These gender gaps likely reflect systemic biases operating over several levels, from journal editorial policies to academic career progression. This study sought to characterize gender gaps for publications and citations in the field of gambling studies. An automated gender inference procedure classified authors' binarized gender from their first names. Gender gaps were computed for publications and citations of papers in gambling studies, using the wider field of addiction science as a benchmark. Publication data were scraped from eight peer-reviewed gambling/addictions journals and separately from all gambling publications listed in PubMed. Men authored 16% more publications than women among gambling papers and 23% more publications among nongambling addictions papers. Although robust gender gaps were observed in specialist gambling journals, we find limited overall evidence for gender inequality being greater in gambling studies. Indeed, among nongambling addiction papers, men published more, despite a greater apparent representation of women in the field. The gender gap was most pronounced for the last authorships, denoting seniority. Among the first authorships, there was variability between journals, and some journals displayed approximate parity. There was limited evidence for any corresponding gender gap in citation counts. Gender gaps in gambling research, and addiction science more broadly, adhere to wider trends in academia, including the associations with academic seniority. Variability between individual journals supports the role of journal editorial policies to increase the representation and visibility of women researchers in addiction science. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

Warning: Artificial intelligence chatbots can generate inaccurate medical and scientific information and references

The use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, such as ChatGPT and YouChat, has increased enormously since their release in late 2022. Concerns have been raised over the potential of chatbots to facilitate cheating in education settings, including essay writing and exams. In addition, multiple publishers have updated their editorial policies to prohibit chatbot authorship on publications. This article highlights another potentially concerning issue; the strong propensity of chatbots in response to queries requesting medical and scientific information and its underlying references, to generate plausible looking but inaccurate responses, with the chatbots also generating nonexistent citations. As an example, a number of queries were generated and, using two popular chatbots, demonstrated that both generated inaccurate outputs. The authors thus urge extreme caution, because unwitting application of inconsistent and potentially inaccurate medical information could have adverse outcomes.

EDITORIAL POLICY AND PROCESSDecember, 2023

EDITORIAL POLICY AND PROCESSDecember, 2023