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The future of surgical technique publication at JCRS and JCRO.

The future of surgical technique publication at JCRS and JCRO.

ACS Publications commits hybrid journals to open access Plan S

On April 26, American Chemical Society Publications committed its full portfolio of more than 60 hybrid journals—which offer both open-access and subscription-only content—to becoming Plan S–aligned transformative journals. Plan S is the open-access publishing strategy of cOAlition S, an international consortium of research-funding organizations. All scientists who receive grants from Plan S signatories are required to publish their research in a completely open-access journal or, until the end of 2024, in a hybrid journal with transformative journal status. To earn and maintain transformative journal status, publications must achieve an absolute growth in open-access articles of 5% per year, or a relative growth of 15% year on year . ACS already publishes 12 gold open-access journals, which are all compliant with Plan S requirements. “The transformative journal designation is a further commitment to embrace open access across our publishing activities,” says Sybille Geisenheyner, director of open science strategy and licensing at

Perspectives in Biophotonics: a special issue in honor of the International Graduate Summer School on Biophotonics.

.The guest editorial introduces the Journal of Biomedical Optics special collection, Perspectives in Biophotonics, https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/biophotonics-tutorials.

Unsupervised super-resolution reconstruction of hyperspectral histology images for whole-slide imaging (Errata).

.Corrections to the published article include values in Table 1 and provision of an omitted reference.

Special Section Guest Editorial: MEMS Lidar

The <i>Journal of Optical Microsystems</i> is a Gold Open Access journal that publishes cutting-edge research in all aspects of optical and photonic microsystems, from materials and fabrication of micro-optical and photonic components, through assembly and packaging, to systems and applications. Open access fees will be waived for all submissions through 2022.

Strategies to Increase the Number of Open Access Journals: The Cases of Elsevier and Springer Nature

In recent years, major commercial publishers have strengthened their presence in both the subscription journal market and the open access journal market. Examining 447 journals from Elsevier and 550 from Springer Nature, this study investigates three strategies for enlarging the number of gold open access journals: the launch of new journals, mergers with other publishers, and partnerships with research institutes. The results reveal that these publishers adopted different strategies for expanding their journal portfolios. While Springer Nature relied significantly on merging with established publishers, Elsevier recently launched many new journals independently. Approximately 60 per cent of Springer Nature journals and 45 per cent of Elsevier journals are published on behalf of research institutes. Therefore, collaboration with research institutes has contributed to the increasing number of journal titles. As major publishers expand their open access businesses, it is necessary to monitor their activities from a policy perspective of pro-competition.

2022 Editorial IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems

Clearly, the year 2021 was a year in which many of us needed to meet, present, discuss and teach from behind our computer screens. Yet, an increasing number of authors are submitting their work to ‘OJ-ITS’, confirming the interest of the ITS community in a Gold Open Access Journal. The number of submissions grew from 44 in 2019–2020 to more than 100 in 2021, while the number of papers published grew from 20 in 2020 to 35 in 2022. The acceptance rate was stable: 70% in 2020, 68% in 2021. The average times until first and final decision are 54 and 10 days, respectively. We are running around 10 special topics, of which the topic Machine Learning and Deep Learning, led by Dr. Chi-Hua Chen attracted 16 submissions.

Introducing Sensors &amp; Diagnostics

It is with great pleasure that we introduce Sensors &amp; Diagnostics, a new gold open access journal by the Royal Society of Chemistry dedicated to promoting research on innovative sensors, systems, devices, and technology for diagnostics and other applications.

Hybrid photonic system integration using thin glass platform technology (Erratum)

The <i>Journal of Optical Microsystems</i> is a Gold Open Access journal that publishes cutting-edge research in all aspects of optical and photonic microsystems, from materials and fabrication of micro-optical and photonic components, through assembly and packaging, to systems and applications. Open access fees will be waived for all submissions through 2023.

