Quality Of Journal Research Articles

Determinants of peer review engagement and quality in scientific journals: insights for academic research and the sustainability of the peer-review system

ABSTRACT Research productivity is a common topic in the literature, but peer reviewing for journals has received less attention, although it is a key activity of academic research. We help to fill this knowledge gap by assessing the determinants of peer review engagement and quality in scientific journals. We do so by analysing the combined information from a survey of academics working in different parts of the world and various fields of science, along with their publication and peer review information gathered from Scopus and Publons/Web of Science. We find that age, gender, and some dimensions of academics’ strategic research agendas are important predictors of peer review engagement. We also find that academic inbreeding along the educational path has a negative association with the quality of peer-review activities. However, we find no statistically significant results concerning academic inbreeding related to the professional trajectory and peer review engagement and quality. Equally importantly, our results suggest that although the activities of publishing and peer reviewing are closely associated, peer review tends to be ancillary to publishing, rather than the other way around. Furthermore, the greater the perceived availability of resources, including research funding throughout an academic’s career, the greater the focus is on publishing and the less the focus is on peer reviewing. These findings are discussed in relation to the current valuation of publication versus peer reviewing in terms of scientific and academic career recognition.

Aggregation and the New News Order: A Practice Theory Approach

This study examines the transforming power of aggregation in a traditional newsroom based on the practice theory approach. Through ethnographic observations of aggregated news production in action in a local legacy press, we were able to detect various symbolic and material sources of institutional change attributable to aggregation. Some of our findings confirmed the prescriptions of practice theory; some extended it; and some partially negated the existing model due largely to the lack of a goodness-of-fit between the Western theory and the unique Chinese media ecology. We found that a new news order has emerged at the expense of professional quality of journalism, causing massive depletions of resources traditionally reserved for news beats, background research, maintaining the network of news contacts, and depth investigation. As a concrete practice of the highly politicized campaign for media convergence in China, aggregation is re-defining news making, practitioner identity and the cultural authority of journalism. Theoretical implications of this research are discussed.

Dziennikarstwo według papieża Franciszka

The aim of the article is a media analysis of Pope Francis’ teaching on contemporary journalism based on the example of his messages for World Communications Day. A hypothesis that the Pope, noticing the problems of the contemporary system of social communication, believes that journalists play a key role in overcoming them, will be proved right. In the messages for World Communications Day the Pope formulates guidelines for journalists regarding their work that are consistent with the concept of quality journalism.

Synthesis of Publication Metrics in Kinesiology-Related Journals: Proxies for Rigor, Usage, and Prestige

ABSTRACT This study documented three domains of journal research quality using metrics from six major publishers and two major database services for a large sample of kinesiology-related journals: Rigor/soundness, usage, and prestige. All journal metrics were highly skewed and variable. Median acceptance rates and initial review time were consistent with rigorous peer-review. Four variables were strongly interrelated (0.849 < r < 0.963) and indicate typical usage of 1 to 3 citations for articles in these journals. The 5-year Eigenfactor Score had a relatively weaker association (0.510 < r < 0.758) with the usage metrics, supporting it as an estimate of the prestige afforded these kinesiology journals in Scopus instead of usage. Care must be taken to interpret multiple journal metrics; taking into account the skew, large variability, and confounding factors such as journal size and subject. Differences across quality domains, metrics, and bias from numerous contextual factors refute the insidious misuse of any single journal metric as quality indictor for ranking journals.

