Editorial Policy Research Articles

Communist Holiday Greetings as the Soviet Press Ritual in the 1960s – 1980s (On the Example of “Nauka v Sibiri” Newspaper)

The article examines the late-Soviet phenomenon of the official Communist holiday greetings on the pages of the newspaper “Nauka v Sibiri” (‘Science in Siberia’). In the 1960s – 1980s, the main public holidays in the Soviet Union were November 7th, May Day, and the day of the Soviet Constitution. Victory Day was a memorial day for a long time in this span of time. Printed congratulations on the anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution and May Day were heavily ritualized, while a text of the printed address contained the realities of the current socio-economic policy of the CPSU. Constitution Day, until the mid-1980s, was holiday number three according to newspaper editorial policy. The greetings dedicated to this public holiday usually emphasized the importance of socio-economic goods and social benefits for the Soviet people guaranteed by the Constitution. Perestroika in the USSR drastically changed the editorial policy of “Nauka v Sibiri”. The well-established tradition of holiday greetings was revisited in 1986– 1988. In 1988–1989 “Nauka v Sibiri” ceased to print ritual congratulations on Soviet holidays, following the general political sentiments in the USSR at the age of Gorbachev.

The Birth of the Genre and Rhetorical Strategies of the Writer’s Diary of 1873

The article studies the role of Dostoevsky’s editorial activity in the newspaper-magazine “Grazhdanin” (“The Citizen”) in the formation of genre features and rhetorical strategies of the Writer’s Diary of 1873. The author of the article believes that the new form, which arose at the intersection of journalism and fiction, was mainly due to the prospeech attitudes of editorial policy, which simultaneously persuaded the highest strata of the Russian bureaucracy to put an end to the liberal reforms of Alexander II and at the same time tries to expand the circle of readers who adhere to a different social orientation.Creating a new form of Diary as a literary work, Dostoevsky actively used the resources of rhetoric, while also preserving the achievements in the field of poetic peculiar means such as the paradoxical enthymeme, the reception of implied word? The use of metalanguage and metatext procedures, irony, and parody techniques.The author of the writer’s Diary actively used non-traditional motives for previous works – false oblivion, masks, obsessions. A number of changes can also be found in such traditional genres of rhetoric as preaching and confession. Having left the post of editor of “The Citizen” at the beginning of 1874, Dostoevsky continued genre and rhetorical experiments, but he was no longer bound by the position of the magazine, which created greater creative freedom in the development of new forms.

WITHDRAWN: Validation of Novel Catechol Derivatives as Potent Escherichia coli MetAP Inhibitors Using Molecular Docking and Molecular Dynamics Simulation.

The article has been withdrawn at the request of the authors of the journal "Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening ". 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.

Speech, Language, and Hearing in the 21st Century: A Bibliometric Review of JSLHR From 2001 to 2021.

A bibliometric analysis was performed for articles published in the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (JSLHR) from 2001 to 2021 to examine changes to and emerging trends in the speech, language, and hearing sciences in the 21st century. Quantitative analyses using JASP were performed on the publication rate and number of authors in articles published in JSLHR for each year from 2001 to 2021. VOSviewer was used to analyze and visualize networks of co-occurring Keyword Plus terms extracted from the articles published in JSLHR for several representative years from 2001 to 2021. Although the number of publications and number of authors published in JSLHR increased from 2001 to 2021, that growth was consistent with the growth found in science in general and with changes in publication policies and practices. The number and range of countries other than the United States published in JSLHR increased from 2001 to 2021. A consistent set of institutions published frequently in JSLHR across the years examined. The analysis of Keyword Plus terms showed an increase in the range of populations, disorders, and languages that were the subject of research from 2001 to 2021, as well as influences from other fields on speech, language, and hearing sciences. The science of science approach and the tools of network science are useful for assessing how changes in editorial policy affect diversity, for monitoring research topics that are growing (or declining), for identifying institutions that lead the field, and for inviting discussions among various interested parties related to the growth and development of a discipline.

