Quality Of Scientific Publications Research Articles

Do orthopaedics surgeons have any idea what predatory journals are?:(cross-sectional study)

ObjectiveThe legitimacy of published research confronts a real challenge posed by predatory journals. These journals not only distribute inadequately written articles but also undermine the prospects of acknowledgment and citation for high-quality content. It is essential, nevertheless, to differentiate between predatory journals and reputable open-access ones. A worldwide anti-predatory movement seeks to enhance awareness about such journals. Hence, our objective was to assess the awareness, attitudes, and practices of Sudanese orthopedic surgeons concerning both predatory and open-access publishing. MethodsConducted between January and April 2023, this cross-sectional electronic survey involved Sudanese orthopedic surgeons. The survey, comprising five domains to gauge knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to predatory and open-access publishing, was shared via the Sudanese Orthopedic Surgeons Association email distribution list among the 561 registered surgeons. The targeted sample size was 286. Categorical variables were reported using frequencies, while continuous variables were presented as medians and interquartile ranges. Nonparametric tests and ordinal regression were employed for inferential statistics. ResultsOf the 561 surgeons, 104 participants completed the questionnaire, resulting in a response rate of 18.5 %. Approximately 49% exhibited poor knowledge, with 56% unfamiliar with the term "predatory journals," and 74% unaware of Beall's list. Overall attitudes toward publication in open-access and predatory journals were neutral for 60% of participants, and only 26% demonstrated good overall publication practices. Higher knowledge scores positively correlated with attitude and practice scores. Ordinal regression analysis identified variables such as employment in university hospitals, higher academic rank, publication experience, and working in well-resourced countries as factors increasing the likelihood of higher knowledge, attitude, and practice scores. ConclusionThe majority of the study participants reported very low knowledge of predatory journals and their possible detrimental consequences on the integrity and quality of scientific publications. Therefore, educational efforts on the negative impact of predatory publication practices in orthopedics are needed.

Neural machine translation for in‐text citation classification

AbstractThe quality of scientific publications can be measured by quantitative indices such as the h‐index, Source Normalized Impact per Paper, or g‐index. However, these measures lack to explain the function or reasons for citations and the context of citations from citing publication to cited publication. We argue that citation context may be considered while calculating the impact of research work. However, mining citation context from unstructured full‐text publications is a challenging task. In this paper, we compiled a data set comprising 9,518 citations context. We developed a deep learning‐based architecture for citation context classification. Unlike feature‐based state‐of‐the‐art models, our proposed focal‐loss and class‐weight‐aware BiLSTM model with pretrained GloVe embedding vectors use citation context as input to outperform them in multiclass citation context classification tasks. Our model improves on the baseline state‐of‐the‐art by achieving an F1 score of 0.80 with an accuracy of 0.81 for citation context classification. Moreover, we delve into the effects of using different word embeddings on the performance of the classification model and draw a comparison between fastText, GloVe, and spaCy pretrained word embeddings.

DYNAMIC SYSTEM MODEL: THE EFFECT OF CAMPUS FACILITIES ON THE QUALITY OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS OF GRADUATE STUDENTS

Abstract
 Starting from the circular of the Dirjen Dikti Number: 152/E/T/2012 concerning the publication of student scientific work, the Indonesian government encourages students to play an active role in conducting research publications. The quantity of scientific publications carried out by students must also be followed by good quality. In the world of education, the quality of scientific publications can be seen from the categories of research outputs and how the factors affect the field of research. Campus facilities are said to be one of the important factors in supporting the quality of student research publications. Because not only physically, non-physical facilities are considered very important to improve student competence and capabilities, for example in the form of training.
 Dynamic system analysis is a research methodology that can capture the condition of a quality management system. In this study the dynamic system was used to look at the quality of research publications conducted by postgraduate students, to see how facilities could affect the quality of student research publications.

Artificial intelligence in healthcare and education

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the healthcare and medical and dental education sectors. With advancements in AI technology and its integration into routine tasks, the field of healthcare and education is rapidly evolving. This article aims to provide an in-depth analysis of the impact of AI in these sectors and to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of its integration. The article will begin by examining the use of AI in healthcare, including its impact on patient care, diagnosis and treatment, and the benefits it brings to medical professionals and patients alike. The article will then delve into the use of AI in medical and dental education, exploring its impact on student learning and teaching practices, and the benefits and challenges it presents for educators and students. Additionally, this article will also cover the impact of AI on the publishing of scientific articles in journals. With the increasing volume of submissions and the need for more efficient management, AI is being utilised to streamline the peer-review process and improve the quality of peer-review. The article will also delve into the possibility of AI enabling new forms of publication and supporting reproducibility, helping to improve the overall quality of scientific publications. Furthermore, the authors of this article have written it using AI, making it a landmark paper that showcases the true technological power of AI in the field of writing.

