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Global trends of indocyanine green fluorescence navigation in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: bibliometrics and knowledge atlas analysis.

Indocyanine green fluorescence cholangiography is a new type of cholangiography that has emerged in recent years. It has many advantages, such as simplicity, safety, and efficiency, and is expected to become a routine procedure for intraoperative cholangiography in the future. However, there is no bibliometric analysis of horizontal generalization in this field. Therefore, this study aims to assess the current research status and developmental trends in this field from a global perspective and to help guide the focus of future research. This study was conducted by retrieving the literature related to ICG fluorescence cholangiography published in English from 2000 to 2021 from Web of Science. The Histcite. Pro tool was used to analyze the bibliometric indicators, and VOSviewer was used to visualize the research trends and hotspots in this field. 192 related studies were finally included. For the past 20years, the number of related publications in this field have increased yearly, with 2010 being a breakthrough point for research in this field. Research has developed rapidly since 2013 and may continue to expand in the next several years. The USA and Japan play leading roles in this field. "SURG ENDOSC", "SURG INNOV", and "J LAPAROENDOSC ADV S" are core journals that publish high-quality literature and the latest developments in this field. Some authors who have a large number of high-quality publications include Ishizawa T and Kokudo N. The current research hotspots in this field are focused on exploring the factors that affect ICG cholangiography and optimization measures. In general, the number of documents related to ICG fluorescence cholangiography is growing rapidly, with the USA and Japan being influential countries and China being one of the major producers of these documents. The optimization of this new technology will affect key developments in future research.

Effects of Integrated Chinese Traditional Medicine and Conventional Western Medicine on the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background Traditional Chinese medicine has been widely used, in conjunction with conventional Western medicine, in clinical practice around the world to treat breast cancer. The study systematically reviewed and summarized the quality of life of breast cancer patients treated with integrated treatment method vs. conventional Western medicine. Methods Eight databases including PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, China Biology Medicine Disc, Chinese Scientific Journal Database, and Wanfang Data knowledge service platform were searched in this study. The retrieval period was set from January 1, 2005, to December 31, 2020. Results Twenty-two high-quality publications were included in this study. The total sample size was 1689 patients including 844 in the intervention group receiving traditional Chinese medicine combined with conventional Western medicine and 845 patients in the control group receiving conventional Western medicine only. Compared with the single-used conventional Western medicine treatment, an integrated approach to treat breast cancer can increase quality of life measured by rating scales (SMD = 1.29, 95% CI (1.07, 1.52) and P=0.01) and ranking scales (RR = 1.53, 95% CI (1.39 1.68) and P=0.02) and also decrease adverse reactions measured by rating scales (Z = 10.89, P < 0.05; Group 1: I2 = 9.0%, P=0.258, SMD = 1.03; and Group 2: I2 = 31.6%, P=0.199, SMD = 1.56). For further analysis, chemotherapy with epirubicin exhibited higher quality of life than the chemotherapy without epirubicin among breast cancer patients [Z = 19.80, P < 0.05; Group 1: I2 = 62.4%, P=0.070, SMD = 1.61; and Group 2: I2 = 9.0%, P=0.359, SMD = 1.04]. Despite the heterogeneity, which was due to a portion of relative low-quality literature or other factors, the results were satisfactory. In terms of secondary results, the patients with lower tumor markers (CEA and CA153) had better efficiency in quality of life with a statistically significant difference (SMD = 1.39, 95% CI: 1.10,1.67) for rating scales. In addition, secondary results related to high incidence of gastrointestinal adverse reactions (RR = 1.33, 95% CI (1.20, 1.48)) and the traditional Chinese medicine syndrome (RR = 1.50, 95% CI (1.28, 1.80))showed lower quality of life in the intervention group than the control group for ranking scales. Conclusion Traditional Chinese medicine, when used in conjunction with the conventional Western medicine, could be an effective way in improving the quality of life and alleviating incidence of associated adverse symptoms such as gastrointestinal adverse reactions, value of tumor markers, and the incidence of traditional Chinese medicine syndrome. Further investigation of larger and methodologically sound trials with longer follow-up periods and appropriate comparison groups is needed.

