Science Citation Index Journals Research Articles

Natural Resources Research Publications on Resourcing Future Generations, and Introduction of Papers in this Special Issue

The Journal of Natural Resources Research (NRR) has, since its foundation in 1992, published and continues to publish peer-reviewed articles that make significant impact on resourcing future generations. This is in keeping with its aims and scope of publishing articles on quantitative analyses of natural (mainly but not limited to mineral) resources with regard to exploration, evaluation and exploitation, as well as environmental and risk-related aspects. However, the new papers introduced in this special issue of NRR are mostly qualitative studies with implications for policy decision-making relevant to the issue of resourcing future generations. These new papers and the recent inclusion of NRR for coverage in the Science Citation Index Expanded™ (or SciSearch®) and Journal Citation Reports® (JCR) Science Edition will make NRR more attractive to researchers in the fields that are relevant to the issue of resourcing future generations, both as a source of knowledge as well as a medium for publication of research results.

Six Sigma and organisational ambidexterity: a systematic review and conceptual framework

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to analyse the relationship between Six Sigma methodology and organisational ambidexterity (exploitation and exploration orientations). For this purpose, this study describes how Six Sigma practices may enhance both orientations simultaneously, contributing to organisational ambidexterity and performance improvements.Design/methodology/approachA systematic literature review was adopted as the research methodology. The authors analysed 512 publications in Social Science Citation Index journals in fields such as management, business, operation research management science, planning development, behavioural sciences, interdisciplinary social sciences and applied psychology from 1987 to 2016, as the first development and adoption of Six Sigma was in 1987 by Motorola.FindingsThis analysis describes how Six Sigma emphasises not only useful practices for exploitation orientation, such as customer input, design for manufacturability or improvement and control of processes, but also explorative practices, such as discovery, novelty or innovation. Consequently, an adequate combination of all these practices may enhance organisational ambidexterity and organisational success.Research limitations/implicationsThis study relies exclusively on previously published literature that fulfilled the selection criteria described in the search methodology. Further empirical research is necessary to test the propositions included in this paper.Practical implicationsThis study has important implications for academics, practitioners and employers, as it furnishes new theoretical insights to the scarce literature that studies the relationship between quality management practices and organisational ambidexterity. The authors provide a better understanding of Six Sigma philosophy and some fresh and new insight on how Six Sigma practices may help organisation develop distinctive competitive competences by its influence over exploration and exploitation orientations (ambidexterity). Therefore, it might be of interest to those practitioners interested in achieving a successful competitive position and discover emerging business opportunities, as it may provide some guidance on the important implication of Six Sigma practices over exploration and exploitation orientations.Originality/valueThis study provides new insights into the non-existent literature about Six Sigma and organisational ambidexterity and to the scarce literature about quality management and ambidexterity. Propositions on how Six Sigma practices benefit organisational ambidexterity are also suggested.

Natural Resources Research Publications on Geochemical Anomaly and Mineral Potential Mapping, and Introduction to the Special Issue of Papers in These Fields

In its 26 years of existence, the journal of Natural Resources Research (NRR) has published and continues to publish papers on geochemical anomaly and mineral potential mapping. This is consistent with its aims and scope to publish quantitative studies of natural (mainly but not limited to mineral) resources exploration, evaluation and exploitation, including environmental and risk-related aspects. Over the years, NRR has contributed significantly more to the publication of developments in mineral potential mapping and notably less to the publication of developments in geochemical anomaly mapping. In more detail, NRR has contributed significantly more to the publication of research on development of robust quantitative methods for analysis and synthesis of spatial evidence of mineral potential but notably less to the publication of research on development of geologically focused models of mineral potential. The editorship of NRR recognizes the latter as a challenge to promote further research on development of numerically robust as well as geologically focused mineral potential models, and this special issue is a major initiative in response to that challenge. The recent inclusion of Natural Resources Research for coverage by the Clarivate Analytics (formerly the Institute for Scientific Information) in the Science Citation Index Expanded™ and Journal Citation Reports® (JCR) Science Edition will help make Natural Resources Research meet that challenge.

