Publications In Foreign Journals Research Articles

Les études italiennes en Pologne à la lumière d’une analyse bibliométrique des publications des années 2000 à 2020

The paper off ers an analysis of the complete body of research writings produced between 2000 and 2020 by all Polish Italian Studies scholars currently affiliated with university faculties and departments of the two major disciplines of modern philology: linguistics and literary studies. The argument is based on the bibliometric data compiled as part of the research project “Bibliography of Italian Studies in Poland: Digital Repository, Text Digitization, Bibliometrics,” under which 2716 publications authored by 139 scholars from 19 Polish research institutions were analysed. The statistics presented in the paper cover the type of research publication, language, place of publication, the author’s affiliation relative to the place of publication and the number of authors. Our findings indicate that Polish Italian Studies scholars mainly choose to publish chapters in collected volumes (mostly conference proceedings), with their contributions being single-authored and written in Italian (meaning that their research is largely geared to an Italian-speaking readership, and collaborative research projects are very rare). Their research papers were as a rule published in Polish journals, often those published by university faculties, and the internationalisation of research (publishing in languages other than Polish) was only apparent. Slow changes in publishing practices have been observable in recent years as a consequence of the guidelines of the Ministry of Education and Science on the assessment of research performance and the promotion of publication in foreign journals and publishing houses.

Foreign Journals of Information and Library Issues: Analysis of Publication Opportunities for Scientific and Pedagogical Staff

One of the performance indicators of higher education institutions is publication activity of scientific and pedagogical staff in journals indexed by the international scientometric databases Web of Science and Scopus. Of particular interest is the study of the possibility of publications in foreign journals with a high quartile. The issue of foreign publications is acute for domestic researchers of library and information activities. The study identified 227 foreign journals that reflect the category “Library and information sciences” and publish information in English. There were selected for study 130 journals indexed in the Web of Science. The analysis of indicators of professional foreign periodicals allowed to make the rating of journals that are relevant for publishing scientific articles on teaching the library disciplines. The detailed analysis of the topics of publications in the identified journals helped to determine specialized foreign periodicals on library and information issues. During the analysis, there were selected the professional journals that reflect the results of research in the field of principal disciplines of the mandatory part of the bachelor’s degree program in “Library and information activities”.The article considers the topics of specialized professional periodicals of foreign countries. For the selected publications, the author compiled the comparative table of the thematic distribution of publications with chronological coverage of 10 years that allowed identifying thematic headings with high publication activity. The article presents the analysis of territorial distribution of journals and identifies the leading foreign publishers. The author briefly highlights the features of publication placement in foreign journals. Based on information provided on the information and analytical portal eLIBRARY.ru, the author conducted the assessment of placement of publications by leading researchers in the field of library science in identified periodicals. The article presents the results of analytical review of the main foreign journals indexed by Web of Science and related to the first and second quartile, which publish articles in English and reflect issues in library and information sphere. The author established that publication in foreign professional periodicals can be implemented by domestic researchers and teachers of library and information disciplines, both in the analysed journals and other specialized publications and journals in related scientific fields.

La producción de la Universidad española en Física, reflejada en las publicaciones españolas y extranjeras

Se analiza la producción científica de la Universidad española en el campo de la Física, y en el período 1986-88, a través de dos bases de datos: INSPEC, que recoge lo publicado en revistas extranjeras y también, aunque de modo selectivo, en cierto número de revistas españolas; e ICYT, que recoge exhaustivamente todos los trabajos originales publicados en revistas españolas. La comparación entre ambas series de datos permite deducir tendencias de publícación en el extranjero. Asimismo se analizan comparativamente los periodos 1982-85 y 1986-88, con los datos obtenidos de INSPEC.