To Better Serve and Grow the ComSoc Community

It is a great honor and privilege for me to serve as the President of IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) in 2022&#x2013;2023. IEEE ComSoc is a global professional organization that has been creating cutting-edge communications and networking technologies through its high-quality publications, premier conferences, technology standards, educational activities, and membership development. However, we face many new challenges in this era of rapid changes, especially due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. As President, I strive to build upon the outstanding achievements of our past presidents, volunteer leaders, supporting staff, and members to make IEEE ComSoc stronger and to better serve our members.

Interview: the global challenge for unions

Interview:the global challenge for unions Interview: IUR's Daniel Blackburn spoke with Kemal Özkan, Assistant General Secretary of Industriall Global Union. At the Fifth Congress of the ITUC in November this year current General Secretary Sharan Burrow will be stepping down. Kemal Özkan is out on the campaign trail as a candidate at that election and took some moments to speak with IUR Hello Kemal, how are you? Welcome to IUR journal, where this time we are talking about union renewal, new forms of work and organising, and changing labour law. I wanted to ask you a few questions about the international trade union movement, particularly about ideas of change and modernisation: about what needs to change for the future if unions are going to remain effective, relevant and important in the coming years. ■ Thank you very much Daniel for the opportunity to discuss our ideas and programme for strengthening the international trade union movement that we all believe in. ICTUR is a high-quality union publication. The magazine is in pride of place in our Industriall Global Union office, and ICTUR has supported countless campaigns and actions around the world. Congratulations to you and the ICTUR team. There are so many changes and challenges in the world today, I wonder if we need to re-assess what are the goals, demands and objectives of trade unions, internationally? Have we been setting the agenda or following it? Have we been focusing on the right things? ■ All working people must have the right to a good wage, stable employment, to be healthy and safe at work, and to a union. These rights are hard-won and must be constantly defended. The vast majority of the world's workers live in countries where unions are either not permitted, or barely tolerated. The priorities of workers, or rank and file union members, must always be the focus of the union movement. We must grow our strength, in the Global South and Global North. Legislation is moving in response to public demand for due diligence for multinational companies and their supply chains. We must take this opportunity to put unions at the centre of a new system of global industrial relations and cross-border social dialogue that responds to the concept of 'human rights due diligence' throughout companies' own operations and supply chains. Bad employers and governments seek to set the agenda and so do we. We have the numbers; we have the power. It is up to us to use it. We are in the run-up to the Fifth Congress of the ITUC, when current General Secretary Sharan Burrow will be stepping down, and I understand that you are now out on the campaign trail as a candidate for that election. If you are the next ITUC General Secretary, where will the focus of international trade union work lie? Going forward, what are the major concerns and issues as you see them? ■ Workers and their families are now bearing the brunt of war, pandemic, climate crisis, over-mighty capital, and an ineffective or compromised political class. Workers everywhere are facing increasingly emboldened anti-democratic forces. The ITUC is their vehicle for change, ensuring that workers' priorities are central to the political debate responding to these crises. We will battle for the right to strike, for regulation on global supply chains and platform work, will promote industrial policy and just transition, struggle against any form of precarious work, particularly formalisation of the informal economy and push policies against inequality at the ILO. You know, Daniel, an enormous part of ITUC's power comes from the inspirational women leaders throughout the movement. ITUC will increase its focus and energy in the global march for women's empowerment. Our youth are motivated to take up the flag of struggle. ITUC will strengthen its work with developing and enabling young union leaders. They are the promise of the future of our movement. I think I first met you when our organisation was working on the height of the crisis of anti-union violence in Colombia, in the 2000s, so I know that you have long been concerned by these kind of really serious situations of...

A Rising Platform for Advanced Materials Science and Technology

It is a great privilege and honor for me to serve as the Editor-in-Chief of Advanced Materials Science and Technology (AMST). I want to express my heartfelt thanks to the editorial team for their efforts to make the journal going to the success. AMST, founded in 2019, is publishing research papers of high quality in the field of materials science and technology. Materials science and industry&nbsp;are entering a new era of green, high-end and intelligent, under pressure from the global community on the environment and energy&nbsp;needs[1-3]. Many countries are developing strategies for clean energy and low-carbon innovation. This depends to a great extent on the innovation research of new materials, functional materials and intelligent materials and development of related science and technology[4,5]. It is under such background and requirement that our journal, AMST, was founded and is fast growing, providing a platform to&nbsp;the scientific community for the exchange of knowledge about the chemistry and technology of new materials, especially to the increasingly inter- and multidisciplinary nature of materials-based research. Our&nbsp;journal is to give some insight into the opportunities and challenges related to advanced materials science and technology, and to call on more researchers participating actively in and sharing the chance. AMST&nbsp;is serving our readers with high level papers under our rigorous but fair peer-review procedures, and publish on a not-for-profit basis for the benefit of the scientific community. Indeed, we try our best to take&nbsp;the journal forward to continue growing as a trusted and respected gold open access venue for the publication of high quality, impactful results on the frontiers of materials-based research. We hope you enjoy this rising star in materials research as much as we do, and wonderful future issues is coming.