Bibliometrics Analysis of Typical SCI Journals in Natural Medicines by Use of WoS

ABSTRACTOn the basis of bibliometric analysis of eight typical Science Citation Index (SCI)-indexed journals in natural medicines by use of Web of Science (WoS), this study aims to find some strategies useful for improving the international impact of academic journals. We suggest that it is important to: attract foreign and internationally collaborated contributions; select reviewers and authors in citing journals of high IF; establish multidirectional collaboration with institutions that frequently publish/cite literatures and those with priority disciplines; dynamically and intensively track and analyze the terms of hot publications; and redesign the website and adopt advance digital publication.

Content analysis of research trends in instructional design models: 1999-2014

<p class="JLDAbstract">This study examines studies on instructional design models by applying content analysis. It covers 113 papers published in 44 international Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) and Science Citation Index (SCI) journals. Studies on instructional design models are explored in terms of journal of publication, preferred model, country where the study was conducted, research method, data collection tool, data analysis method, sampling interval, and field in which the model was applied. Studies are also examined in terms of variables, focusing on connections with model used, relevant results, and orientation of the model (e.g., system-oriented, class-oriented, or product-oriented). Results identified the most preferred models as ADDIE, ARCS, Gagne and Briggs, 4C-ID, and Dick and Carey. System-based instructional design models were most common. These results show recent trends in instructional design models and will contribute to both researchers and instructional designers.</p>

Reporting Characteristics and Quality of Systematic Reviews of Acupuncture Analgesia.

Evaluating the clinical efficacy of acupuncture analgesia with systematic reviews (SRs) has attracted wide interest. To collect a sample of published SRs on acupuncture analgesia in PubMed and examine them in terms of reporting characteristics and quality. A search in PubMed was performed in January 2016. All SRs on acupuncture analgesia were included. To assess the quality of the SRs, AMSTAR tool and PRISMA Statements were used. One hundred and nine SRs were included in our analysis, the yearly number of publications ranging from 1 in 1997 to 15 in 2015. Only 17% of these publications were Cochrane Systematic Reviews, and 94% were published in Science Citation Index journals. The United Kingdom was the country with the higher number of publications. Low back pain, headache, cancer pain, and labor pain were the most reported diseases or phenotypes. Nearly 73% of these SRs conducted a meta-analysis, 58% revealed positive results, 53% used RevMan software to analyze data, and 44% used the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool for quality assessment. Only a few SRs assessed the likelihood of publication bias, reported details about the protocol and the registration information, and performed additional analyses. The quantity and the quality of SRs regarding acupuncture analgesia have been promoted in recent years. More effort should be expended on the assessment of publication bias, the provision of detailed information about the protocol and the registration process, and the implementation of additional analyses to improve the validity of the SRs.

New developments in tourism and hotel demand modeling and forecasting

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review recent studies published from 2007 to 2015 on tourism and hotel demand modeling and forecasting with a view to identifying the emerging topics and methods studied and to pointing future research directions in the field.Design/methodology/approachArticles on tourism and hotel demand modeling and forecasting published mostly in both science citation index and social sciences citation index journals were identified and analyzed.FindingsThis review finds that the studies focused on hotel demand are relatively less than those on tourism demand. It is also observed that more and more studies have moved away from the aggregate tourism demand analysis, whereas disaggregate markets and niche products have attracted increasing attention. Some studies have gone beyond neoclassical economic theory to seek additional explanations of the dynamics of tourism and hotel demand, such as environmental factors, tourist online behavior and consumer confidence indicators, among others. More sophisticated techniques such as nonlinear smooth transition regression, mixed-frequency modeling technique and nonparametric singular spectrum analysis have also been introduced to this research area.Research limitations/implicationsThe main limitation of this review is that the articles included in this study only cover the English literature. Future review of this kind should also include articles published in other languages. The review provides a useful guide for researchers who are interested in future research on tourism and hotel demand modeling and forecasting.Practical implicationsThis review provides important suggestions and recommendations for improving the efficiency of tourism and hospitality management practices.Originality/valueThe value of this review is that it identifies the current trends in tourism and hotel demand modeling and forecasting research and points out future research directions.