The Ideological Zigzags of the Journalist A.V. Amfi teatrov

The article deals with the unknown pages in the biography of Alexander Valentinovich Amfi teatrov, a popular publicist at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The article analyzes the creative periods of his work in mass periodicals of diametrically opposite ideological orientation. His views, including those on the editorial policy of periodicals, and political aspirations are revealed. The article is based on the materials of previously unpublished documents from the Manuscript Department of the Pushkin House and the archive of the Amphitheaters in the Lilly Library in Bloomington, USA.

Patterns and purposes in the uses and misuses of the term ‘critical thinking’ in the social sciences

AbstractThis article analyses the uses and representations of the term “critical thinking” in the social science literature, based on a qualitative content analysis of titles, abstracts and keywords retrieved from the SCOPUS database for Germany, France and Russia over the last two decades. Our analysis focuses on how the use of the term “critical thinking” has increased over time, in which contexts the term is used and in which part of article texts it is used. Our findings are counterintuitive on several levels. First, the term “critical thinking” is seldom used in a pluri‐disciplinary context. More commonly, it is used within specific discourses—notably education. Second, we found that it is mainly used instrumentally, rather than analytically. Third, most of the articles that use the term do not engage in actual critical analysis. There are also important geographic variation in the use of the term. In articles from Germany and Russia the term is used in similar ways—and differently in France. These nuances are difficult to analyse however, due to the different topics addressed, as well as author preferences. The use of the term “critical thinking” is diverse; indeed, at times weak and paradoxical. Finally, we discuss how editorial policy in academic journals possibly influences the discourse on critical thinking.

Retraction: Pushing low-carbon mobility: a survey experiment on the public acceptance of disruptive policy packages

We, the Authors, Editors and Publisher of Climate Policy, have retracted the following article: Thaller, A., Wicki, M., Fleiß, E., Maier, R., Posch, A. (2023). Pushing low-carbon mobility: A survey experiment on the public acceptance of disruptive policy packages, Climate Policy, 1–13, doi:10.1080/14693062.2023.2182755 After its publication, the authors identified a coding error within the data cleaning file, leading to the incorrect labelling of some attributes for the main analysis of the choice experiment. As this alters the results and conclusions for some of the policies examined (particulady the ICEV registration and use bans, car-free centres, and street redesign policies), the authors alerted the issue to the Editors and Publisher, and all have agreed to retract the article to ensure the integrity of the scholarly record. The authors have been invited to resubmit the corrected version of the article for review and consideration for publication. We have been informed in our decision-making by our editorial policies and the COPE guidelines. We deeply regret this error and sincerely apologize for any confusion it may have caused. We are committed to the highest standards of research and appreciate the understanding of our readers and peers in this matter. The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.

Editorial: Contributing to the Growth of Scientific Journals in Ethiopia

Since the Ethiopian Journal of Reproductive Health (EJRH) was launched in 2007, it has undergone a series of changes. For the first 10 years after its inception, our journal used to be published only once a year, which was even at times difficult to sustain.With the goal of improving both the quality and quantity of the research we publish every year, in 2017, in collaboration with the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) and a financial support from the Center for Reproductive Health Training (CIRHT) we conducted a landscape study to find out the major challenges of the Journal.Following the findings and recommendations of this study, we have been able to make major changes to the scientific publication. Among these changes are the numbers of volumes we publish per year- which grew to four times, the launching of its own automated manuscript processing and publishing website- https://ejrh.org/, the training of staff and editorial board members, the adoption of a comprehensive editorial policy, inclusion in Scopus and African Journals Online and recognition by the Ministry of Education.As you go through our July, 2023, volume, one of the articles you find is entitled - Evaluation of the Quality of Ethiopian Journal of Reproductive Health. This manuscript is compiled based on the landscape study conducted back in 2017.As our readers go through the conclusions and recommendations of this study, it might appear inconsistent with the current status of our publication. We decided to publish this article, even though it contrasts to the current reality of EJRH, because it would help other upcoming new scientific journals in their struggle to become a better platform for the scientific community they serve. We hope this study will inspire the same change in other scientific journals as it did to our Journal. I invite you to enjoy reading this and other articles with important findings to our practice. Professor Delayehu Bekele Editor-in-Chief