Editors' Responsibility for Publishing High-Quality Research Results: A Worldwide Study Into Current Challenges in Quality Assessment Processes

The contemporary scientific community faces significant challenges in assuring research credibility. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an even greater interest in swift publications of valid research results, and individual editors of reputable academic journals might feel pressured to ensure high quality of published papers. Aiming to explore how editors perceive their management of the quality assessment processes and to identify decisions and processes which editors believe to be the most critical for securing high-quality publications, we conducted a qualitative survey. 258 editors of scientific journals from 42 countries participated in the study. Key findings of the first part of the study show that across disciplines, editors perceived the manuscripts as excellent if they were innovative, scientifically sound, well-written and well-argued, addressed a significant topic, contained useful results, and had the potential to change (improve) something. Secondly, originality emerged as the leading quality criteria in manuscript quality assessment, followed by validity and significance. Finally, results indicate that factors influencing the overall complexity of editorial quality assessment are: (i) clearly defined minimum threshold of required quality, (ii) consistency of assessment between individual quality criteria, and (iii) experience of the editor.

ЗДОБУТКИ В СФЕРІ НАУКОВОГО РЕДАГУВАННЯ ТА КОМУНІКАЦІЙ (ЧАСТИНА 3)

In the second half of 2021, 2 webinars and a meeting of the editorial team of the journal “Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Medical Sciences ” took place online. These events took place as a continuation of a specially designed program of lectures and masterclasses in English to improve the writing skills of modern high-quality scientific publications. These events were held with the support of Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, the Shevchenko Scientific Society, the Western Scientific Centre of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, and the Council of Scientific Editors of Ukraine. Registered participants had the opportunity to view online broadcasts and recordings of the events at “Рroceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Medical Sciences” journal Facebook page and Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC40L7KlZ5UU4hrMj_--yqHw). Each registered participant received a certificate with a certain number of points of continuous professional development

Bibliometric Analysis of the Scientific Literature on Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease.

Background In recent years, the number of studies on rheumatoid arthritis-related interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) has been increasing, which has led to many publications on this topic. Our purpose is to identify research trends in RA-ILD and analyze the most-cited RA-ILD-related high-quality scientific publications. Methods All publications on RA-ILD in the Core Collection database of Web of Science were searched. The publication year, country, institution, total citations, and journal were extracted and analyzed. We used VOSviewer software or an online bibliometric analysis platform for cooccurrence analysis of the keywords, institutions, and countries involved. The 100 most frequently cited RA-ILD publications were analyzed. Results In total, 596 publications related to RA-ILD were obtained. Over time, the frequency of RA-ILD publications has increased. Globally, the United States provides the most publications on RA-ILD (n = 195). The institution with the highest publication output was the Mayo Clinic (n = 43). The journal “Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases” published most with 93 articles and received 338 citations. A clinical description was the most common research topic in RA-ILD-related publications. Conclusions In recent years, there has been an increasing number of studies on RA-ILD, and related publications have increased rapidly. This study is the first bibliometric study of RA-ILD-related publications. It can be used as a guide for clinicians and can help researchers choose research directions of interest in this field.

Academic Integrity Issues in Decided Cases in Malaysia

A good writing has a reciprocal relationship with the researcher’s discipline in accomplishing a research, analysing, elaborating, and presenting a prestigious publication coupled with a crystal-clear motive in producing an article journal. Discussing on the underlying principles in writing ethics, a researcher or an author observes a strict rule of academic integrity as well as research ethics in the era of information with divergent technology advances. Principles of academic integrity such as honesty, trust, transparency, and sincerity are the backbone in research writing. With regard to research ethics, etiquette such as permission to conduct research, confidentiality of data and compliance with the rules that have been given and agreed to seems to fulfil the moral values and Islamic values. The discussion of this article took an in-depth study with regard to the principles upheld by a researcher and author through library research including cases that have been decided in Malaysian court. The findings indicated that the components outlined in the principles of academic integrity and research ethics are appropriate in fulfilling the philosophy of Islamic values in producing a high-quality publication that gave rise to an intellectual property right on impactful published ideas.