Early maturation or infantilization: The paradox of modern childhood events

The article claims the relevance of the study of boundaries and events at the end of childhood based on autobiographical memory. The authors analyze the concepts of childhood sociality, childhood events, early maturation, and infantilization, based on the ideas of E.E. Sapogova about the units of analysis of the autobiographical narrative as well as P. Shtompka concerning events as components of the agent-structural reality of society, through which the latter is not only organized, but also disclosed. They consider the traditions of studying the events of childhood related to the identification of important episodes or processes of childhood based on the analysis of publications in foreign journals, as well as in Russian socio-psychological literature. The article discusses the results of an empirical study conducted by online survey in 2018 (N = 774). The study revealed that modern children have a paradoxical phenomenon of simultaneous early maturation and prolonged childhood in the youth age. One of the key findings of the research is that childhood events are characterized by eclecticism. Another finding is that there are groups with accelerated maturation (poor children, children from single-parent families, and children in urban areas). The factors influencing the lag behind the typical situation are gender, family composition, socio-economic situation, and territory of residence. On the basis of comparing the conventional generations Y and Z, it was determined that the growth of contradictions and accumulation of three groups of explanatory models reveal the essence of elicited paradoxes in the development of childhood. The deconstruction of the problematic approach to understanding the eventful childhood of boys and girls who do not desire to mature is substantiated. The authors demonstrate the necessity of such research oriented on identifying actual generational differences in concrete societal patterns of childhood, which determine the sociability of childhood for a certain period as well as the reconsideration of current traditional models of the periodization of childhood.

Efficiency estimation of scientific research conducted by masters’ of nursing by means of modern scientometric technologies

Nursing is an important link in health care, providing a wide range of medical care that includes caring, first aid, prevention, rehabilitation, etc. The integration of Ukraine into the international labor market creates new requirements for health insurance. Scientific research in the sphere of nursing is an integral part of the professional training of the nurses. Masters’ of Nursing are involved in the formation of unique scientific knowledge that promotes nursing practices that distinguishes nursing from other professions. One of the important tasks of professional training for Masters' students are forming a scientific communicative competence in order to improve not only their scientific research but also creating favorable conditions for representing the scientific research results with the help of innovative scientometric technologies. As such, the purpose of the article is to analyze the utilization of innovative approaches for assessing the validity of the results of Masters' scientific research by means of modern scientometric technologies. The research methods are as follows: to reach the objectives the cross-correlation analysis is used. The research results are as follows: For 9 years, from 2010 to 2018, Masters created 1037 intellectual property documents. The obtained cross-correlation analysis data establishes a direct relationship between such scientometric indicators as: the total number of publications, the Hirsch index, the number of publications included in the international scientometric database, the number of publications in foreign journals, the number of publications included in the list of scientific professional editions of Ukraine. The analysis enables the formulation of scientific criteria for evaluating the significance of scientific research conducted by Master’s of Nursing. This consists of the ability of the Masters to create intellectual property documents, to disseminate their research to the international scientific community. According to the scientific criteria, the following indicators are proposed: the number of presentations at the international level; the number of certificates confirming scientific development and its presentation at international scientific forums; the quantity and quality of the intellectual property documents; the number of publications included in international scientometric database; the number of publications in foreign languages; the number of publications included in the list of scientific professional editions of Ukraine; the presence of ORCID; the presence of citations by other researchers; presence and value of the Hirsch Index.

Strategies to improve publication activities of the universities participating in Project 5-100

In the recent five years, Russian universities’ publishing activities have increased several times. The authors consider their strategies used to increase publications to be indexed in Scopus database, i. e. publications in foreign journals and conference proceedings, inviting outer authors, so called ‘predatory’ journals. The efficiency of these strategies and their side-effects differ a lot. The universities, intentionally or unwittingly, apply various combinations of strategies based on their intrinsic conditions (administrative practices) and environment (possibility of cooperation). The authors argue that interaction with FASO/RAS institutions is the key driver for several leading Russian universities.

Consequences of the Spanish Civil War for Entomology: A Quantitative Example of Abrupt Alteration in Scientific Research Dynamics

AbstractThe effects of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) on entomology are evaluated quantitatively using publication-related data. The authors tested the hypothesis that all research results are equally affected by a period of severe disruption. This hypothesis is rejected, and they quantified the degree to which different research outputs were affected. The recovery of scientific production was fast; there was no major destruction of infrastructure. Exiles were not an important factor, and half of the entomologists were active both immediately before and just after the war. Important differences are found in the postwar period in relation to the international situation influencing Spain and the new organization of the state. A decrease is detected in publication in foreign journals, and there was less use of foreign languages. There was a growing importance of publications and scientists associated with the public sector. Conversely, there was a clear decline in research outside the public sector, and l...