Launching a New Journal in Times of COVID

The <i>Journal of Optical Microsystems</i> is a Gold Open Access journal that publishes cutting-edge research in all aspects of optical and photonic microsystems, from materials and fabrication of micro-optical and photonic components, through assembly and packaging, to systems and applications. Open access fees will be waived for all submissions through 2023.

OPEN ACCESS, THE HUMANITIES, AND CONTEMPLATION THROUGH SCIENCE

OPEN ACCESS, THE HUMANITIES, AND CONTEMPLATION THROUGH SCIENCE

Single acquisition label-free histology-like imaging with dual-contrast photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy (Errata).

.The errata correct the errors in citation numbering that appeared in the originally published article.

Imaging of enthesitis by an LED-based photoacoustic system (Erratum).

.An error in the first author’s name is corrected.

A “Trojan horse” in the reference lists: Citations to a hijacked journal in SSCI-indexed marketing journals

Hijacked journals are publication outlets that are created by fraudulent entities for financial gain. They deceitfully use the names of genuine journals to dupe researchers. A hijacked journal publishes papers in return for article publication charges similar to those of gold open access journals, but they are not authentic. By using the same title of a genuine journal, a hijacked journal may confuse authors who send their manuscripts to it. A hijacked journal may also confuse authors that cite articles published in it, wrongly assuming that they appeared in an authentic journal (a phenomenon herein called citation infiltration). Adopting a case study methodology, the main aim of this paper is to investigate the extent of citations received by a hijacked marketing journal from marketing journals indexed in Clarivate Analytics' Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). Results indicate that the hijacked journal received 25 citations from 13 SSCI-indexed marketing journals. The list of the infiltrated journals includes some of marketing's most “prestigious” journals. Ironically, the SSCI-indexed marketing journal that cited the hijacked journal the most (with nine citations) is none other than the genuine journal whose identity has been theft.

Collaboration between research institutes and large and small publishers for publishing open access journals

Research institutes frequently collaborate with for-profit publishers for the publication of open access journals. This study uses a structural break test to examine the effects of the collaboration between research institutes and large and small for-profit publishers for the publication of 15 gold open access journals on the journals’ internationality and academic influence. The results reveal an improvement in the internationality and academic influence for most of the journals following the collaboration. Additionally, the scale and persistence of the effects are not dependent on the size of the publisher. The findings indicate that large publishers do not have any advantage over small publishers in publishing journals for research institutes. This implies that small publishers can compete with large ones in publishing official journals on behalf of research institutes. However, as collaboration with research institutes strengthens the large publishers’ presence in the open access journal market, it is necessary to monitor their activities, including large publishers’ acquisitions of small ones.

Open access status of journals and articles in Journal Citation Reports

Purpose: There is somewhat of a difference between understanding the open access (OA) concept and practicing it by stakeholders. OA articles are mainly published by gold and hybrid OA journals, but the OA status may be confusing depending on the target databases. This study investigated the OA status of journals and articles and evaluated the extent to which OA2020 (publishing 90% of articles as OA) was achieved.Methods: This study collected OA data by combining 2014-2019 data from Journal Citation Reports at the journal level with Web of Science at the article level. Finally, 12,449 journals were analyzed focusing on gold and hybrid OA journals, and progress towards the goal of OA2020 was evaluated.Results: Even though 80.4% of Journal Citation Reports journals were gold and hybrid OA journals, only 20.9% of the articles were OA (gold OA journals, 16.6%; hybrid journals, 4.3%). The compound annual growth rate of the total articles was 4.7%, that of OA articles was 16.4%, and that of subscription articles was only 1.7%. Among the subscription journals, 77.4% had shifted to become hybrid journals, but only 5.2% of their articles were OA. Therefore, the hybrid journals were at the very early stage of OA publishing.Conclusion: Considerable progress must still be made to achieve the goal of OA2020. The influence of OA publishing will eventually expand and therefore, librarians should take interest in OA publishing for the library services.