30 Years of Macromolecular Theory and Simulations

30 Years of <i>Macromolecular Theory and Simulations</i>

Foreword: Journal of the Finnish Economic Association 1/2020

We are very happy to provide the very first issue of the Journal of the Finnish Economic Association (JFEA). JFEA is a new peer-reviewed international journal published biannually by the Finnish Economic Association and it replaces the Finnish Economic Papers. The objective of JFEA is to provide a high-quality and fast peer-reviewed publication channel for applied economic papers, and facilitate communication of topical research results to the research community and policymakers.

A internacionalização da produção das diferentes gerações de pesquisadores CNPq de Geografia Física do Brasil

CNPq productivity scholarship holders can be considered elite in terms of scientific production in Brazil. Therefore, it is expected from them a constant pool of high-quality publications. However, nowadays, high-quality research is increasingly understood as getting published in scientific, international, English-speaking journals with a high impact factor. In parallel, it makes sense to expect that the younger generation of CNPq productivity scholarship holders in ​​Physical Geography will present a more internationalized production than the older ones, as the demand for greater internationalization is still recent. Furthermore, the younger ones were educated in a world inclusive academic, more globalized. Therefore, this paper analyzes the production published in scientific journals of all CNPq productivity scholarship holders in the field of Physical Geography between 2016 and 2020 and compares the differences and similarities of the production of the older generation with that of the former younger one. The results obtained demonstrate that there are no major differences between the production of the two generations, being, in general, the oldest most productive, both in national and international articles. This fact shows that the internationalization of Brazilian scientific production in Physical Geography is not a generational challenge. In parallel, the results obtained evidenced two other facts: that half of the scholarship holders work in the Geomorphology and Pedology sub-area and that the level 1 scholarships are heavily concentrated in the older generation.

Biochar in the 21st century: A data-driven visualization of collaboration, frontier identification, and future trend

The massive amounts of publication data are highly valuable, because in addition to the advancement in science, technology, and policy, such data can provide critical information and guidance on what have been published, what topical changes have evolved, and what are the trending fields deserving more attention. In the 21st century, biochar has played an indispensable role in the long-term global development strategies in response to “Carbon neutralization”, “Agricultural management”, and “Environmental restoration”, and accumulated many high-quality publications. Herein, this study provides a new data-driven bibliometric analysis strategy and framework for mining the core content of massive literature data, and aims at bringing unique insights for the research prospects as well as opportunities of biochar. The results show that biochar researches have made great progress from 1999 to 2020, but cross-disciplinary teamwork should be further emphasized. The research frontier identification reveals that sewage treatment, efficient removal, and functional composite materials will be the issues which must be paid continual attention at present and in the future. Furthermore, studies on global climate impact, biomass resource utilization, carbon sequestration, carbon cycle, and even the negative effects of biochar have gradually begun to be taken seriously.

Evaluating Strength of Evidence of Pediatric Otolaryngology Research Literature: A 20-Year Review.

Quantity and quality of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (OTL-HNS) research are increasing, yet patterns within Pediatric OTL-HNS publications are unknown. This study examines trends in the level of evidence of pediatric OTL-HNS articles over a 20-year period to quantify the growth and characterize contributing factors. Review article. A retrospective review was conducted on 12 peer-reviewed OTL-HNS journals at three time-points: 1996, 2006, and 2016. Pediatric-specific OTL-HNS journals were selected; all were among the top 10 highest impact factor journals, with one pediatric-specific and one Canadian journal. Publication details, author characteristics, and study focus were collected. Papers were classified based on the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Levels of Evidence by two independent reviewers. Of the 1,733 articles reviewed, 727 met inclusion criteria. A greater absolute number of pediatric OTL-HNS articles were published over the years studied: from 95 in 1996 to 359 in 2016 (P < .001). As well, the absolute number of high-quality studies has increased over the study period, from 28 articles in 1996 to 100 articles in 2016. However, the relative percentage of high-quality papers remained stable between 27.9% and 32.2% with an average of 29.7% (P=.89). Higher impact factor journals did not tend to publish higher-quality pediatric OTL-HNS articles (P=.48). Over the past 20 years, there is no appreciable improvement in the proportion of high-quality publications in pediatric OTL-HNS; however, there is an overall greater number of high-quality papers within OTL-HNS literature. These findings likely relate to challenges of research within pediatric surgical specialties. NA Laryngoscope, 132:1869-1876, 2022.