Soft Robotics: A Systematic Review and Bibliometric Analysis.

In recent years, soft robotics has developed considerably, especially since the year 2018 when it became a hot field among current research topics. The attention that this field receives from researchers and the public is marked by the substantial increase in both the quantity and the quality of scientific publications. In this review, in order to create a relevant and comprehensive picture of this field both quantitatively and qualitatively, the paper approaches two directions. The first direction is centered on a bibliometric analysis focused on the period 2008-2022 with the exact expression that best characterizes this field, which is "Soft Robotics", and the data were taken from a series of multidisciplinary databases and a specialized journal. The second direction focuses on the analysis of bibliographic references that were rigorously selected following a clear methodology based on a series of inclusion and exclusion criteria. After the selection of bibliographic sources, 111 papers were part of the final analysis, which have been analyzed in detail considering three different perspectives: one related to the design principle (biologically inspired soft robotics), one related to functionality (closed/open-loop control), and one from a biomedical applications perspective.

Research Culture in Improving the Performance of Higher Education Scientific Publications

As a form of education and science diplomacy of high quality, international scientific publications contribute to a nation's sense of self-worth. Publications in reputable national and international scientific journals are extremely essential outcomes of scientific research. Universities with a large number of scientific publications are highly competitive within their respective nations. The long-term objective of this study is to generate studies on a robust research culture in tertiary institutions that can address the quantity and quality of scientific publications by lecturers in Indonesia. The specific objective of this study is to analyze a robust research culture in order to enhance the scientific publication performance of lecturers in Indonesian higher education. Therefore, this research must be conducted immediately in order to generate studies and solutions for enhancing the quality of scientific publications produced by Indonesian institutions of higher education. This study's methodology combines both quantitative and qualitative research techniques. According to the findings of this study, a robust research culture has a positive effect on the quality of scientific publications in higher education

Publication ethics of human studies in the light of the Declaration of Helsinki – a mini-review

The Declaration of Helsinki is a set of ethical principles to be followed by scientists involved in medical research with humans or human cells and tissues. This Declaration defines how scientific research should be planned, carried out, documented, analysed, and published.
 We summarise and discuss some ethical issues related to publishing original articles, including clinical trials, review papers, and case reports based on the seventh revision of the Declaration of Helsinki.
 The principles of the Declaration of Helsinki refer most strongly to the publication of medical research results, in particular clinical trials, as original articles. Such papers must meet several ethical requirements, especially the study protocol transparency and the presentation of the results. For case reports, the bioethical aspects related to their publication are twofold - they must include informed and voluntary consent and the confidentiality of study participants. The review papers are of the least bioethical concern. However, whether patients' agreements with specific studies are valid if the data are used in meta-analyses is uncertain.
 Adherence to ethical policies and standards helps to ensure the highest possible quality of scientific publications. Responsibility for compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki lies not only with the authors preparing their manuscripts but also with the editorial board and reviewers, who must evaluate the ethical soundness of the submitted papers. The additional guidelines for the different types of studies facilitate the implementation of the Declaration principles.

EVENT-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING AND PROCESSING BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

Today, one of the most important indicators of the level of international activity of a scientific institution is the number and quality of scientific publications placed in the most prestigious international bibliographic databases. The collection and processing of such information requires significant time and resources, given their size and daily replenishment, the variety of storage formats and access to information repositories. Therefore, such a task of collecting, processing, consolidating and analyzing bibliographic information and assessing the level of international activity of researchers of state scientific organizations and teachers of higher educational institutions is a task of processing big data and requires special approaches in the construction of specialized software systems for its solution. The article considers the construction of the structure of the software system and the main elements of the event-oriented microservice architecture of the system of collecting and analyzing information from bibliographic sources. The basis for the implementation was the microservice architecture with the distribution of services according to the functional purpose. The proposed structure of the system makes it possible to adaptively change the selection of information sources based on the evaluation of the effectiveness of obtaining relevant information from relevant sources, in accordance with the events that occur during the collection of information. The choice of directions for data collection and processing is based on the use of typical scenarios, which allows to significantly increase the efficiency of the analyst's work. The event-oriented microservice architecture of the system makes it possible to adapt the operation of the system to the loads on individual microservices by analyzing the created relevant events. The developed system provides an opportunity to collect information about the international activities of individual people or institutions from sources that are heterogeneous in terms of storage form and composition. The composition of information sources in this system can be expanded without interfering with the work of other system components. Each individual processor of information from the sources can provide only partial data, which is supplemented at the expense of others. The system adapts to the user's request in such a way that data is taken only from those sources that meet the request's requirements and can satisfy them. The developed approach is built on the basics of event-oriented microservice architecture and can be used in the development of various information and analytical systems.