Empirical analysis of factors influencing delay in article acceptance in accounting journals

AbstractUsing a sample of articles published in top accounting journals, we estimate a multivariate model and find empirical evidence of factors influencing delay in article acceptance. Acceptance delay is measured as the time from article submission to acceptance. We find that article length and journal workload are significantly and positively associated with acceptance delay, whereas the distance to historical aspirations in terms of journal impact factor, top corresponding authors and affiliations, as well as corresponding author affiliation with institutions in the USA or the Netherlands, are significantly and negatively associated with acceptance delay. We also find significant differences in acceptance delays related to specific journal procedures and editorial policies. Finally, we observe that acceptance delay increases over time.

From the Editor

[First part only] Dear Readers, And here is another great issue! We start off this “Special Issue” on “Advances in Teacher Cognition” ably edited by Mohammad N. Karimi, Seyyed Foad Behzadpour and Behzad Mansouri. See their introduction for further details. We also present 11 “regular issue” articles along with 5 book and media reviews, as well as our usual “On the Internet” feature. This August issue is outstandingly “international” with the lead authors resident in eleven countries, but with the implications of each article applicable to other contexts pursuant to TESL-EJ editorial policy. In fact, to further this policy, the editors have decided henceforth to discourage the use of country names in the titles of articles since that alone would imply that the results are not applicable elsewhere. Passages. We owed a debt of gratitude to Behzad Mansouri, one of our co-editors, who had simultaneously helped to edit the media reviews while also facilitating the special issue found herein. If any reader with experience with media use for ELT would be interested in joining the TESL-EJ media team, please contact <media@tesl-ej.org> including your relevant credentials. Board of Reviewers. Some 15 scholars have reviewed three or more submissions within the past year, and in addition, have received high scores from the editors for their contributions. We shall be inviting them to join our Board of Reviewers, as an expression of our gratitude. Thanks to recent reviewers. We thank the reviewers of all submissions that had reached a decision since our last issue – regardless of whether the paper was accepted, declined or revisions requested. We are grateful to the following scholars, some of whom have reviewed two or more papers during the current period: Abdul Syahid, Adele Connor, Akihiro Saito, Amanda Giles, Amin Pouresmaeil, Amira Albagshi, Anita Lie, Ann E. Roemer, Aránzazu García-Pinar, Barry Keith, Behrang Mohammad-Salehi, Betsy Gilliland, Burcu Gokgoz-Kurt, Cuong Huy Pham, Daisy Casipit, Dodi Mulyadi, Duy Van Vu, Ehsan Rassaei, Elise Nicole Brittain, Ender Velasco, Fahimeh Marefat, Frankie Subon, Graeme Couper, Hilda Freimuth, Holly Stiles, Hyunjin Jinna Kim, I Putu Indra Kusuma, John Evar Strid, Juland Salayo, Kathleen Eilers-crandall, Kuang Li, Lehman Heaviland, Loc Tan Nguyen, Luan Nguyen, Mandana Arfa-Kaboodvand, Matthew Nall, Megan Banerjee, Mingkun Lou, Mohammad Kazemian, Musa Nushi, Nick Daniels, Olive Nabukeera, Ranson Lege, Reza Adara, S M Akramul Kabir, Shaun Manning, Suyansah Bin Swanto, Theresa Summer, Ufuk Atas, Vijayababu Palukuri, and Vijayakumar Chintalapalli. Best, Thomas N. Robb, Ph.D. For the editorial team

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WITHDRAWN: A Mini Review on Practical Synthesis of Muscimol and its Fluorinated Analogues

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Withdrawal Notice: Design and Analysis of an Anti-Interference Measurement Method for Transmission Line Impedance Parameters

