Electronic Journal Publishing Research Articles

Electronic Journal Publishing

This research paper presents an overview of electronic journal publishing: kinds of e-journals formats, and some issues concerning this type of journals, like cost, pricing, access, interactivity, archiving, etc.

Bilginin Dijitalleşmesi Bağlamında Akademik Üretim Mekanizmalarının Dönüşümü: Matbaadan Dijital Ortama Dergi Yayıncılığı

<div><!--block-->Journals as means of the production of academic knowledge are the platforms where academics share their work with readers. The journals today with the impact of technology are published online. The publications of electronic journals attract attention in the transformation of the production of information. They have provided diversity as an alternative to few published journals. Undoubtedly, the pressure of publication on academics has significant impact on this transformation. The increase of electronic journal publishing has increased the number of publications as well as contributing to diversification of the production of knowledge. It should be emphasized that worldwide transformations are also among the conditions entailing this type of publishing. Moreover, it is seen that journal publishing integrated to national or international congresses is one of the rising trends. The aim is to seek response to the question what academic information is by discussing advantages and disadvantages emerging with the changing system. Another significant research question is to discuss future concept of journals keeping negative and positive sides of electronic journal publications, and in the next step it is to make what information production processes will transform into questionable.&nbsp;</div>

Study of the accessibility of a sample of scientific electronic journal publishing platforms

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the degree of accessibility of a set of electronic journals that are hosted on widely used online scientific journal publishing platforms and whose content quality has already been certified. Two studies were performed, in which the accessibility of the selected platforms was studied in 2011 and 2016.Design/methodology/approachThe research was performed on publishing platforms than hosted more than 20 journals about human behaviour and factors that may influence it. The evaluation was carried out following the methodology described by the Web Accessibility Initiative in their Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology.FindingsThe results show that, in spite of an improvement in accessibility, all the analysed electronic consultation platforms contain errors that could hinder their users’ access to their content. The incidence of errors found varies considerably among platforms. As the user interface of each platform analysed is common to all the online scientific electronic journals it hosts, the results obtained are valid for all other journals hosted on a given platform.Research limitations/implicationsObtained results were valid in the date and time the websites were analysed. Changes made on the websites since then make that the results of an accessibility analysis would be different.Practical implicationsAnalysed platforms would require taking steps to ensure their accessibility.Social implicationsUsers with disabilities cannot use these platforms appropriately due to the accessibility problems found. The lack of web accessibility also has implications regarding visibility of published articles and common users.Originality/valueThis work offers a systematic analysis that includes manual accessibility evaluation, which has not been performed in scientific article publishing platforms to the extent presented in this paper. Articles found in the literature perform automatic analyses, which lack the depth of a manual one. Besides, when manual accessibility analysis is performed, usually the home page of a platform or journal alone is considered.

O gerenciamento dos resumos do evento SIMTEC a partir do software OJS /SEER: gestão e divulgação científica

Esse trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar a ferramenta de gerenciamento dos resumos publicados no evento SIMTEC - Simpósio dos Profissionais de UNICAMP, utilizando o software Open Journal System / Sistema Eletrônico de Editoração de Revistas (OJS/SEER), no formato de um periódico intitulado Sínteses: Revista Eletrônica do SIMTEC. A ideia surgiu em 2008, mas a implementação acontece somente agora, após ser apresentado vários formatos de armazenamento, e escolhido o OJS/SEER. Decidiu-se optar por manter arquivados os resumos nesse software por várias razões. Sendo que a primeira é que o software garanta e preserva digitalmente todo o sistema, metadados e arquivos em PDF por meio da Rede Cariniana / LOCKSS, a qual a UNICAMP está integrada; a segunda é que possibilita a atribuição do Digital Object Identifier (DOI) por meio da configuração de plug-in instalado no próprio sistema, mantendo o link persistente de acesso aos resumos sempre na mesma URL; e por última por constituir uma pequena base de dados sobre o SIMTEC facilitando o acesso às informações. Assim, essa iniciativa visa garantir e recuperar as informações de todas as edições já publicadas no SIMTEC num mesmo ambiente reconhecido mundialmente e de fácil acesso a sociedade e a comunidade universitária, por ser de livre acesso e gratuito.

