Online Review System Research Articles

Enhancing hotel knowledge management: the influencing factors of online hotel reviews on travellers’ booking intention

ABSTRACT With the development of e-commerce, online booking has become an important process for tourists. Consequently, a number of online travel accommodation booking sites have emerged, allowing users to book travel-related services and leave their comments and reviews on the service. These kinds of information will influence the decision of the latecomers.Therefore, it is necessary to understand what key characteristics of online hotel reviews will affect travellers’ booking decisions, and then discuss the impact of online review system on the enterprise’s knowledge management in the hotel industry. This study first identified six factors from the literature, then collected data by using online questionnaire survey, and finally analysed the influencing factors of online booking decision by using multiple regression method. The experimental results showed that only three factors are important in the booking decision. They are quantity of review, content of review, and number of useful comments.

A Famine of Riches in Scholarly Publication

I have been editing for a while. Long enough to have witnessed the evolution from pre-digital journals to the post-digital pure play. I negotiated and obtained the first online review system for this fine journal, back in 2006 when I was building my first proposal to edit The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems. I felt at the time that I might be a tad late coming to the digital field, seeing that the association I belonged to had already launched two digital pure-play publications which appeared to be destined for notice.

Primary Dysmenorrhea: Diagnosis and Therapy.

Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois Guidelines for Letters. Letters posing a question or challenge to an article appearing in Obstetrics & Gynecology should be submitted within 8 weeks of the article’s publication online. Letters received after 8 weeks will rarely be considered. Letters should not exceed 350 words, including signatures and 5 references. Letters will be published at the discretion of the Editor. The Editor may send the letter to the authors of the original paper so their comments may be published simultaneously. The Editor reserves the right to edit and shorten letters. Letters should be submitted using the Obstetrics & Gynecology online submission and review system, Editorial Manager (http://ong.edmgr.com). Financial Disclosure Kevin Hellman disclosed that money was paid to his institution from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) R01HD098193. The other author did not report any potential conflicts of interest.

Editorial Highlights for Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Journal of Clinical Case Reports (JCCR) successfully released issues with 108 abstracts. The submissions to the journal are subjected to peerreview process by the editorial board members or external subject experts. The complete editorial processing of the manuscript is done through the integrated online editorial manuscript submission and review system for greater transparency and faster article throughout. During 2019 around 100 articles were subjected to the peer-review process and all of those were accepted. In the volume 9 published during the year 2019, a total of articles were published (at an average of 7 articles per issue) of which, 70% articles were by foreign authors. A total of 236 research scientists from India and abroad reviewed the 108 articles published in volume 9. Average publication lag time of an article was further reduced to 6-8 months. I take this opportunity to acknowledge the contribution of Arnon Blum.

STRIDE BP REVIEW OF PUBLISHED EVIDENCE ON ACCURATE BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURING DEVICES

Objective: STRIDE BP has systematically reviewed PubMed publications reporting validation data of BP measuring devices using an established protocol. Lists of accurate devices for clinical use are available on the STRIDE BP website (www.stridebp.org) and are circulated to hypertension societies. This report presents the results of the STRIDE BP review. Design and method: The STRIDE BP Advisory Board reviewed 446 validation studies of 287 BP measuring devices reported in 294 PubMed publications up to Nov. 2019. Using an online review system each study is evaluated independently by 2 reviewers experienced in validation studies using a structured checklist which is specific for each protocol and a final internal review is developed. This is reviewed by 2 members of the STRIDE BP Advisory Board and a final decision is taken to approve or reject the study. Results: 220 devices were approved (77%) and 115 (52%) were ‘Preferred’ according to predefined criteria (specific device features depending on its use; recent validation study). The numbers of approved office, home and ambulatory BP monitors for general population, children and pregnancy/preeclampsia are shown in the Table. Of 446 validations 390 (87%) were published as device ‘Pass’ and 56 (13%) ‘Fail’. Of 390 validations published as ‘Pass’, 95 (24%) were rejected in the STRIDE BP review process. The latter studies were rejected because of major protocol violation (single observer 22%, inadequate sample size 13%, BP measurement protocol violation 36%, inappropriate data analysis 31%, validation criteria not reported 32%). Conclusions: Using a standardised review process STRIDE BP provides independent evaluation of the accuracy of BP measuring devices that are available in various countries. The STRIDE BP review process by international experts, which examines validation studies using a structured and detailed process, is more critical than the classic review process of PubMed journals, which often miss important methodological issues in the validation studies. By widely circulating this information, STRIDE BP encourages health care professionals and the public to use only accurate devices for the evaluation of BP.