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Transition of television in the Republic of Moldova during 1978-1988 years

The years 1978-1987 were marked by the dramatic transition from a totalitarian political system to a more democratic society, which significantly impacted also the television of the Republic of Moldova. However, broadcasting from the end of the years ‘70, and the beginning of the ‘80s, continued to take place under the same conditions of fierce censorship, typical for the previous periods. The editorial policies of the visual were focused mostly on reflecting the ,,communist education” of the people, of the communist party propaganda, and the endless transmission of reportages about the socialist contest ,,from Congress to Congress”. Starting from the second half of the ‘80s, when the „Perestroika”, and „Glasnost” - transparency and democratization policies officially were announced, the changes in the mass media become more visible and significant. In the beginning, several new broadcasts appeared, where the ways of building a new model of socialism were been discussed: - „democratic socialism”, „developed socialism”, „socialism with a human face” and other inventions of communist ideology. Yet, more and more unusual phrases sounded for the Soviet viewer in the broadcast, such as „general-human values”, „pluralism of opinions”, „democratic system” and so on. New visions and ideas of transforming the community, of radical political, social, and economic changes were debated in society. In the end, they brought about the collapse of the Party-State, the disappearance of the centralized state television, and the arrival of a new competitive system of audiovisual.

От редактора: Процесс подачи рукописи в журнал «Образование и саморазвитие» через систему Editorial Park

Any scholarly journal undergoes changes at some point of its development. The updates can be large-scale and deal with the journal’s strategy, editorial policy or structure, or they can address technical issues. Whatever transformational processes are taking place, the journal’s activity is never void of them. In this editorial I want to focus on the E&SD transition onto a new platform and the submission process in this system. Education & Self Development has been using the Editorial Park system for about ten months. Over this course of time, the editors and reviewers have gained first-hand experience of working with the new platform. Similar to OJS, the Editorial Park enables editors to manage all processes from the moment when the journal receives a manuscript to the publication stage. The system’s interface is user-friendly. However, the software is not localized. Thus, authors cannot switch to the Russian language, if necessary. Though the submission process does not pose serious challenges, there are some specifics that I would like to highlight here. The submission process involves five steps or stages that require consistency. Initially, authors are supposed to fill out a checklist. One should realise that the formal completion of the checklist can result in a desk rejection. We strongly encourage authors to check our guidelines before submitting a paper.

Amendment to the Rights and Obligations of a Journalist in Act: Press Law from the Perspective of Conscience Clause

Abstract The conscience clause, sometimes also referred to as the right to conscientious objection, is based on the possibility of refusing to comply with a binding legal norm due to its non-conformity with the indications of conscience of the person who invokes its content. Commonly derived, especially in Poland, from Article 53 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, this clause initially applied to physicians’ actions. It was also suggested that this clause could form the basis for conscientious objection to an abortion procedure. Drawing on Article 10(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and emphasising the differences in the wording of this provision in different language versions, the article argues that such interpretation of the conscience clause is too narrow and poor. Attention is drawn to the amendments made to the wording of Article 10(2) of the Press Law, where the legislator replaced the journalist’s obligation to follow the editorial policy with the right to refuse to carry out an official order if the journalist believed that they were expected to publish a material that would violate the principles of reliability, objectivity and professional diligence. This solution undoubtedly constitutes the approval of the broadly understood conscience clause explicitly formulated in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The content of Article 10(2) of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights allows for conscientious objection to apply to actions of the representatives across all professions.

NARRATIVE OF RELIGIOUS MODERATION IN LOCAL MEDIA: HOW DOES SOLOPOS PROMOTE WASATHIYAH JOURNALISM?