The resituated rural: exploring narratives beyond the empty Spain

ABSTRACT The controversies surrounding the rural have generated a lively discussion in Spain. Notions of “empty Spain” have gained momentum since the second half of the 2010s while the mainstream media have continued to replicate negative stereotypes and narratives about the countryside: the lack of opportunities, abandoned villages, economic depression and impoverished cultural life. These clichés, though grounded in the difficult realities of these spaces, come from a background of stigmatized depictions of the rural. However, these mainstream narratives may conceal alternative perspectives that allow new representations. The author proposes the notion of the resituated rural to refer to these new narratives and identifies three markers: the determination to leave behind victimization; the rejection of rural stereotyping; and the commitment to values rooted in cultural identities, sustainability concerns, social justice and gender equity. To illustrate this notion, the author reviews cultural works ranging from novels and feature films to documentaries about agriculture and nature, as well as magazines producing quality journalism on a variety of media platforms and social networks. The article argues that the resituated rural provides alternatives to hegemonic storytelling, avoids polarized apocalyptic or idyllic scenarios and explains the Spanish countryside as a “livable space”, thus offering critical insights for the construction of acceptable futures.

Preface

Welcome to 2023 International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Engineering, which was held in Qingdao, China on 29-30 July 2023! As the editor of this proceeding, I’m honored to present this special issue to you.The CMME2023 aims to provide a platform for scholars and researchers in related fields to exchange ideas and present their research results. It covers engineering issues and is designed to provide readers with an opportunity to gain a comprehensive understanding of cutting-edge research.With the rapid development of technology, engineering computing plays a crucial role in the field of natural science and practical applications. Through the cross-integration of computer science, mathematics and engineering, improve the theory and application of engineering computing. The study of engineering computing and mathematical methods, not only helps us better understand and explain phenomena, but also provides us with opportunities to optimize design and improve efficiency.We are committed to publishing high-quality, original, and practical articles, covering a wide range of research fields, such as structural mechanics, fluid mechanics, electronics and communication engineering, etc. Meanwhile, we also welcome submissions from different backgrounds and professional fields, and promote interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge sharing.To ensure the scientific and reliable content, journal quality and academic standards, all papers undergone peer review by using a rigorous peer review system. Each submission is reviewed by anonymous experts and will only be accepted for publication after passing rigorous review. This guarantees the quality and accuracy of the published articles and allows readers to rely on these research results with confidence. We would like to express our deep gratitude to the authors who participated in this CMME, as well as all the anonymous reviewers, who filled in the content of this proceeding and provided valuable comments and suggestions.Here, you will find a series of inspiring and forward-looking articles covering the latest research in various fields. We hope that these articles will stimulate your thinking and provide you with valuable reference and guidance as you practice engineering computing and mathematical methods. We also hope that through the promotion and dissemination of this proceeding, we can further promote the development of the field of engineering computing and make positive contributions to solving major problems in engineering practice.Finally, I would like to thank all the contributing authors, reviewers and editorial team for their hard work and support. Sincerely hope that CMME2023 can provide valuable information for your research and practice in related fields and make positive contribution. We can’t wait to see you at next CMME 2024!CMME2023 Organizing Committee2 August 2023

Quality journalism and advocacy in raising climate awareness: The case of The Guardian

The Anthropocene era describes human activity as the decisive factor in creating environmental imbalance on the planet. This emergency is intensifying the need for journalism to raise readers’ awareness about the climate crisis. This study concentrates on the coverage generated by the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27). Using a mixed quantitative and qualitative method, The Guardian’s international digital version was analysed to find out the scope of journalistic quality on the climate issue, applying the variables accredited with the Journalistic Value Added (JVA) analysis technique to the sample (N = 238). The results show that the editorial policy of commitment to the climate emergency taken on by The Guardian coincides with essential criteria of quality journalism, making the medium a point of reference, although misproportion still persist such as gender representation among the sources.

Editorial: Multimodality, Multidimensional Representation, and Multimedia Quality Assessment Toward Information Quality in Social Web of Things

This editorial summarizes the content of the collection on Multimodality, Multidimensional Representation, and Multimedia Quality Assessment Toward Information Quality in Social Web of Things for the Journal of Data and Information Quality.