Publications in Foreign Journals as a Strategy and an Indicator of the Internationalization of the Russian Historical Studies in the 21st Century

Publications in Foreign Journals as a Strategy and an Indicator of the Internationalization of the Russian Historical Studies in the 21st Century

The internationalisation of South African medical research, 1975–2005

South Africa's record in the production of scientific knowledge in medicine is remarkable, but attempts have yet to be made to examine its distinctive characteristics. This is critical to the understanding of its nature, trends and the directions which it is taking today. Using the publication records extracted from the Science Citation Index (SCI) of the ISI Web of Science for a 3-decade period from 1975 to 2005, with 5-year windows, I have examined the salient characteristics of medical research in South Africa in terms of, (1) the number of publications, (2) type of publications (sole/co-authored), (3) collaboration (domestic/international), (4) affiliation sector of authors and collaborators, (5) regional origin of collaborators, (6) publication outlets and (7) citations, in comparison with 'all subjects' covered in the database concerned. This analysis shows that the contribution of medical publications to the total output of South African scholars is shrinking (25% in 1980 to 8% in 2000). Papers produced in collaboration are growing in number (increased by 17% during 1975 - 2005). While domestic collaboration declined by 24%, international collaboration grew from 4% of total papers in 1975 to 48% in 2005. South African medical researchers now publish more in foreign-originated journals (from 20% in 1975 to 75% in 2005) than in local journals and work mostly in universities, hospitals and research institutes; they collaborate with overseas partners from as many as 56 countries. Significantly, collaboration with Western European partners has increased 45-fold from 1975 - 2005. This study showed that a marked degree of internationalisation (measured in terms of international collaboration, publications in foreign journals and the number of citations) of South African medical research is taking place and that this trend is likely to continue in the future.

The Matthew Effect in citing the papers of Russian scientists published abroad

The scientificometric aspect of the “Matthews Effect,” i.e., the difference in the citations of the papers of Russian and foreign scientists published in the same publications, is studied. Publications in foreign journals on physics and chemistry are considered. The “Matthew Index,” which characterizes nonuniform distribution of citations over countries, is calculated. A conclusion on the poor “competitiveness” of Russian articles in chemistry and inadequate conformance of publications in physics to the world level is made.

Publication in foreign journals and promotion of academics in Nigeria

ABSTRACTThe emphasis placed on articles in foreign journals in the assessment of academics for senior posts in Nigerian universities is described and the policies involved are discussed and their consequences assessed.

Citation status of Turkish physics publications in foreign journals: A global analysis

We have studied the citation rates and characteristics of 572 Turkish physics publications that appeared in the source journals listed in theScience Citation Index (SCI) for the period 1982–1990 to drive the following results: The papers appeared in a set of 94 journals, and 68% of the total output went to 21 of these; half of which are journals of high impact. On the average, papers from Turkey that appeared in the American and European journals are cited at rates higher than the corresponding “average” papers. There has been a substantial shift of Turkish papers from European journals to American journals over the last few years. These changes are an example of the process by which science in a less developed country becomes integrated into the word scientific community.

JOURNAL OF ALL-INDIA OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY

A NEW OPHTHALMIC journal has appeared which gives promise of bringing us into closer relationships with our colleagues in the Far East. The first three issues of theJournal of the All-India Ophthalmological Society, with Dr. S. N. Cooper as the chief editor, reflects the great improvement in the teaching and practice of ophthalmology in India and fills the need for a really good Indian journal. In the past many excellent articles by Indian ophthalmologists were sent abroad for publication in foreign journals, owing to the lack of facilities for publication in India. The first three issues are of a high standard, in both the material presented and the quality of workmanship. The paper and printing are good, and the illustrations are excellent. Many ophthalmologists in this country will be particularly interested in the reports of tropical ophthalmological diseases, such as amebiasis, leproma of the ciliary body, and toxoplasmosis in