Electronic scientific journal-management systems

In this article, the authors present modern information systems for the automatization of the full cycle of electronic scientific journal creation and publishing. The advantages of using open-access journal systems are shown. The choice of the Open Journal System (OJS) as the platform for creating an electronic base of scientific journals is substantiated. The authors present the structure of an electronic scientific journal-management system and describe the features of its implementation within the framework of the pilot system of the e-Government of the Republic of Tatarstan.

New IJMSC Online Edition Marks First Anniversary

The International Journal of MS Care has reached an important milestone: the first anniversary of the launch of our “new and improved,” fully searchable online edition, available at http://ijmsc.org. IJMSC is not new to online publishing: The journal was originally launched in 1999 by its founding editor in chief, Dr. Robert Herndon, as an online-only publication, and it was not until almost 2 years later that the first simultaneous print issue was published. For the next decade, articles published in the print journal were also posted on the website of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) in full-text PDF format. While this made access to journal material quick and easy, as the field of electronic journal publishing evolved, the need for increased searchability—as well as improved discoverability by people not already familiar with the CMSC and its website—became apparent. In response, the IJMSC staff embarked on a search for an online publishing partner that could meet our web-hosting needs. We found that partner in Allen Press, an established provider of both print and online publishing services to the scientific publishing community. In April 2012, our new website was launched, with current content and material from 2011 in both full-text HTML and PDF formats, and plans to gradually add older issues to the site in PDF format. So, where are we now with our digital publishing efforts? Well, as with most journals now published online, we've come a long way, but there is still far to go. The primary need for enhanced searchability has certainly been met. Both basic and advanced searches are possible, using a variety of search criteria. From the search results page, users have options to view abstracts, share articles via e-mail, export citations to citation-management software, and track citations to selected articles via an RSS feed. Registering for a profile at the site brings additional benefits including the ability to add selected articles to a “favorites page” and sign up to receive e-mail alerts when a new issue is released or a selected article is cited in new IJMSC content. Searches can be saved and the user alerted by e-mail when new articles match the search. From each full-text article, the user can find related articles via Google Scholar or search for other articles published in IJMSC by the same authors. The article can also be shared via any of numerous social media channels including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The journal participates directly in social media through a group page on LinkedIn and a Twitter feed. Within full-text HTML articles, navigation is enhanced by hypertext links to other parts of the article, including tables, figures, and reference citations. References in the reference list are CrossRef-enabled, meaning that users can conveniently access abstracts or full text of cited articles through “outbound” links using the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) system. This system also includes “inbound” links to the full text of IJMSC articles from other online journals that are published by CrossRef-member publishers, expanding access to IJMSC and increasing the discoverability of our content by researchers in other fields. IJMSC online includes a mobile-optimized website that permits convenient access to all content using mobile devices. We have completed the process of migrating back issues of the journal to the new site from their previous location at the CMSC website, so all material going back to Volume 1, Issue 1 (September 1999) is now accessible at a single location. Back issues have full-text articles in PDF format, with abstracts, titles, and other metadata in fully searchable HTML. All content remains free to everyone without a subscription. After remaining a “hidden jewel” for the first decade of its life, the journal is now poised to reach a much larger global audience. Improving the visibility of IJMSC and the discoverability of its content is a long-term process, but we are encouraged by initial usage statistics, which show accelerating growth in the numbers of unique visitors and total visits to the site over the past year. The proportion of new (versus returning) visitors each month is consistently about 75%; the proportion from outside North America has reached 40%; and the proportion getting to the site through Internet searches (as opposed to referrals from other websites or direct visits) now exceeds 50%. Our main goal for IJMSC online for the coming year is to increase traffic by identifying ways to optimize our content for search engines. Our overall objective in launching a fully searchable electronic edition of IJMSC was to enhance the journal's value as a research tool and ultimately improve clinical practice in the care of people with MS. At the 1-year mark, we feel that we are well on our way, and the future looks bright. Please feel free to send us your feedback and any suggestions for improving the site.