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Recent innovations in fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy for biology and medicine.

.Significance: Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) measures the decay rate of fluorophores, thus providing insights into molecular interactions. FLIM is a powerful molecular imaging technique that is widely used in biology and medicine.Aim: This perspective highlights some of the major advances in FLIM instrumentation, analysis, and biological and clinical applications that we have found impactful over the last year.Approach: Innovations in FLIM instrumentation resulted in faster acquisition speeds, rapid imaging over large fields of view, and integration with complementary modalities such as single-molecule microscopy or light-sheet microscopy. There were significant developments in FLIM analysis with machine learning approaches to enhance processing speeds, fit-free techniques to analyze images without a priori knowledge, and open-source analysis resources. The advantages and limitations of these recent instrumentation and analysis techniques are summarized. Finally, applications of FLIM in the last year include label-free imaging in biology, ophthalmology, and intraoperative imaging, FLIM of new fluorescent probes, and lifetime-based Förster resonance energy transfer measurements.Conclusions: A large number of high-quality publications over the last year signifies the growing interest in FLIM and ensures continued technological improvements and expanding applications in biomedical research.

The Legal and Ethical Care of Patients Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing with an Emphasis on Communication Methods

Background: As the deaf and hard of hearing population has increased over the last few decades, the prevalence of American Sign Language as a person’s primary language has increased with it. However, many optometrists are unsure as to how to approach an exam, and what the law requires to accommodate these patients. This literature review explores the legal and ethical considerations of examining and communicating with patients who are deaf or hard of hearing. Methods: Through literature review, information was gathered and summarized from many high quality publications and legal cases as to how to properly care for and communicate with a patient who is deaf or hard of hearing, with special attention to the legal and ethical requirements of an optometrist. Results: To optimize the health care environment for patients who are deaf or hard of hearing, the most important step is for optometrists to understand local resources, such as sign language interpreters, legal support, and community agencies, that can benefit both the patients and their chair time. This varies depending on what the deaf/hard of hearing patient needs and should be adjusted accordingly. The supplemental use of pictures or diagrams to illustrate tests or procedures may also help solidify communication between patient and doctor but may not be a substitute for “effective communication” as outlined in the Americans with Disabilities Act. Above all, it is important to meet these legal requirements, as well as address the specific needs of the patient, preferably with preparation before the exam. In addition, this information in this literature review is summarized in pamphlet format for distribution to the optometric community. Conclusion: The Americans with Disabilities Act lays out legal guidelines that physicians must follow when it comes to patients who are deaf or hard of hearing, including optometrists. It is important for optometrists to study these requirements and be aware of them, should the situation arise when a patient who is deaf or hard of hearing schedules or presents in a clinical setting.