Improved tutorial system + TBL research combat training, a novel teaching model of scientific research practice and its effects on medical undergraduates' cognition and behavior

Objective To investigate the effects of a novel scientific research practice model on medical undergraduates' cognition and behavior. Method Totally, 60 medical undergraduates took part in the research. All of them accepted scientific research training by using improved tutorial system + team-based learning (TBL) combat training models. Before and after training, students completed the same questionnaires respectively. The content included the purpose of participating in scientific research activities, the interest of scientific research, and the confidence and satisfaction of publishing scientific research papers, etc.. SPSS 16.0 was used to conduct non parametric Mann-Whitney test or Wilcoxon non parametric test to the pre and post survey data. Results Fifty-seven students (95.0%) were satisfied with the novel teaching model. Before and after training, the liking scores for scientific research practice rose from 1.12 (95%CI=0.65 to 1.59) to 5.87 (95%CI=5.34 to 6.39), P=0.001. Fifty-three students (88.3%) proactively participated in re- search work after training compared with 21 students (35.0%) before training, P=0.000. More students had confidence in publishing academic papers on Chinese core journals or Science Citation Index journals after training (P=0.000, P=0.003 respectively). 57 students (95%) said they were very satisfied or satisfied with the training of scientific research and practice. Conclusion Improved tutorial system + TBL research combat training model can stimulate students' interest in scientific research and make them have more pos-itive cognition and behavior on scientific research work. Key words: Medical undergraduate education; Research capacity; Tutorial system; Question-naire; Team-based learning

Scientific publications in gastroenterology and hepatology in Taiwan: An analysis of Web of Science from 1993 to 2013

BackgroundScientific publications are important for evaluating the achievements of a medical specialty or discipline. Gastroenterology and Hepatology is a medical specialty in great demand in Taiwan, therefore, this study aimed to analyze the Gastroenterology and Hepatology publications from 1993 to 2013 in Taiwan, using the Web of Science (WoS) database. MethodsScientific publications from departments/institutes of gastroenterology and hepatology were retrieved and analyzed from the WoS database, which included articles published in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Science Citation Index journals from 1993 to 2013. ResultsAmong 229,030 articles published from departments/institutes of gastroenterology and hepatology worldwide during 1993–2013, 5061 (2.21%) were published in Taiwan, ranking the country 13th in the world. In total, 4759 articles from Taiwan were selected for further analysis, excluding meeting abstracts and corrections. During these two decades, the number of gastroenterology and hepatology publications increased rapidly. There were 440 articles published during 1993–1997, 646 articles during 1998–2002, 1211 articles during 2003–2007, and up to 2462 articles during 2008–2013. However, the mean number of articles cited decreased from 25.35 to 27.25 to 20.64 to 7.28, and the mean impact factor of publishing journals decreased from 5.0 to 4.20 to 4.13 to 4.03 during 1993–1997, 1998–2002, 2003–2007, and 2008–2013, respectively. Most of those publications belong to the subject category gastroenterology and hepatology (2346 articles, 49.30%), followed by surgery (677 articles, 14.23%), medicine, general and internal (358 articles, 7.52%), oncology (316 articles, 6.64%), and pharmacology pharmacy (286 articles, 6.01%). The Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology published the most papers (326 articles, 6.9%), followed by World Journal of Gastroenterology (201 articles, 4.2%), Hepato-Gastroenterology (165 articles, 3.5%), Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (159 articles, 3.3%), and Hepatology (146 articles, 3.1%). ConclusionScientific publications from departments/institutes of gastroenterology and hepatology in Taiwan increased rapidly from 1993 to 2013. However, there were decreasing trends in the number of articles cited and journal impact factors.

Characteristics of retractions related to faked peer reviews: an overview

A faked peer review is a novel cause for retraction. We reviewed the characteristics of papers retracted due to a faked peer review. All papers retracted due to faked peer...