Design of Online Exam Information System SMKS Al-Azis Web-Based

Along with developments in information technology, the Internet would be helpful. Thanks to the internet, we will be able to conveniently provide services that can be accessed from anywhere in the world at any time. Nowadays, almost everyone has access to knowledge, one of which is the internet. Labuhanbatu Regency's Al-Azis SMKS is a private school. Every year, he finds it challenging to present the questions that his students have submitted. Similarly, at Al-Azis High School, value processing methods are still easy to implement, but it takes a long time. To solve this dilemma, we needed a computerized system to assist schools in progressing and developing. As a result, a web server-based student assessment system and an online review system were developed. Students would be able to see the results of the test immediately after taking it if the instructor processes student exam questions directly. Since this approach provides test score results directly after students have completed the exam. This data system will help teachers allocate grades to their students who have passed the test.

A BLOCKCHAIN-BASED ONLINE REVIEW SYSTEM OF TOURISM PRODUCTS USING ETHEREUM

Rapid technological advances have made blockchain technology applicable not only to digital money, but in various fields. One of the areas that can be implemented by blockchain is digital tourism, specifically in the online review system of tourism products. The current online review system has several problems due to its centralized nature. The problem faced is the manipulation of review data which can be in the form of review deletion by a centralized party. This research proposes a decentralized online review system using the Ethereum blockchain technology, Smart Contracts, and IPFS to provide a secure, transparent, and trustworthy online review system platform. The purpose of this research is to implement a permission-less blockchain as a storage for reviews (review forms and log notes) and develop a web application as a user interface. The data used is data from travel sites which contain details about hotels and restaurants in Bukhara. The results displayed are the development of a web application that implements a permission-less blockchain using Ethereum and the system performance is displayed based on system testing, which comprised of unit testing and Black-Box testing.

Invitation to Become Our Editor Board Member: International Journal of Clinical Skills

Firstly we would like to present our gratitude to the editors of this journal. The International Journal of Clinical Skills is an well-established open access journal. The credit of its success goes to our editorial team. Under their guidance we have flourished so well and reached to the ultimate heights of success. For maintaining the quality in the peer-review process, we have been using an Editorial Tracking System, which is an online manuscript submission, review, and tracking system. The journal's editorial board members or outside experts process the reviews; at least two are required. The approval of independent reviewers is followed by the approval of the editor. Any citable manuscript must have this requirement in order to be accepted. Authors have the option to submit submissions and keep track of their status in the system throughout the process. We are indebted to our editorial board for their priceless work that is their contribution thorough companion audit framework and to the essential advancement of the Journal. The Editorial Board Members are very important in encouraging the Editors' desire to keep up exclusive expectations of insightful greatness in the work we distribute. Global experts in linked logical distributions make up the Journal group. To ensure the distribution quality, all the submitted papers go through various steps. The compositions are subjected to the usual companion audit. The continuous supply of paper(s) serves as a starting point for screening. In any case, two free refs are sent out with the fitting papers. The Editor-in-Chief, the person in charge of reaching a final decision, considers the arbitrators' comments. Giving our respected creators timely and constructive feedback remains a top priority so that their work can be made available to the rest of the world on time. The COVID19 pandemic has caused havoc around the world, posing challenges for everyone. Several researchers and technicians are still coping with issues such as laboratory closures and online instruction while also dealing with the effects of the pandemic scenario on their daily lives. Some of the editors, reviewers, and authors of a variety of periodicals are also doctors, who have been also fighting the pandemic. As a result, delays are unavoidable during this pandemic, and we would want to express our gratitude. It is critical that our Editors and Editorial Advisory Board address the themes we distribute and reflect the countries from which our submissions are submitted. IJOCS has also aided researchers in their early stages of their careers. Researchers/Scientists/Authors are welcome to submit their CV and research interests to join the Editorial Board, where they can collaborate directly with the Editors and Reviewers to ensure a high-quality and timely review process.

Cognitive Work Analysis and Visualization Design for the Graduate Admission Decision Making Process

Graduate admission has always been a complex decision making process. The link between application materials and student success has remained elusive and, as such, there is no validated method for making decisions. To understand the purposes, processes, difficulties and needs of the current graduate admission process, semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants from engineering departments. Cognitive work analysis techniques were used to summarize the findings from the interviews. Visualizations were designed to improve the current online review system. User feedback was collected in an experiment.

Using simulation to explore the influence of online reviews on supply chain dynamics

This paper extends existing research on the dynamic behaviour of supply chains by including the influence of online reviews. We model an online supply chain which contains customers and one e-commerce retailer. By using simulation, we compare the dynamic performance in a supply chain for two scenarios, namely adopting an online review system and without adopting the system. The supply chain dynamic performance is measured by bullwhip effect and inventory variance amplification. The results demonstrate that the online review system increases both the bullwhip effect and inventory variance amplification, and this impact can be moderated by product quality, unit mismatch cost, lead time, and customer volatility. We further explore how our model could be extended to include market competition, dual sourcing, online review manipulation, and product returns. As the increase in the bullwhip effect and inventory variance amplification can be associated with supply chain inefficiency, managers who are aware of such consequences induced by online review adoption can make better decisions in supply chain management.