ЭТНИЧНОСТЬ И МЕЖКУЛЬТУРНАЯ КОММУНИКАЦИЯ В СМИ: ОПЫТ НОРВЕГИИ

One of the main problems on the world agenda remains the problem of international relations. The processes of globalization in the modern world lead to the expansion of cultural contacts at different levels: from everyday life to political. Recently, there has been an increase in interest in the problems of intercultural communication, which actualizes the study of the role of the media in such communication as one of the areas of journalism science. This article explores the issues of intercultural communication in the mirror of the largest media in Norway. The theoretical foundations of the study were the ideas of academician V. A. Tishkov about the ethnic and religious diversity of the modern multipolar world, the dialogical model of the media approach in the formation of society’s tolerance, proposed by I. M. Dzyaloshinsky, as well as theoretical approaches to the study of modern communication processes, presented in foreign and Russian journalism works. Based on the content analysis method, the article analyzes the representation of intercultural topics in three Norwegian leading TV-programs related to the coverage of international and domestic news – “Dagsrevyen”, “Urix”, “Debatten”, as well as in the materials of Norway’s largest online-media “Aftenposten”. Much attention is paid to the study of Norwegian legislation and media codes in relation to groups of migrants and refugees. It is noted that Norway, being initially a predominantly ethnically homogeneous state, has turned into a multicultural one, on the territory of which people from more than two hundred countries of the world live. It is concluded that the Norwegian media play an important mediating role in the field of interethnic interaction. Following the spirit and letter of the Immigration Act of 2008 and the Norwegian Code of Ethics for Journalists, publications try to maintain the level of quality journalism in covering issues of ethnicity and intercultural communication. Of course, the direction of the modern agenda of the Norwegian media has changed, shifting after February 2022 towards coverage of situation in Ukraine, which the whole world is following today. But despite the modality of some materials, we note that in the analyzed materials much attention is paid to explanatory journalism.

An evaluation on research and publication ethics policies of journals publishing in the field of veterinary sciences in Türkiye

The research quality and publication of journals in any field are crucial because they show the development in the field. This study aimed to examine the research and publication ethics policies of the professional journals that continue to publish in the field of veterinary sciences and reveal the current situation. In this study, journals publishing in the field of veterinary sciences were searched through DergiPark, Web of Science database, and their websites. The features of these journals, the indexes in which they are indexed, statements about research-publication ethics, and the national and international academic institutions were gathered under appropriate headings. The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive statistical techniques such as frequency and percentage. Moreover, 11.5% (n = 3) of the veterinary journals in Türkiye were indexed in SCI-E, 3.8% (n = 1) were indexed in E-SCI, 57.7% (n = 15) were university journals, 42.3% (n = 11) published two issues per year, and 57.7% (n = 15) of journals had publication languages as Turkish and English. Therefore, the number and quality of publications in journals in veterinary sciences have increased in recent years. They comply with “national peer-reviewed journal” criteria and the COPE and ICMJE criteria, wherein the TR index, one of the most comprehensive scanning platforms in Türkiye, has also adopted their principles in several parameters. However, there is no common standard for journals.

Places and Spaces Without News: The Contested Phenomenon of News Deserts

News deserts have gained prominence both in academic literature and policy discussions about local news in recent years. Although there is no agreed definition of the term, it usually refers to the lack of or diminishing availability, access, or use of local news or media in a community. It is seen as a significant phenomenon that highlights inequalities in local news provisions, challenges of local media operations in the digital environment, and issues around the quality of local journalism and the critical information needs of communities. This thematic issue aims to contribute to the field by bringing together different approaches to the topic, considering varied empirical studies and methodological designs, and providing perspectives from countries around the world with different media systems and cultures. The articles in the thematic issue address three broad issues: approaches to studying news deserts, local news production and news deserts, and the impact of news deserts on communities. Overall, the contributions reveal that the presence of a news desert is not a simple question of a locality having or not having a local media outlet. The concept is better understood as processes affecting access and quality of local news involving places, news media outlets and production, communities, and audiences. We end the editorial highlighting areas for further research, including the need for more holistic, conceptual, and comparative work on the topic.