The evolution of business ethics research in the realm of tourism and hospitality

Purpose This paper aims to illustrate how business ethics research is progressing in the tourism and hospitality (T/H) industries and suggest a research agenda. Design/methodology/approach This study applies bibliometric analysis to articles related to business ethics topics in the T/H fields published between 1995 and 2014 in six, nine and five leading hospitality-, tourism- and business ethics-oriented journals, respectively. Findings This study provides a broad view on business ethics research in the T/H fields based on leading authors, institutions, themes and methods used over the past two decades. Research limitations/implications This study assesses the progress of business ethics research in the hospitality and tourism fields. Only articles published in select, prominent Social Sciences Citation Index journals were analyzed. Practical implications This analysis focuses on published articles related to business ethics in the T/H fields. As such, it facilitates researchers, academic scholars and professionals in contributing to the field more effectively and advancing scientific progress in the literature. It aids practitioners by evaluating the extent to which scholars have investigated key issues in the field. Originality/value This study is the first to utilize bibliometric analysis to assess business ethics research focusing on T/H activities published in leading tourism, hospitality and business ethics journals.

Research trends in social network sites’ educational use: a review of publications in all SSCI journals to 2015

In the current study, 247 articles dealing with the use of SNSs (social network sites) in education and published in Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) journals up to 2015 were analysed. The articles’ demographic (year, learner type, used SNS, major contributing countries, and academic discipline) and topic trends were determined. As a result of the analyses that were conducted, the research topics were classified into nine groups (learner outcomes, instructional approaches, contributions to education, dispositions, demographics, interaction, comparison, support and others). These nine topics were subsequently divided into relevant sub‐topics. The findings demonstrate that the number of studies dealing with the educational use of SNSs is increasing each year. Significant numbers of research studies have investigated higher education. The topic of learner outcomes has also become a trend topic. Other findings obtained are discussed in detail, the existing gaps in the literature are determined and several suggestions are made regarding future research.

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Social and Technical Trade-Offs.

Big DataVol. 4, No. 1 AnnouncementsFree AccessCall for Papers: Special Issue on Social and Technical Trade-OffsGuest Editors: Solon Barocas, danah boyd, Sorelle Friedler, and Hanna WallachGuest Editors: Solon BarocasSearch for more papers by this author, danah boydSearch for more papers by this author, Sorelle FriedlerSearch for more papers by this author, and Hanna WallachSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:18 Mar 2016https://doi.org/10.1089/big.2016.29006.cfpsAboutSectionsPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Deadline for submission: September 15, 2016This special issue on Social and Technical Trade-Offs aims to serve two main purposes: 1. To highlight exciting and novel work in machine learning, artificial intelligence, data mining, and data science that articulates, examines, challenges, and addresses the technical and social trade-offs involved in the analysis and interpretation of big data.2. To pose practical, grounded, and socially-oriented challenges for researchers in machine learning, artificial intelligence, data mining, and data science to motivate and guide their research.Working with “big data” isn't easy, especially when it involves social data. Researchers and practitioners must make hard choices when cleaning and processing data, grapple with biased data sets and missing data, and evaluate the social and technical trade-offs involved in analysis and interpretation. What are the ethical implications of these choices? What happens when we get it wrong? How can we prioritize reproducibility? What happens when biased data and imperfect methods are combined in unexpected ways? This special issue will examine the trade-offs that emerge from the interconnected nature of the social and technical decision-making that lies at the heart of big data.We encourage submissions that focus on challenges and questions involving large-scale social data, and that are deployed (or are in the process of being deployed) in the real world.Area of focus include (but are not limited to): • Surveillance and privacy• Healthcare, medicine, and public health• Criminal justice and policing• Education and learning• Disaster relief• Urban planning, housing, and infrastructure• Finance, scoring, and insurance• Public administration and public policy• Autonomous experimentation• Targeted advertisingExample questions that are relevant include (but are not limited to): • How should we strike a balance between model performance and interpretability?• How can we formalize social concepts in ways that are amenable to machine learning methods? How do these formalizations influence the choice of machine learning method?• How does uncertainty and noise inherent to real-world data sets affect the use of these data sets and the use of results obtained from them via machine learning methods?• How can we incorporate social and ethical considerations into our validation methods and choices? What are the social costs of errors or class imbalance and the distribution of those errors across populations? What are the social implications of prioritizing false positive rates vs. false negative rates?• When is it appropriate to collect additional data about minority or underrepresented populations? How should we address the need for balanced data sets without imposing a “diversity tax?” How should we weigh the social and financial associated costs and benefits?• What are the social consequences and tradeoffs involved in feature selection?We encourage submissions from organizations that may do not typically write research papers. In addition to submissions from universities and corporations, we welcome submissions from government agencies, nonprofit organizations, startups, and foundations.These submissions might be: • Papers that describe and evaluate new and/or existing methods that balance social and technical factors in decision-making using or surrounding big data.• Papers that describe trade-offs that emerged during the design and implementation of big data systems in industry, government, or nonprofit settings.• Position papers that highlight sociotechnical challenges that need to be overcome in order to make methods that are suited to responsibly solving large-scale social challenges.Big Data is a highly innovative, peer-reviewed journal that provides a unique forum for world-class research exploring the challenges and opportunities in collecting, analyzing, and disseminating vast amounts of data, including data science, big data infrastructure and analytics, and pervasive computing. There are many advantages to publishing in Big Data, including: • Indexed in Thomson Reuters Web of Science™ Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch) and Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition• Fast and user-friendly electronic submission• Rapid, high-quality peer review• Maximum exposure: accessible in 170 countries worldwideEditorial questions?Please address any questions to bd-tradeoffs@lists.datasociety.netDeadline for manuscript submission: September 15, 2016. Please submit your papers online to our web-based manuscript submission and peer-review at: www.liebertpub.com/manuscript/bigVisit our website to read about the Journal and to view a sample issue: www.liebertpub.com/bigManuscript preparation or technical questions?Contact authorservices@liebertpub.comFiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited bySocial Data: Biases, Methodological Pitfalls, and Ethical BoundariesSSRN Electronic Journal Volume 4Issue 1Mar 2016 InformationCopyright 2016, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.To cite this article:Guest Editors:, Solon Barocas, danah boyd, Sorelle Friedler, and Hanna Wallach.Call for Papers: Special Issue on Social and Technical Trade-Offs.Big Data.Mar 2016.3-4.http://doi.org/10.1089/big.2016.29006.cfpsPublished in Volume: 4 Issue 1: March 18, 2016PDF download