Концептуальні проблеми розвитку міждисциплінарності досліджень у галузі міжнародних економічних відносин

In the context of the current Ukrainian realities, given its place, the significance and role in the geo-economic space from the standpoint of economic security the issue of high-quality provision of research in the area of international economic relations and, consequently, training of scientists and researchers in this field is acute. The article discusses the prerequisites and substantiates the need to find a mechanism for improving teaching methods, enhancing the effectiveness of forms and methods of teaching and research based on an interdisciplinary approach, search and development of new theories. The step-by-step algorithm of training / formation of scientists, characteristic features of the current stage of scientific research, communication and cooperation environment, specifics of training doctors of philosophy on the basis of competence approach is analyzed as well as the problems of terminological casuistry, quality of scientific publications, search for topical themes aimed at addressing a number of issues related to increasing the competitiveness of Ukrainian science in the area of international economic relations with a practical focus on strengthening Ukraine's position on the current geoeconomic chessboard. The purpose of the article is to study the prerequisites for reconfiguring the format of scientific research, enriching the research methodology, filling it with interdisciplinary tools.

Scientific journal in the educational space of the university

The article presents the authors ‘view on the activities of the scientific journal” Bulletin of the North Ossetian State University named after K. L. Khetagurov”. The relevance of the article is due to a significant increase in the role of research work of teachers and students of universities and the requirements for their publication activity; the importance for the university of having highly rated scientific journals and the increasing importance of the scientific publication of the university for improving the training of students. At the scientific and theoretical level, the changes that were determined by the modernization of education in the country and the need to improve the quality of scientific publications in accordance with the vector of development of international high-ranking publications and the desire of the university management and the editorial board to keep the journal in the trend of modern science are understood. Attention is paid to the problem of evaluating and reviewing scientific articles, the idea of the impact of reviews on the development of scientific knowledge is justified; the systematic work of the editorial board on the introduction of scientific research into the educational process of the university is shown. The new tasks of the editorial board are considered, the solution of which will contribute to improving the quality of the publication and the research activities of the teaching staff and students of the university. The purpose of the work is to substantiate the author’s approach to the current state, functioning and perspective view of the development of the university scientific publication and to determine its place in the modern scientific and educational space. The research methodology is based on systematic, activity-based and culturological approaches using such methods as systematization, generalization, analysis, description and comparison.

Scientometrics — a need or a fashionable trend?

The papaer presents a review of some publications on the history of the development, formation, functions and capabilities of scientometrics, as well as the state of Russian science and its role on the international arena. The thoughts regarding the role of scientometrics in modern scientific research are stated. To date, scientometrics provides a number of possibilities. First of all, it is a system for monitoring publication activity of scientists around the world. Obviously, the main goal is structuring scientific publications with the following improvement of scientific activity. Howewer, are modern scientometric indicators objective in relation not only to the number, but also to the quality of scientific publications? Is the notorious Hirsch index an ideal parameter for evaluating the performance of researchers? Are there any prospects for scientometrics in the modern scientific world, or is a worthy alternative to currently used methods for assessing scientific activity required? These and many other questions are raised by the authors in this article.

Scientific Publications in Dentistry in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia Between 1996 and 2018: A Bibliometric Analysis.

This study aimed to determine the number and quality of scientific publications in dentistry from the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia between 1996 and 2018 using bibliometric analysis.Web of Science and Scopus were searched to identify scientific publications in dentistry between 1996 and 2018 by authors from centers in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. The annual number of scientific publications, citation rate, and h-index for each publication, and trends in international co-authorship were investigated by country and institution.There were 651 scientific publications in dentistry between 1996 and 2018, by authors from Lithuania (280 publications), Latvia (210 publications), and Estonia (161 publications). Publications from Estonia were ranked highest in qualitative terms (citation rate and h-index), followed by Lithuania, and Latvia. Of 28 authors with at least ten publications, 54% were Lithuanian (15 authors), 25% were Estonian (7 authors), and 21% were Latvian (6 authors). Estonian authors collaborated mainly with Finland (27 publications), Latvian authors with the USA (16 publications), and Lithuanian authors with Canada (26 publications). Most publications came from the academic institutions of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (136 publications), the University of Tartu (109 publications), Vilnius University (101 publications), and Riga Stradins University (28 publications).During the past 22 years, authors from Lithuania had the most publications in the field of dentistry, and authors from Estonia had the most cited publications. Authors mainly published in native journals and collaborated with authors in Scandinavia and North America.