Avoidable Waste of Research on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China Guidelines for Letters. Letters posing a question or challenge to an article appearing in Obstetrics & Gynecology should be submitted within 8 weeks of the article’s publication online. Letters received after 8 weeks will rarely be considered. Letters should not exceed 350 words, including signatures and 5 references. Letters will be published at the discretion of the Editor. The Editor may send the letter to the authors of the original paper so their comments may be published simultaneously. The Editor reserves the right to edit and shorten letters. Letters should be submitted using the Obstetrics & Gynecology online submission and review system, Editorial Manager (http://ong.edmgr.com). Supported by a 2020 Key R & D project of Gansu Province. Special funding for prevention and control of emergency of COVID-19 from Key Laboratory of Evidence Based Medicine and Knowledge Translation of Gansu Province (No. GSEBMKT-2020YJ01). Financial Disclosure The authors did not report any potential conflicts of interest.

Perinatal Palliative Care.

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Mended Little Hearts of Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware; National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative, Cincinnati, Ohio; Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative, Richmond, Virginia Guidelines for Letters. Letters posing a question or challenge to an article appearing in Obstetrics & Gynecology should be submitted within 8 weeks of the article’s publication online. Letters received after 8 weeks will rarely be considered. Letters should not exceed 350 words, including signatures and 5 references. Letters will be published at the discretion of the Editor. The Editor may send the letter to the authors of the original paper so their comments may be published simultaneously. The Editor reserves the right to edit and shorten letters. Letters should be submitted using the Obstetrics & Gynecology online submission and review system, Editorial Manager (http://ong.edmgr.com). Financial Disclosure The author did not report any potential conflicts of interest.

Editorial Highlights for Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Journal of Clinical Case Reports (JCCR) successfully released issues with 108 abstracts. The submissions to the journal are subjected to peerreview process by the editorial board members or external subject experts. The complete editorial processing of the manuscript is done through the integrated online editorial manuscript submission and review system for greater transparency and faster article throughout. During 2019 around 100 articles were subjected to the peer-review process and all of those were accepted. In the volume 9 published during the year 2019, a total of articles were published (at an average of 7 articles per issue) of which, 70% articles were by foreign authors. A total of 236 research scientists from India and abroad reviewed the 108 articles published in volume 9. Average publication lag time of an article was further reduced to 6-8 months. I take this opportunity to acknowledge the contribution of Arnon Blum.

Impacts of uncertain online reviews on pricing and profits of competitive retailers

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the impacts of uncertain online reviews on product prices and profits of two competitive retailers. Design/methodology/approach First, the authors develop a game-theoretical model to determine the optimal product prices and profits considering uncertain online reviews. Afterwards, to examine the effects of the uncertain online reviews, they compare the equilibrium solutions with those of the game-theoretical models of deterministic online reviews and no online reviews, respectively. Findings Uncertain online reviews play a significant role in product price optimization and profit maximization. In the quality-dominates-fit case, both retailers will lower their product prices in response to the uncertain online reviews. And the uncertain online reviews would hurt the two retailers. Conversely, in the fit-dominates-quality case, the presence of uncertain online reviews will encourage both retailers to raise their product prices. And the two retailers can still benefit from the online reviews. With the increase in consumer uncertainty about online reviews, both retailers might raise their product prices, thus generating higher profits. Practical implications Managerially, the results indicate that in the quality-dominates-fit case, when consumers are uncertain about online reviews, it might be better for retailers to abandon the online review system; however, in the fit-dominates-quality case, both retailers could still benefit from the uncertain online reviews through product price optimization. Therefore, the presence of an online review system could be beneficial. Originality/value This paper develops a game-theoretical model to help competitive retailers optimize their price strategies and achieve profit maximization considering uncertain online reviews.