Influence of open access journals on the research community in Journal Citation Reports

Purpose: The number of open access (OA) journals is rapidly increasing, and it is very important for librarians to understand the influence of OA journals on the research community. This study investigated the influence of the OA journals listed in Journal Citation Reports (JCR) based on various indicators.Methods: The data for this study were prepared by combining the JCR 2014 to 2019 journal list with the number of hybrid OA articles obtained by searching the Web of Science. Each journal’s JCR indicators and article processing charge were added. The influence of OA journals was compared according to OA type, whether they were published by large publishers, and whether they were top gold OA journals.Results: Gold OA journals remained weaker in terms of JCR indicators than hybrid journals. However, the top 20 gold OA journals, accounting for 27.0% of all OA articles in JCR 2014 to 2019, were superior in all JCR indicators. The top three OA publishers (MDPI, BioMed Central, and Public Library of Science) showed potential for development despite concerns regarding poor journals. The top three subscription publishers were very active in OA publishing, but their actual share of hybrid OA articles (Elsevier, 5.1%; Springer, 10.1%; and Wiley, 12.4% in JCR 2019) was still insufficient.Conclusion: Some gold OA journals showed high competitiveness and even the possibility for development beyond traditional journals. The transition of subscription journals to hybrid journals was found to be at the early stage. In light of these findings, librarians should continue monitoring the influence of OA journals.

A New Home for Optical Microsystems Publications

The <i>Journal of Optical Microsystems</i> is a gold open access journal that publishes cutting-edge research in all aspects of optical and photonic microsystems, from materials and fabrication of micro-optical and photonic components, through assembly and packaging, to systems and applications. Open access fees will be waived for all submissions through 2022.

Gold Route Open Access Journals in Engineering and Technology: Analysis of Research Impact and Implications for Scholarly Communication

Abstract&#x0D; The study examined the research impact of gold open access (OA) journals in engineering and technology. A total of 37 gold route journals that request article processing charges (APC) and 66 other OA journals without APC in the field were found in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and used for the study. The publishers, APC charges and the year each journal was added to DOAJ were identified and included in this study An informetric approach was used to extract research impact indicators (citations, paper productivity, cite/paper, cite/journal and h-index) of journals. Findings revealed that the publishers of the APC journals were dominated by commercial publishing companies producing over 60% of the journals. Article processing charges ranged from 7.6 USD to 3471.5 USD while the average article processing charges for APC journals was 727 USD. Gold route open access (APC) journals performed better than open access non-APC OA journals since they produced 51.2% of the papers, 71.8% of the total citations and 65.1% of the total h-index. However, findings showed a weak positive correlation between articles processing charges (APC) of the gold route journals and their research impact; while there is high significant positive correlation between research impact of gold route (APC journals) and non-APC open access journals.

An intersectional approach to analyse gender productivity and open access: a bibliometric analysis of the Italian National Research Council

Gender equality and Open Access (OA) are priorities within the European Research Area and cross-cutting issues in European research program H2020. Gender and openness are also key elements of responsible research and innovation. However, despite the common underlying targets of fostering an inclusive, transparent and sustainable research environment, both issues are analysed as independent topics. This paper represents a first exploration of the inter-linkages between gender and OA analysing the scientific production of researchers of the Italian National Research Council under a gender perspective integrated with the different OA publications modes. A bibliometric analysis was carried out for articles published in the period 2016–2018 and retrieved from the Web of Science. Results are presented constantly analysing CNR scientific production in relation to gender, disciplinary fields and OA publication modes. These variables are also used when analysing articles that receive financial support. Our results indicate that gender disparities in scientific production still persist particularly in STEM disciplines, while the gender gap is the closest to parity in medical and agricultural sciences. A positive dynamic toward OA publishing and women’s scientific production is shown when disciplines with well-established open practices are related to articles supported by funds. A slightly higher women’s propensity toward OA is shown when considering Gold OA, or authorships with women in the first and last article by-line position. The prevalence of Italian funded articles with women’s contributions published in Gold OA journals seems to confirm this tendency, especially if considering the weak enforcement of the Italian OA policies.