Experimental research in hospitality and tourism: a critical review

Purpose– This paper aims to examine the prevalence and trend of experimental research in hospitality and tourism. Hospitality and tourism researchers have long been encouraged to increase their use of experimental designs. However, a solid support for such advocacy is lacking, and the present paper fills in this research gap.Design/methodology/approach– By using a systematic approach, this study reviews 161 tourism and hospitality articles and conducts content analysis based on certain criteria including journal outlets,Social Sciences Citation Indexjournals, years of publication, contexts, disciplinary foci, experimental designs, settings, number of independent variables, number of studies per article, manipulation methods, manipulation check, research subjects, sample size, subjects per experimental condition, statistical analyses and provision of effect size. The criteria between hospitality and tourism publications are also compared.Findings– Findings show that the number of experimental publications has significantly increased over the past decade, especially in hospitality publications. Nonetheless, there is still room for improvement in applying the experimental design in hospitality and tourism research.Research limitations/implications– Researchers in hospitality and tourism are recommended to report manipulation check results and the effect size of statistically significant results, as well as to devote more effort to knowledge accumulation and methodological advancement of experimental designs.Originality/value– This study is the first to review experimental research in hospitality and tourism. The findings of this study provide significant implications and directions for hospitality and tourism researchers to conduct experimental research in the future.

Üniversite Hastanelerinin Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum Kliniklerinde Yapılan Tez Çalışmalarının Yayınlanma Oranları ve Atıf Sayılarının Değerlendirilmesi