Although many agencies have carried out campaigns for and socialization of religious moderation, cases of intolerance still occur locally. These socialization agents are religious groups and university academics, and the media play a significant role because they produce information and influence people's perceptions to take action. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method with Stuart Hall's content analysis. Hall believed that meaning is constructed through language. Meanwhile, the primary data source is religious moderation narrative articles published in the Solopos. This paper aims to describe the discourse on religious moderation produced by Solopos, published every Friday through the Khazanah rubric from March 2020 to March 2022. This research focuses on three aspects: firstly, who are the agencies used as references by the Solopos media in producing moderation narratives?; secondly, what are the issues contained in the Khazanah rubric?; and thirdly, how does the editorial policy present the discourse of religious moderation in Khazanah rubric? The conclusions of this study are: Firstly, Solopos uses teachers, lecturers, and religious leaders as references. They come from Islamic organizations such as NU and Muhammadiyah. Secondly, the issue of religious moderation raised by Solopos revolves around fiqh, muamalah, and aqidah. Thirdly, the editor of Solopos is committed to maintaining harmony by continuing to display articles that reflect moderate Islam. We call the journalism practice implemented by Solopos through the Khazanah rubric the wasathiyah journalism.

Editorial Policy, Submission Requirements, and Instructions to Authors (Updated March 2023)

Editorial Policy, Submission Requirements, and Instructions to Authors (Updated March 2023)

Large Language Models in Ophthalmology Scientific Writing: Ethical Considerations Blurred Lines or Not at All?

To discuss the implications of large language models (LLMs) in ophthalmology research, as well as the associated ethical considerations. Perspective. This discussion reviews the potential uses of LLMs such as ChatGPT in ophthalmology research, highlights the associated threats and ethical considerations, and proposes solutions for the use of LLMs in ophthalmology research and scientific writing. With the increasing interest in LLMs, such as ChatGPT, their diverse utility has been widely explored, including their application in research and scientific writing. LLMs have the potential to guide researchers throughout the different stages of their research, from idea generation to drafting a scientific piece. However, there are significant ethical concerns and challenges related to scientific integrity in ophthalmology research that should be addressed by scientific journals. Our review of the 10 highest-impact-factor ophthalmology journals revealed that the number of journals addressing this topic in their submission guidelines is rapidly increasing. Therefore, we propose certain domains that all journals should consider regarding the use of LLMs in research. As LLMs continue to improve, their use in scientific writing will remain a contentious issue due to the ethical dilemmas involved in determining the appropriate scope of their use. This article reviews the ethical dilemmas related to the use of LLMs in ophthalmology research and calls for the prompt development of guidelines for their ethical use in manuscript writing as ophthalmology journals update their editorial policies with respect to LLMs.

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Influence of Chief Vein on Tribological Behavior of Vein-Bionic Textured Rolling Element Bearings Under Starved Lubrication

We, the Editors and Publisher of Tribology Transactions, have retracted the following article: Chao Zhao, Lixia Ying, Donghui Li, Di Wang & Jiashuai Hu (2023) Influence of Chief Vein on Tribological Behavior of Vein-Bionic Textured Rolling Element Bearings Under Starved Lubrication, Tribology Transactions, 66:4, 760–770, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10402004.2023.2226694. Since publication, significant concerns have been raised about the fact that this article appears to have substantial reuse of figures and images, as well as text overlap with the following article, by one of the same authors, which is not clearly cited or referenced: Chao Zhao, Risheng Long, Yimin Zhang, Yibing Wang, Yueyong Wang. Influence of characteristic parameters on the tribological properties of vein-bionic textured cylindrical roller thrust bearings. Tribology International, Vol. 175, 107861 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2022.107861. Table 2 in the Tribology Transactions article bears significant similarity to Table 3 in the Tribology International article. The data in the Tribology Transactions article appears to be rearranged and select subsets to present in graphs appear to be relabeled to make them look like new and different results. We have also identified some background images, such as test rig set up, that appear copied from the Tribology International article to the Tribology Transactions article without acknowledgement of the original source. Upon query, the author has not been able to provide a satisfactory explanation for this significant level of overlap. As this is a serious breach of our Editorial Policies, we are retracting the article from the journal. The corresponding author has agreed to retract the article. We have been informed in our decision-making by our editorial policies and the COPE guidelines. The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.