The Development of Science, Technical and Medical Scholarly Journals in Malaysia

The Publication of journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern India in 1874 signaled the birth of academic journals in Malaysia. The first medical journal, The Journal of Straits Medical Journal appeared in 1890. Subsequently, in the beginning of 20th century with the expansion of the British colonial administration, several research institutes were established out of which the Institute of Medical Research and the Rubber Research Insitute were prominent examples. The establishment of the University of Malaya in 1954 further promoted research and publication activities. In the post-independence era, the growth of tertiary education as well as the increase in the number of the specialized research organizations accelerated the publication of journals in the field Science, Technology, and Medicine (STM). This study looks at the early years of medical journals and the development of STM journals in contemporary Malaysia.The second part of the study touches on the advent of electronic scholarly journal publishing in Malaysia.

Scholarly Publishing

Scholarly publishing serves the formal communication needs of scholars or researchers and derives from, and is constructed to reflect, their aspirations and behaviour. Specifically, journal publishing was invented by Oldenburg in 1665 to solve some of the competitive jealousies that existed between the experimentalist founding fathers of the Royal Society. The solutions he came up with have endured to the present day and have even survived the transition to electronic delivery. This article surveys the reasons why this should be so and examines the modern world of electronic journal publishing with particular reference to the players in the publishing cycle, the digital transition, economics and the advent of open access.

Incipitque Semper

Incipitque Semper Richard Macksey This Comparative Literature issue has been seen to press thanks to the combined efforts of two gifted and dedicated Editorial Assistants. Scott Gottbreht generously agreed to continue working with projects he had begun last year, while Ben DeForest joined the crew and ably saw the number through production. His attention to detail and critical tact were invaluable in working with authors on final revisions of their manuscripts. The participation of Scott and Ben made for some lively but always good humored triangular debates about editorial matters. Once again, we are also indebted to Myrta Byrum at the Johns Hopkins University Press for seeing this issue through production with her customary fidelity, patience, and professional wisdom. Finally, we thank our (perforce anonymous) external referees for their guidance in assessing contributions. Bench Marks The Johns Hopkins University Press, supported by a $750,000 grant from the Hodson Trust, has launched a major publishing project, The Complete Prose of T. S. Eliot. The edition, which is scheduled to appear in seven volumes copublished with Eliot’s old firm, Faber & Faber, is under the editorial directorship of Ronald Schuchard at Emory. He notes that “only about 10% of Eliot’s prose writing has ever been published and available.” Hopkins will also develop an electronic edition that will enhance access to the work and its usability for scholars and students around the world. The Press has also mounted an electronic edition of its bench-mark reference work, The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism, which will be updated annually. The Press’s pioneer venture in electronic journal publishing, Project Muse, has announced 46 new titles for 2009, bringing its current total of full-access content to over 400 journals representing nearly 100 not-for-profit scholarly publishers. The MIT Press inaugurates in March an ambitious publishing project, “The Irving Singer Library,” making available in a re-edited, uniform edition the classic works of this wide-ranging philosopher. The first four titles in the venture will be issued in March 2009, bringing together the philosopher’s classic trilogy The Nature of Love (I. Plato to Luther; II. Courtly and Romantic; III. The Modern), joined by a new volume, Philosophy of Love: A Partial Summing-Up, [End Page 1229] reflecting on the trajectory, over decades, of Singer’s thoughts on love and related topics. Hopkinsiana The graduate students in the Humanities Center will sponsor a symposium entitled “Inside / Outside” dedicated to the legacy of German Idealism. Among the invited speakers are Espen Hammer and Terry P. Pinkard. (A review of Hammer’s most recent book German Idealism: Contemporary Perspectives, appears in this issue; this edited volume also includes an essay by Pinkard.) Additional information about the symposium, which will be held on April 2–3, may be obtained fromvanity@jhu.edu. JHU, which last fall sold its historic research base in Florence, the Villa Spelman, announced at the same time that the Singleton Center, previously housed at the Villa, will continue to operate in a new incarnation as a sponsor of research in Pre-Modern European Studies through consortial arrangements with a number of universities on the Continent, a center perhaps designed by Nicholas of Cusa. Christopher Celenza, Director of the Singleton Center, said he hopes that in its facilitating role it will serve to bring together scholars from across the university’s divisions, adding that the Center will also establish a presence on the Homewood campus as a “regional hub” for scholars of the period through lectures and programming. An inaugural lecture by Anthony Grafton is scheduled in Baltimore for March. Information about the Center’s projected activities can be found atlloret@jhu.edu. René Girard, a former editor of this journal, was honored at the MLA meetings in San Francisco with a “lifetime award.” He had previously donned the tricorne of the Académie Française [2005]. [End Page 1230] Copyright © 2009 The Johns Hopkins University Press