A Holistic Investigation of the Relationship between Digital Addiction and Academic Achievement among Students.

Digital addiction (DA), an umbrella term referring to addiction to any type of digital media, such as the internet, smartphone, digital games, and social media, is a significant factor influencing students' academic achievement (AA). Many scholars have contributed to this line of research from around the world. Nevertheless, the literature lacks a holistic investigation of how the DA-AA research field evolved, which could guide future studies. The current study aims to address this void and conducts a combined bibliometric and science mapping analysis of research addressing the relationship between DA and AA. Data were retrieved from the WoS database, considered one of the optimal databases for such studies with its comprehensive coverage of quality journals. One hundred eighteen articles were included in the final dataset and were analyzed using the SciMAT software, which allowed analysis over three consecutive periods and yielded comparable results regarding the conceptual and thematic evolution of the DA-AA domain. The results indicated an increased research interest in the topic, especially during the last five years. The science mapping analysis showed that the most-studied types of addiction were smartphone addiction for the first two periods and social media addiction for the last. Research in the DA-AA domain which focused on understanding the addictive use of smartphones during the first period, evolved to address factors such as self-efficacy or life satisfaction leading to smartphone addiction and lower grades. During the third period, the number of factors addressed gained significant variety and covered family-related and personal factors.

Editorial practices, perceived quality, and expedient scholarly publishing in a developing nation: a mixed methods study

Background: Scholarly literature from the developing world is low and the scientific impact in some countries, including Libya, is much lower compared with their peers. This study explores the editorial practices and editors’ perspectives to gain insight into the standard of scholarly publishing in Libya. Methods: Between 21st January and 12th February, 2022, the editors-in-chief (EC) of Libyan academic journals were invited to complete a questionnaire on editorial practices, degree of satisfaction with submitted and published manuscripts, review processes, and journal performance, as well as challenges facing the journals. Journal websites were examined for quality, and indexation coverage and citations were assessed. We examined the number of citations in Google Scholar for all 2019 articles published in each journal. Descriptive statistics were used to quantitatively summarize the data and thematic analysis was used for the narrative text. Results: 48 ECs completed the questionnaire. The EC was affiliated with the institution that owns the journal in 92% of cases. Most EC (83%) were satisfied with the peer-review quality, 69% believed that most of their published papers add new ideas or findings, and 96% were satisfied with their journal performance. However, despite the high degree of satisfaction, only one journal was indexed in Web of Science or Scopus and only 17% of the journals were indexed in Google Scholar. A qualitative assessment of journal websites revealed shortcomings in publishing practices in a large proportion of the journals. Conclusions: The discordance between the satisfaction of the journal editors and the journal quality indicators points to a break in the quality system of Libyan academic publishing. Similar expedient publishing practices might exist in other countries as well. A comprehensive action plan led by academic institutions to enforce high standards for scholarly publishing is needed to advance research and high-quality scholarly publications in developing countries.

Don't always judge an article by its cover: An examination of proxies for journal impact and citations in entrepreneurship

In many academic circles, promotion and tenure decisions are often driven by the quality of the candidate's research portfolio. In entrepreneurship, as in other disciplines, we tend to judge the quality and impact of our research based on publication in a select few top journals. In our paper, we investigate the incorrect inferences that result from using Journal Impact Factor (JIF) and other rankings as proxies to assess an article's scholarly quality and impact. In doing so, we hope to better understand any discrepancies between journal quality as measured by these proxies and individual article citation rates within both top and non-top entrepreneurship journals. Our results, based upon the average number of citations, show roughly 61% of the top four journals being misidentified as high quality (Type 2 error) and 22% of the remaining journal articles being misidentified as not high quality (Type 1 error). We illustrate the variability within the top entrepreneurship journals that further reinforces the importance of evaluating each article based on its individual merits rather than relying solely on proxies of quality. As such, we avoid neglecting the potential impact and value of articles that may not conform to traditional measures of quality.