Modeling the dynamics of online review life cycle: Role of social and economic moderations

Online review system (ORS) can unite members who share similar interests in topic discussion or knowledge exchange that entails dynamics and complexity. In this work, we propose a multiagent system to replicate the evolution of social bonds and online reviews in ORS. To validate the proposed method, we use big data from a real-world ORS collected over a period of 153 months. Results show that the proposed agent-based model can accurately predict the construction of bonds and the volumes of online reviews. Moreover, social moderation, economic moderation, and the combined moderating mechanism can motivate ORS members to post reviews. The stage (phase) of the review life cycle and the degree of moderation significantly impact the effectiveness of the mechanisms. Depending on the stage of the review life cycle, social and economic moderators have different degrees of success in generating online reviews. In the early stage, economic moderation is effective, whereas social moderation works better in the late stage. When the moderating levels are medium or high, the combined social and economic moderation is much better than the stand-alone mechanism. Although social bonds are positively associated with more posting, none of the moderating mechanisms (economic, social, or combined) can significantly enhance the bond. To manage ORS effectively, managers need to switch from the conventional static view (relying on single theory) to the dynamic view. In addition, they should incorporate social exchange, motivation, and social network concepts at different stages of the ORS life cycle.

Blockchain-based Global Travel Review Framework

An online review system is an important part of almost every e-commerce platform, especially a tourism e-commerce. However, various problems exist in the current online review systems. The review content is stored in a centralized database of each individual platform. Each platform differs in review management methods. In some cases, the review score of the same product disagrees across different platforms. Moreover, a centralized system has low transparency because it is difficult to trace individual actions within the system. As a result, some users are skeptical of the reliability of online reviews in centralized systems. This work proposes a global travel review framework based-on the blockchain technology. The incorporation of blockchain helps improve an online review system. The best practices for online review management from popular platforms, and the guidelines from trusted sources are used to develop the new system. The use of blockchain improves an online review system through its unique features of high transparency, security, and reliability. Additionally, the proposed framework relies on a community-driven environment. The accessibility level of users is controlled by using the smart contract. There is no single authoritative owner of the system. All participants in the system can exert controls on the system equally. This work illustrates the details of a blockchain-based global travel review framework. The advantages and disadvantages of such a system are discussed. The proposed framework can be easily integrated with any existing platforms since it can be accessed publicly.

Online Service Outsourcing Auctions With Endogenous Reviews

In the emerging online service outsourcing platforms where services are commonly transacted through buyer-determined auctions, review systems are usually provided to alleviate information asymmetry and opportunistic behavior between transaction parties. This paper develops a game-theoretic model of online service outsourcing auctions with endogenous reviews, where freelancers (service providers) with private information on service expertise compete the client's service contract through bidding, and the winning freelancer exerts effort to improve service quality, in anticipation of possible penalty and negative review for low-quality delivery. We obtain the optimal decisions of the client (service scope, penalty) and the freelancers (bidding strategy, effort), and examine the impacts of online review on the decision results of the transaction parties as well as the platform. Results show that the online review system drives the client to set smaller service scope and lower penalty, while leading to higher service effort and lower bidding price from freelancers. Both the client and the freelancers benefit from the review system. Numerical simulations also show that the platform should charge lower commission fees when the online review system is more effective.

Blinding Me with Science; or, It's All Digital

Tom Stafford has had the unique opportunity to have two different terms as Editor-in-Chief of The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems. From 2007-2011, Tom Stafford and Patrick Chau were responsible for this publication. During this time, they moved the publication into the digital era through the adoption of an online review system and an index factor. In this editorial, Tom Stafford shares his insights as he ushered The DATA BASE into the digital age.

Influence of Online Review and Rating System towards Consumer Preferences in Hospitality Sector

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of online review and rating systems ononline consumer behavior in the hotel industry. The study applied quantitative method and datawas collected through online survey. 174 usable responses were performed in data analysis byusing multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and multiple regression analysis. Thefindings suggested that online consumer’s perception of valence not only depends on ratingscore component but also depends on other online review components such as review contentand responding message from service providers. Rational review content produced more impacton online consumer’s perception of information diagnosticity than the effect of emotional reviewcontent. The online consumer’s perception of source credibility can be increased by providingsource identity of reviewers. Furthermore, a negative online review created more powerfulimpact on online consumers’ perceptions, attitudes and purchase intention than a positive one.

Subdivided or aggregated online review systems: Which is better for online takeaway vendors?

This paper examines the role of a subdivided or aggregated online review system to help online takeaway vendors select the most appropriate information strategy. First, we develop two models to depict the interaction between online vendors’ information strategies and consumers’ responses. Second, we take the multidimensional product attributes with their corresponding weights into consideration and illustrate that the sensitivity to product misfits, instead of the relative importance of product attributes, dominates profit maximization. Third, we make a comparison to find the most appropriate scenario to adopt a full or partial information strategy. When a large number of consumers satisfy the delivery time performance, an aggregated review system will be a better choice. Otherwise, vendors are advised to host a subdivided review system. Finally, we universally identify a variance boundary in the rating-star review system, which not only prevents consumers from expressing their real feelings but also makes observing consumer feedback and strategic adjustments inconvenient for online vendors.