Handheld Serials

ABSTRACT As computing becomes more portable, an ever-increasing number of people are dependent upon smartphones, personal digital assistants, webpads, and other wireless devices. This paper addresses the effect, if any, of these current and future wireless technologies on electronic journal publishing. Have these technologies impacted e-journal publishing to this point? What are the expectations and strategies of journal publishers in dealing with the changing technology? What special issues do these devices present regardimng licensing?

Perpetual Access to Electronic Journals

A perpetual access right to an electronic journal, defined as the right to permanently access licensed materials paid for during the period of a license agreement (not to be confused with the right to copy journal content solely for preservation purposes), is a concern of increasing importance to librarians as academic libraries discontinue paper subscriptions and retain electronic-only access. This paper explores the current environment for perpetual access to electronic journals. The authors report on analysis of the contracts between a large, research-level university library and 40 publishers of electronic journals, as well as ten large electronic journal aggregators. The authors seek to determine the frequency of contractual provisions for permanent access rights for the years of active subscription in the event an electronic journal contract is terminated for any cause other than breach by the licensee. Costs and formats of any granted perpetual access are considered. The paper concludes with an exploration of the potential impact of the perpetual access clauses libraries are accepting in licenses, the possible lack of continuing access, and options for addressing the situation.

Emerging Issues in the Electronic Environment: Challenges for Librarians and Searchers in the Sciences (review)

Reviewed by: Emerging Issues in the Electronic Environment: Challenges for Librarians and Searchers in the Sciences Mohan Ramaswamy Emerging Issues in the Electronic Environment: Challenges for Librarians and Searchers in the Sciences, ed. Jeannie P. Miller. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Information Press, 2004. 258p. $29.95 (ISBN 978-0-7890-2578-4) Published simultaneously as Science & Technology Libraries, vol. 25, no.1/2, 2005 For many years, science libraries have been suffering from the serials crisis and complex user issues. The advent of the digital age has further complicated these problems. This book attempts to address the issues faced by contemporary science librarianship with a collection of papers. Topics covered in the 13 papers revolve around information seeking and sharing, electronic collections, science serials issues, and user services. Though the above list of subject areas is diverse, the papers knit well into a useful book as they collectively concern science and technology libraries. The first couple of chapters discuss the effect of Internet-induced evolution on communication roles of science information producers and users. In "Scientific Communication: New Roles and Players," Julie Hurd vividly compares the current communication paradigm with the print-based communication models developed by sociologists. Obviously, the Internet has expanded the communication boundaries and empowered everyone to partake in knowledge organizing and sharing. Accordingly, Hurd's essay proposes a new model to explain the current science communication paradigm. Elizabeth B. Cooksey's essay "Too Important to Be Left to Chance—Serendipity and the Digital Library" applies a practical slant to Hurd's paradigm. Cooksey emphasizes the enhanced role of science librarians in the digital world. Scientists are overwhelmed by information in the Internet age, and Cooksey's work is a timely call for science librarianship to proactively expand its user services beyond simply collecting and organizing electronic resources. Patrick [End Page 110] Sullivan's essay also highlights the above viewpoint and elaborates possible solutions, and Lesley Moyo's "The Virtual Patron" addresses issues related to virtual reference services in the sciences. Not surprisingly, several of the essays deal with science journal publishing or usage. Scientists and science librarians will find these excellent pieces useful. For example, Linda Eells portrays the benefits and challenges posed by electronic journal (e-journal) publishing. While e-journals provide remote access and save the users' time, they also cause inherent problems. Eells explains how the packaging of e-journals affects librarians who are trying to manage their collections strategically. The book's format, including its physical size, is reader friendly. Each paper begins with a summary that lucidly abstracts the paper's contents. The author's affiliation and contact information are provided. While a few of the papers elaborate case studies or specific experiences, others discuss the results of empirical research. Authors have organized the papers into meaningful divisions and provided useful illustrations, including data tables and figures. A list of references follows each paper. At the end of the book is a keyword index that makes searching easy. The editor of this volume has served in and published on science librarianship for many years. Together, each of the author's rich experience brings credibility to the book's contents. Cynthia A. Steinke's book Electronic Information Systems in Sci-Tech Libraries (New York: Haworth Press, 1990) formed a documented beginning to the discourse about use of technology in science and technology libraries. Later, Katariina Jalonen et al. in their modest case study Problems, Their Causes and Effects in the Use of Information Systems: A Case of a Scientific Library (Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing, 1999) discussed the issues in use of technology in a science library. Emerging Issues in the Electronic Environment, with its content contributed by diverse authors, is a great update to the earlier two works. This book will attract a diverse audience. Apart from practicing librarians, library researchers will find the book very useful. Publishers will derive interesting information from the chapters on electronic resources and usage. As a whole, the book will form a useful resource for practitioners and policy makers in science librarianship. Mohan Ramaswamy Kansas State University mohan@ksu.edu Copyright © 2006 The Johns Hopkins University Press