The Role of Search Engine Optimization in Determining Journalism Quality

The SEO strategy for news content is characterized by employing mass media around an issue and then creating it frequently by writing as much as possible. Current event keywords are constantly incorporated into news content. Finally, the news will appear near the top of search engine results. Writing adapts to culture, particularly by observing text dynamics. Remember to evaluate editorial efforts in order to maintain journalistic quality. Data gathered through in-depth interviews, observations, and documentation. According to the findings of this study, all four media surveyed believe that SEO is a method of increasing traffic so that advertisements can develop. Doing SEO and then showing politically on the top page of Google search also puts other leading media's excellent reputation at danger. Publishers also develop regional content and implement target page view policies to ensure that the editorial staff adheres to the SEO algorithm. Surprisingly, there are limits on how SEO publishers may provide great information.

Evaluating the Impact of E-Banking on Customer Satisfaction: A Comprehensive Systematic Review

The study aimed to present a systematic literature Review based on scientific research extracted for the Impact of e-banking on Customer satisfaction. E-banking provides a digital platform to mark the basic to complex banking requirements over digital devices. The study sheds light on the Impact of e-banking on customer satisfaction. Customer satisfaction is widely recognized as an important indicator of ongoing use and effectiveness in information systems such as e-banking. Throughout the literature, various factors/dimensions have been accepted as the major contributors to the Impact and influence of customer satisfaction via e-banking. The current study has reviewed 47 papers from different quality journals to mark the findings via accessing the Scopus database for 8 recent years. The literature findings suggested dual directional consideration for the Impact of e-banking services on Customer Satisfaction, Quality of services, Reliability, Efficiency, Responsiveness, Security and Privacy, Usability, Performance etc., as major dimensions and also, the study evaluated the consideration of ease of use and convenience in the same row to define the Impact on customer satisfaction.

Relationship between journal impact factor and the thoroughness and helpfulness of peer reviews.

The Journal Impact Factor is often used as a proxy measure for journal quality, but the empirical evidence is scarce. In particular, it is unclear how peer review characteristics for a journal relate to its impact factor. We analysed 10,000 peer review reports submitted to 1,644 biomedical journals with impact factors ranging from 0.21 to 74.7. Two researchers hand-coded sentences using categories of content related to the thoroughness of the review (Materials and Methods, Presentation and Reporting, Results and Discussion, Importance and Relevance) and helpfulness (Suggestion and Solution, Examples, Praise, Criticism). We fine-tuned and validated transformer machine learning language models to classify sentences. We then examined the association between the number and percentage of sentences addressing different content categories and 10 groups defined by the Journal Impact Factor. The median length of reviews increased with higher impact factor, from 185 words (group 1) to 387 words (group 10). The percentage of sentences addressing Materials and Methods was greater in the highest Journal Impact Factor journals than in the lowest Journal Impact Factor group. The results for Presentation and Reporting went in the opposite direction, with the highest Journal Impact Factor journals giving less emphasis to such content. For helpfulness, reviews for higher impact factor journals devoted relatively less attention to Suggestion and Solution than lower impact factor journals. In conclusion, peer review in journals with higher impact factors tends to be more thorough, particularly in addressing study methods while giving relatively less emphasis to presentation or suggesting solutions. Differences were modest and variability high, indicating that the Journal Impact Factor is a bad predictor of the quality of peer review of an individual manuscript.