The politics and policy of science and technology: Past and future

The Review of Policy Research (RPR) is a long-existing and traditional journal of policy research and part of the journal family published under the aegis of the Policy Studies Organization (PSO) and in cooperation with Wiley. Originally given the name “Policy Studies Review” and as a sister journal of the Policy Studies Journal, which currently is the policy process journal with the highest impact factor, the RPR developed its own standing and profile. While generally being concerned with the politics and policy of science and technology, the recently published articles address the most pressing topics of our time. The July issue includes important articles on climate change leadership (Glasgow et al., 2021), innovation policy in China (Feng & Jiang, 2021), technology transfer and the use of digital technologies to boost productivity local policy networks (Möck, 2021), and digitalization in health care (Bogumil-Uçan & Klenk, 2021). With this editorial introduction, we are more than happy to announce that effective July 1, 2021, we are the new editorial team of this outstanding journal. Because of the great and effortful work of our predecessors, Nita Farahany, Tim Profeta, Kenneth Rogerson, and Sarah Rispin Sedlak, which we could not be more thankful for, we are able to take over a journal that is at the top of the academic community. Our deepest and most sincere thanks for making this transition so smooth and uncomplicated, and for your stellar past work! The current issue still is the result of the excellent work of this previous editorial team. All articles have been managed by them, and it is awesome to see what great compilation of articles it is that constitutes this issue. We are pleased to stay in contact with the previous editors, especially by having Ken on (editorial) board. In the months to come, we will continue to broaden the editorial board and to extend it to so far underrepresented regions. To those who are already on it: Thank you for supporting the journal in the last years, and we hope that you will hold faith with us. A huge thank you also to Paul Rich, PSO President, and Daniel Gutierrez-Sandoval, for their persistent and tireless support with all questions and requests. The trust and support you have shown us is more than any editor could ever dream of. The new editorial team consists of Nils C. Bandelow, Johanna Hornung, and Colette S. Vogeler, all based at TU Braunschweig, Germany. All of us have an international background, by having studied or having stayed at other academic institutions across Europe. All of us are academically active at various international conferences, in academic organizations and self-governance, and through publications in diverse journals (https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/coppp). Together with European colleagues, Nils and Johanna co-edit the European Policy Analysis (EPA) journal that recently published special issues on COVID-19 (Colfer, 2020) and the state of the art of theoretical frameworks of public policy, such as the Programmatic Action Framework (Bandelow et al., 2021; Hassenteufel & Genieys, 2021) and the Narrative Policy Framework (e.g., Tosun & Schaub, 2021). Therefore, we bring in some useful experience in the cooperation with the PSO and Wiley and in editing a journal. We want to pursue a long-term strategy for the RPR over the next few years. In doing so, we want to build on the existing and important focal points and the outstanding networks in the academic world and develop them further. Based on our experience with the EPA journal, we first want to strengthen the areas of communication and special issues in the short term. This means that the RPR will have a Twitter account from now on (@RPR_Journal) and will use it to promote and inform as well as network with supporters of the journal. We also want to enable guest editors to consider the RPR for high-quality Special Issue publication projects. Such special issue projects should usually consist of six articles. If you are interested in guest-editing an issue: We welcome any first or already completed ideas on special issue, e.g., from panels at international conferences or workshops! In the long run, we might think about enabling possible sister projects of RPR and EPA, which will consist of publishing new theoretical perspectives first in the EPA journal and presenting empirical applications to pressing current issues afterwards in the RPR. For any questions, comments or ideas regarding publications in RPR, feel free to always contact us via email: rpr@ipsonet.org. We'd love to connect with you!

THE BEGINNING OF HISTORICAL AND ARTISTIC PERIODIC IN ODESSA AT THE END OF THE XIX CENTURY

The purpose of this article is to cover one of the episodes in the initial stage of publishing Odessa almanacs or collections, the authors of which tried to raise to a new professional level the study of the history and theory of art and methods of familiarizing with public art. The object of our study is the collection “From the world of art and science”. Despite the general failure of the project as a periodical, two issues of the collection “From the world of art and science” should be considered a bright phenomenon of cultural development in Odessa during the era of modernization. In this case, the modernization was reflected in the desire of A. O. Matveev to lay the foundations of scientific art history in Odessa, which N. P. Kondakov did at the highest scientific level at the same time in this city, and combined it with the tasks of popularizing and teaching methods of art. The insufficiently defined collection’s character, either as a purely scientific, or as a popularizing and pedagogical one, probably did not attract representatives of the Scientific Humanitarian elite of Odessa, professors of Novorossiysk University – N. P. Kondakov, literary historian A. I. Kirpichnikov, byzantinist F. I. Uspensky, whose works could raise it to a higher level. The collection helped to familiarize first of all Odessa residents with the latest achievements of Art History thought in Western Europe at that time, because A. A. Matveev richly saturated the text with numerous references to the works of Western European scientists, the presentation of their thoughts. The collection is a source for learning about the development of art history pedagogy in Odessa, because some of its articles were lectures by teachers of the Odessa Drawing School. The elegantly published collection is one of the testimonies about the development of printing in Odessa, the experience of highquality publication of art works. The editor’s interdisciplinary approach and desire to integrate various but related branches of art and Science (History, Art History, Literary Studies, musicology) have not lost their relevance.