Amaç: Ülkemizde yapılan tezlerin bir dergide yayınlanma oranı çok yüksek değildir. Bu çalışmada kadın hastalıkları ve doğum kliniklerinden yapılan tezlerin, ulusal ve uluslararası dergilerde yayınlanma oranları ve etkili faktörler değerlendirilmiştir. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Yüksek Öğretim Kurulu Başkanlığı Tez Merkezinin internet sitesinden 2007-2008 yılları arasında yayınlanmış, üniversite hastanelerindeki kadın hastalıkları ve doğum kliniklerinde yapılmış tüm tıpta uzmanlık tezleri değerlendirildi. Tezlerin konuları, çalışma tipleri ve yapıldıkları üniversiteler kayıt edildi. Daha sonra internet üzerinden üç ayrı kaynaktan tez sahibinin ismi ile arama yapılarak tezlerin herhangi bir dergide yayınlanıp yayınlanmadığı kontrol edildi. Bulgular: Çalışmaya, 151 uzmanlık tez çalışması dâhil edildi. Bu tezlerin 30 (%19,9)'u Science Citation Index (SCI) ve Science Citation Index-Expaded (SCI-E) grubu dergilerde, 26 (%17,2)'sı SCI ve SCI-E dışı Ulusal Akademik Ağ ve Bilim Merkezi (ULAKBİM) tarafından taranan ulusal hakemli dergilerde, 3 (%2)'ü SCI ve SCI-E dışı uluslararası dergilerde yayınlanmış idi. Yayın başına alınan atıf sayısı 1,2/yıl idi. Sonuç: Çalışmamızda tezlerin yayınlanma oranları önceki çalışmalara göre yüksek gibi görünse de tüm tezlerin sadece %19,9'u SCI ve SCI-E kapsamındaki dergilerde yayınlanmış idi. Tezlerin bilimsel bir çalışma olduğu düşünülmeli, tez planlanırken yapmış olmak için değil, bilimsel bir çalışma yapmak için planlanmalıdır. Objective: The rate of publishing of dissertations as an article in journals is not high in our country. In this study, the rates of publications in national and international journals and the factors that are effective in publication were evaluated. Material and Methods: All medical dissertations that have been prepared at obstetrics and gynecology departments of university hospitals and presented between the years 2007 and 2008 were analyzed from the web site of the thesis center of education council. The topics of the theses, the types of studies, and the universities where they were made were recorded. Then the authors's name were searched whether the dissertations were published in a journal or not, by searching the dissertation in three different resources. Results: A hundred and fifty-one dissertations were included in the study. Among them, 30 (19.9%) were published in the Science Citation Index (SCI) and Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E) group journals, 26 of them (17.2%) were in national journals which are scanned in National Academic Network and Science Center (ULAKBİM) and 3 (2%) were published in non-SCI and non-SCI-E international journals. The number of citations received per publication was 1.2/year. Conclusion: Although the publication rates of theses in our study seem to be higher than previous studies, only 19.9% of all theses were published in journals covered by SCI and SCIE. Theses should be considered as a scientific research study and should be planned as such, not as obligatory assignments.

Turkey's place in Europe in respect of pediatric otorhinolaryngology publications in scope of Science Citation Index

This study aims to evaluate quantitatively the pediatric otorhinolaryngology (ORL) publications belonging to the ORL journals of the Science Citation Index (SCI) made by Turkey and other European countries between five year periods during 1995 and 2012. After SCI journals of 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2012 under the ORL heading were determined, the publications of all European countries in these journals were detected electronically using PubMed search engine. Then, the number of pediatric ORL publications and the journals which included them were determined and counted manually for each country. The number of total publications and pediatric ORL publications made by European countries in the mentioned years were 539/98, 737/123, 747/158, 757/175, and 746/171 respectively. Turkey was the country with the highest number of pediatric ORL publications in all years except 1995. It was detected that more than half of the total pediatric ORL publications were included in International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. It is pleasing that Turkey is ahead of many developed European countries in respect of the number of pediatric ORL publications. Further studies on type, evidence-based medicine or citation analysis of these publications will also enable qualitative evaluation.

Validating Peer Review in Criminal Justice Evaluation Research: Evidence from CrimeSolutions.gov

Peer review is the bedrock of the scientific enterprise, yet it enjoys scant validation. The federal government’s CrimeSolutions.gov initiative provides a unique opportunity to address this limitation. As part of the initiative, trained experts evaluate criminal justice evaluation research on several of the same criteria editors use to make publication decisions. Data from a sample of articles published in Social Sciences Citation Index journals were obtained from the CrimeSolutions.gov database, then used to model publication quality, operationalized as the product of the journal’s five-year impact factor and article citations per year (an article-level measure). The model explained only five percent of the variation in publication quality, raising several questions about the validity of peer review in criminal justice evaluation research.