Using a Standard License for Individual Electronic Journal Purchases: Results of a Pilot Study in the MIT Libraries

This article describes a pilot project in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries in which a standard library license (based directly on the CLIR/NERL/NELINET license) was sent to publishers of individual electronic journals as the initial step in arranging for e-journal access, rather than working first with the publisher's own license. Serials Review 2003; 29:302–304.

Using a Standard License for Individual Electronic Journal Purchases

This article describes a pilot project in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries in which a standard library license (based directly on the CLIR/NERL/NELINET license) was sent to publishers of individual electronic journals as the initial step in arranging for e-journal access, rather than working first with the publisher's own license. Serials Review 2003; 29:302–304.

Electronic Journal Publishing in the Age of Bioterrorism: How Fast is Fast?

(2003). Electronic Journal Publishing in the Age of Bioterrorism: How Fast is Fast? Journal of Health Communication: Vol. 8, No. sup1, pp. 9-10.

Electronic Journal Publishing in the Age of Bioterrorism: How Fast is Fast?

Electronic Journal Publishing in the Age of Bioterrorism: How Fast is Fast?

Electronic, Scientific, Technical and Medical Journal Publishing and its Implications: A meeting at the National Academy of Sciences - May 19-20, 2003

Electronic, Scientific, Technical and Medical Journal Publishing and its Implications: A meeting at the National Academy of Sciences - May 19-20, 2003

Seizing the moment: scientists' authorship rights in the digital age

ABSTRACTThe American Association for the Advancement of Science carried out a study on intellectual property and electronic journal publishing with the aim of identifying those aspects of the intellectual property regime that facilitate or constrain the effective development of electronic scientific publishing. This paper summarizes the conclusions reached, emphasizes the continuing need to maintain the legal framework offered by copyright law, but makes recommendations both for its modification and in its application to ensure that the potential benefits of electronic publishing are fully realized.The full report by AAAS is posted on the Web at www.aaas.org/spp/sfrl/projects/epub/finalrept.html

Errata and Retractions in Electronic Journals

Alerting readers to errata and retractions is a vital service which librarians have traditionally performed by adding notices to print journals. In the electronic environment, technology offers the capability of alerting readers more effectively than was ever possible in print journals. The authors sought to determine if publishers of biomedical electronic journals are indeed taking full advantage of technology to notify readers of errata and retractions. While data could not be gathered for quantifiable results, the authors observed a definite lack of standardization. The authors recommend that publishers make hypertext links between the original article and its correction or retraction in addition to posting a notice in the table of contents.

Yahoo! Do You Google? Virtual Reference Overview

The Internet is fast becoming the world's largest public li brary. Reference librarians are using Web resources rather than print to an swer many reference queries. This article provides an overview of topics relating to virtual reference services: search engines, subject directories, virtual reference desks, the invisible Web, electronic journal publishing, virtual reference services, and reference librarian skills.