Nurse Practitioner Employment in Relation to Nursing Staff Turnover and Resident Care Outcomes in US Nursing Homes

ObjectivesA growing number of nurse practitioners (NPs) are employed in nursing homes (NHs) through various NP staffing mechanisms. The purpose of this study was to examine if having NH-employed NPs was associated with nursing staff turnover and resident care outcomes measured as hospital utilization, infection control citations, and substantiated complaints in NHs in 2021–2022. DesignA cross-sectional, retrospective study. Setting and ParticipantsA total of 13,966 NHs from payroll-based journal (PBJ) and claim-based quality measures published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2021–2022. MethodsFacilities were identified as having NH-employed NPs if at least 1 employed NP with paid working hours ≥10 per week was reported through the PBJ. We examined if having NH-employed NPs was associated with nursing staff turnover rates, unplanned hospital utilization, infection control citations, and substantiated complaints using doubly robust estimation that combined inverse probability weight representing the NH's likelihood of employing NPs and outcome regression. ResultsApproximately, 2.8% of NHs had employed NPs. Facilities with NH-employed NPs tended to be larger, hospital affiliated, and not for profit with greater medical and nursing staff availability. In addition, a significantly higher proportion of facilities with NH-employed NPs were in metropolitan areas or states with full NP practice independence. We found that facilities with NH-employed NPs had significantly lower registered nurse (adjusted β, −5.40; 95% CI, −9.50 to −1.30) and certified nursing assistant turnover rates (adjusted β, −3.35; 95% CI, −6.29 to −0.40). Facilities with NH-employed NPs also had significantly fewer long-stay resident hospitalizations, infection control citations, and substantial complaints compared with those with no NH-employed NPs. Conclusions and ImplicationsThis study highlights the value of NH-employed NPs to improve registered nurse and certified nursing assistant staff retention and NH resident outcomes. NH stakeholders and policymakers may consider various strategies to incentivize NP employment in NHs such as removing regulatory barriers to NP practice.

Research on the Improvement of Teaching Quality of Journalism and Communication Majors in Colleges and Universities by Using Social Media

At present, social media has long been an indispensable tool in people's lives. As a new media form, social media also has the characteristics of media. In the field of education, it can also play the role of carrying teaching content and building a bridge of bilateral interaction between teachers and students. This paper discusses the advantages of using social media in the teaching of journalism and communication specialty, such as convenience, effectiveness, extensiveness, interactivity and autonomy, and then discusses the teaching development of journalism and communication from the aspects of integrating multi-party teaching resources, linking academic and industry people, creating independent learning mode, building a new media practice platform, and improving teaching feedback and effect analysis.

Current status and demand for the advancement of &lt;i&gt;Clinical Endoscopy&lt;/i&gt;: a survey-based descriptive study

Purpose: This survey study aimed to investigate the current status, issues, and needs related to &lt;i&gt;Clinical Endoscopy&lt;/i&gt; (CE), the official international journal of the Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (KSGE).Methods: A 10-item survey was emailed to domestic KSGE members between May 1 and May 15, 2023. The results were analyzed using descriptive statistics.Results: In total, 216 complete responses were analyzed. Most respondents (46.8%) read CE once or twice monthly. The proportion of respondents who read the journal once or twice a year or did not read it at all was quite high, at 36.6%. The most informative article type was review articles (53%), and the least-read type was editorials (33%). Ninety-nine respondents (45.8%) stated that they did not want to submit their articles to CE because CE is not a Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) journal (38.4%). Eighty-nine respondents (41.2%) did not cite CE articles in their manuscripts. Furthermore, 41.2% of the respondents declined review invitations because they were too busy (73.0%). The two most common requests for &lt;i&gt;CE&lt;/i&gt; were to increase the number of guidelines and review articles (38.0%) and to improve the journal quality (34.7%).Conclusion: Although &lt;i&gt;CE&lt;/i&gt; is a representative journal of KSGE, the level of interest and concern for &lt;i&gt;CE&lt;/i&gt; among society members was relatively low. Nonetheless, this survey offers valuable insights into the needs and current status of &lt;i&gt;CE&lt;/i&gt;, paving the way for its further development. It is clear that more efforts and investments from the society and the editorial board are necessary.