From Poster Presentation to Publication: National Congress of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

The aims of this study were as follows: 1) to determine publication rate, time to publication, and study design of poster presentations accepted at the National Congress of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (NCCAP) and converted to publication and the degree of first author in a published article and journal index and 2) to investigate the relationship of these data with each other. The poster presentations of four congresses organized between 2005 and 2008 were investigated separately. The presentations were screened by taking into account the title and the first and second author in English and Turkish languages via PubMed and Google Academic databases. Published studies, time between presentation and publishing date, study design, degree of first author, and journal index of these studies were recorded. Fifty-four (25.2%) of 214 poster presentations were published in international and national peer-reviewed journals. Of the published articles, 74.1% (n=40) were research type and 61.1% (n=33) were found in the Science Citation Index (SCI) and Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E) peer-reviewed journals. The first author in 42.6% (n=23) of published articles were assistant professors. The average time between presentation and publishing date was 30.72±18.89 months. Statistical differences were not determined between publication rate and study design; between time to publication and study type/study design, degree of first author, and journal index; and between journal index and study design and degree of first author (p>0.05). It was found that research articles were published significantly more by teaching staff than experts and other researchers (p<0.05). Compared with literature data, it was found that the time to publication was longer while the publication rate was similar for poster presentations in our congresses. Based on these results, it is important to create necessary conditions and encourage the researchers to publish the poster presentations presented in NCCAP.

Online-to-print Lags and Baseline Number of Citations in 5 Science Citation Index Journals Related to Liver Diseases (2013–2014)

To analyze the length of online-to-print lags in 5 science citation index (SCI) journals related to liver diseases and their effect on the number of citations at the date of print publication. All original papers that were published between April 2013 and April 2014 in 5 SCI journals of liver diseases were systematically collected. The length of the online-to-print lag was defined as the difference between the date of print publication and the date of online publication. The number of citations for an article was obtained on its print publication date (baseline number of citations) and every month thereafter. According to the 2012 journal impact factor (JIF), the journals were divided into high-JIF (JIF ≥5) and low-JIF (JIF <5). During the collection period, a total of 1039 original articles were published in the 5 journals. The low-JIF journals had significantly longer online-to-print lags than the high-JIF journals (6.23±2.9 months versus 4.3±1.5 months, P<0.001). The low-JIF journals had a significantly larger proportion of original articles with a baseline number of citations ≥1 than the high-JIF journals (41.9% versus 32.3%, P=0.002). A longer online-to-print lag was positively associated with a baseline number of citations ≥1 in all 5 journals. Online-to-print lags are frequently observed in 5 SCI journals related to liver diseases. In contrast to the hypothesis that JIF was positively associated with the length of online-to-print lags, our study demonstrated that the low-JIF journals had significantly longer online-to-print lags than the high-JIF journals.

Diabetic nephropathy research in China: Data analysis and review from the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

As the largest funding agency of natural science of China, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) has made great efforts in promoting the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN) research in recent years. The aim of the current study is to summarize the diabetic nephropathy research in China by analyzing NSFC-funded projects. Data on all projects in the DN field funded by NSFC from 1986 to 2013 were collected. The funding tendency, funding areas, and hotspots in the DN field, and major research institutions, were analyzed. As one output of this support, outstanding research groups in China, and their representative studies, are also highlighted. From 1986 to 2013, the NSFC has funded a total of 248 projects in the DN field, with a total funding amount of 91.5 million RMB (US$14.9 million). A rapid increase could be seen in the past 5 years, with an average annual 30% increase in projects numbers and a 52% increase in funding amount. All fields in DN research have been covered by the NSFC, including etiology, pathophysiology, diagnostics, and therapeutics. Along with increased funding of the DN research, there has been a growth in the papers published in Science Citation Index journals by Chinese scholars. In the past decade, the funding scale and funding budget have increased dramatically. Benefiting from this, DN research in China has also made considerable progression.