Strategies to Increase Universities' Scientific Publication in Indonesia

Objective: The paper aims to seek strategies to improve the quality of universities' scientific publications in Indonesia. Design/ methodology/ approach: The present research uses both quantitative and qualitative approach to establish conceptual models and strategies to improve the quality of universities' scientific publications in Indonesia through hypotheses testing. Variables subjected to analysis include learning organizations, knowledge sharing, research climate, organizational/ institutional support, and quality of universities' scientific publications. Findings: Based on the empirical research results, it is found that there is significant relationship among learning organizations, research climate, knowledge sharing, institutional supports, and the quality of universities' scientific publications. Research limitations/ implications: The research samples of 200 private universities were obtained from a minimum sample of studies using structural equation models. Practical implications: The findings of the study are beneficial for university management and lecturers in improving the quality of scientific publications; thus, improving the quality of Indonesian scientific publications to be the first rank in ASEAN region. Originality/ value: This research provides a meaningful contribution since there lack studies on strategies to improve the quality of scientific publications in Indonesia.

Research Climate and Institutional Support in Improving Performance of Scientific Publications at Private University in Indonesia

Scientific publications on reputable international journals are very important outcomes of research. Universities that have a high number of scientific publications have high competitiveness in a country. The position of Indonesian publications in terms of numbers has outperformed Singapore and Thailand, but the level of citations to Indonesian journals remains low. So that this research must be carried out immediately which aims to produce a study of: the influence of the climate of research and institutional support in increasing the quantity and quality of scientific publications of private universities in Indonesia. The novelty in this study is that the number of scientific publications will increase if the Research Climate at the university is conducive and strong institutional support. The method used in this study uses quantitative research using Structural Equation Modeling analysis tools. The unit of analysis in this study is a private university in Indonesia. The targeted results are an increase in the quantity and quality of Indonesian scientific publications.

Journal «Voprosy Statistiki»: Continuity of Tradition and Current Context

This article addresses the evolution of editorial policy and content creation process for the journal «Voprosy statistiki» - the leading periodical statistical publication in Russia. The paper covers questions of continuity of tradition and the need to revise editorial policy of scientific periodical publications. The author describes journal issues as for their compliance with Russian and international scientometric databases. The article considers key objectives included in the development program for the journal, in particular, the quality of materials on statistics, the international visibility of the journal and providing stable distribution channels. The paper also focuses on the role of statistical community in maintaining high scientific quality of publications and proactive position of the journal on covering and studying questions of statistical science and practice, on informing on the progress of plans and tasks for the further development of the official national statistics.

Development Potential of the Journal «Voprosy statistiki»

This article covers some development directions for the professional statistical journal that is the journal «Voprosy statistiki». There are two fundamental principles of editorial policy of the journal: first, the adherence to best traditions of the established editorial school; second, implementing reasonably required modernizations that is essential for the development of the journal. The author comments on the positive trends in updating the remit of the journal, its information density; improving the quality of scientific publications and their compliance with contemporary tasks facing the state statistics system. The paper argues that the journal should enhance its function as an instrument of feedback for the editors and the readers, and the institute of official statistics and the general public. In this regard, there is a necessity to revise the ways to increase the journal’s audience and the pool of potential authors who determine the content of the journal as well as its distribution forms - printed and electronic format. The author addresses further steps towards improving the competitiveness of the journal «Voprosy statistiki», its promotion in the global science and information space of professional statistical publications.

INNOVATIVE WAYS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCIENTIFIC PERIODICAL EDITION OF THE ECONOMIC PROFILE

The weak competitiveness of domestic science is one of the painful realities of the present. Experts in the field of science-research studies note the low publishing activity of Ukrainian scientists and the lack of knowledge of foreign colleagues in the results of domestic scientists. All this leads to insufficient integration of Ukrainian science into the world scientific community and complicates the cooperation of our scientists in the field of global scientific projects. One of the ways to intensify interaction with the international scientific community is to create competitive professional editions, with high-quality content, published in several languages and having analogies on the Internet. The article summarizes the experience of development of domestic scientific editions of the economic profile (EEP). The purpose of the publication of this work is to describe the internal and external environment of the innovative project of the site of the scientific national journal of the economic profile, namely the substantiation of the project of the electronic version of such edition (EVE). The influence of macroeconomic factors has been investigated. It has been shown that legal and technological factors affect the development of the publication and its electronic analogue positively, and the social, economic and political factors affect the project rather contradictory. The competitive advantages of a modern national economic journal are formulated, such as the availability of an electronic version of the magazine with support for multimedia, access to full-text archives, as well as a well-considered editorial policy and a stable reviewing system. The priority areas for the development of the EEP are the improvement of the quality of scientific publications and a registration of the journal in the science and technology databases of Web of Science and SCOPUS, which presupposes compliance with such requirements as, ISSN availability, periodicity of release, a stable review system, a well-considered editorial policy, a statement of compliance with publication ethics, wide enough geography of authors, presence of a site of a scientific journal (EVE), high quality of polygraphy.

Trends in the quality of work presented at the society of british neurological surgeons meetings: 1975 to 2010

Background: The quality of scientific publications in clinical journals is well studied but the quality of work presented at medical conferences less so.Aims: To describe trends in the quality of presentations at the Society of British Neurological Surgeons [SBNS] conference between 1975 and 2010 and the factors associated with higher quality work in order to consider what might improve publication rates.Methods: Analysis was conducted in 5-year time periods (i.e. 1975–1979, 1985–1989, 1995–1999, 2005–2009). Published abstracts were used to identify conference presentations. Quality metrics included level of evidence of the presentation and eventual publication within 5 years. Publication 5-year citation count and destination journal impact factor were further used to assess publication quality. Statistical analysis was carried out using SPSS.Results: Of the 1711 presentations in total, 479 (28%) were published. The British Journal of Neurosurgery (93, 19%) was the favoured destination. Although the total number of publications has increased, given the increase in the number of presentations, the proportion of work published has decreased (80/179; 45% in the 1970s to 113/721; 16% in the 2000s). The growth in the impact factor of published work was better than that found in leading neurosurgical journals, but lower than for leading medical journals. In a multivariate model, presentations using a higher level of evidence increased the likelihood of publication (AOR 6.7 95% CI 3.7, 12.1), whilst presenting at conferences after the 1970s reduced the likelihood of publication; 1985–1989 (AOR 0.3, 95% CI 0.2, 0.4), 1995–1999 (0.4, 95% CI 0.3, 0.7) and 2005–2009 (0.1, 95% CI 0.1, 0.2).Conclusion: SBNS conferences today contain more presentations and yield more publications than ever before. However, the increased volume may dilute the quality of work presented.

Evaluation of scientific work in the library and information field

The author highlights the criteria for assessing library scientist's impact by the number of the publications using citation indices and Hirsch factor. The functions, advantages and drawbacks of citation indices are discussed, as well as the factors to affect Hirsch index. The author examines the credibility of the Russian Science Citation Index data and the quality of journal publications in the HAC list. Standards of originality in the Antiplagiat system and the quality of scientific publications in the library science, bibliography and bibliology are discussed. Some approaches toward scientific work evaluation in the modern library and information science are proposed. The author argues that the quantitative indicators should be combined with the expert assessment.

Scientific Publication Performance of Turkish Anaesthesia Clinics in High Impact Factor International Journals Between 2005 and 2014: A Bibliometric Analysis.

International scientific publication productivity is a tangible indicator for the accuracy of scientific policies. The quality of scientific publications is not increasing despite the fast increase in the publication count in Turkey. The international publication activities of Turkish anaesthesia clinics have not been previously explored. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the high quality scientific productivity of Turkish anesthesia clinics within the last 10 years. We searched for studies conducted by anaesthesiologists in Turkey within the last 10 years and published in journals listed under the medical subject categories of anaesthesiology and critical care using 'Thomson Reuters InCites' and PubMed databases. We recorded publication year, subject, method, citation count and origin of each paper and conducted descriptive analyses. There were 630 papers meeting our inclusion criteria. Among those, 525 (83%) were studies on anaesthesia, 66 (10%) were studies on critical care and 39 (6%) were studies on pain. The average citation count was 9.90. There were 376 controlled/randomized controlled trials, 98 observational studies, 66 laboratory studies, 64 case series/reports, 5 reviews and 21 letters to the editor. Studies were conducted by universities (82.4%), by training and research hospitals (15.56%), by state and military hospitals (0.63%) and by physicians in private practice (1.27%). Baskent University had the highest publication count, Istanbul University had the highest citation count and Trakya University had the highest publication count per faculty teaching staff. The high-impact scientific productivity of Turkish anesthesia clinics is in a downward trend in the last 10 years, and the average citation count is lower than the global average.