Scientific Communication Process Research Articles

Innovations in scientific communication: techniques for crafting distinctive textual content

The rapid globalization and integration of science-based information technologies have led to continuous transformation, significantly impacting socio-cultural processes. The presented concept of information space development focuses primarily on communication processes. This article aims to analyse the possibilities of technology in creating unique scientific communication within the modern information space. During the research, general methods such as generalization, comparison, systematization, abstraction, analysis, synthesis, and specification were employed. The study revealed the current stage of information society development and outlined trends in modern scientific communication models. The structure of scientific communication in the information space, which combines professional and personal components, is substantiated. The text focuses on identifying the characteristics and functionality of electronic publications within innovative technologies. It considers specific aspects of new and transformed existing variations of scientific communication in the context of digital optimization processes. The issue of the life cycle of electronic resources is also investigated. The article identifies vectors for improving scientific communication processes, focusing on quality information, digital and intercultural components of the communication process. It establishes that the optimization of scientific communication in the information space is necessary due to the specific requirements of forming a unique text based on the principles of honesty and originality.

Особенности восприятия научного текста студентами медицинского университета: психолингвистический эксперимент

The article highlights a psycholinguistic experiment performed to describe the process of perception, understanding and generation of a scientific text by students of a medical university. Research texts and scientific communication are media of the institutional discourse and communication. The text, in this case, is addressed in its dynamic state, thus correlating with cognitive processes of understanding and perception. The text, being a powerful tool of speech influence, allows evaluating and analyzing diverse types of cognitive activity of its recipients. The study is of current interest, since, as reported, modern ways of communication disseminated through mass media and social networks result in decreased cognitive and analytical abilities of young people. All of the above determined the purpose and objectives of the study: to describe the process of scientific communication the participants of which are medical university students; to consider features of perceiving a scientific text by this category of readers, to specify models of understanding a scientific text. The experiment consisted of two stages: the stage of material collection using the countertext approach developed by A.I. Novikov, and the stage of processing and analysing the material obtained. To evaluate appropriateness of the stimulus text to the experimental conditions, we analysed the text quantitatively and qualitatively using the RuLingva text analyzer according to the criteria of “readability”, “informativeness”, “abstractness”, “complexity”. The analysis of the material obtained allowed describing the strategies and models used by the medical students in the process of scientific communication. The most frequent reactions were the reactions of a meaningful nature corresponding to the stages of cognitive activity – “paraphrasing”, “statement”, “generalization”, “association”; also new reactions were described: “recommendation”, “disapproval”, “empathy”, “indifference” – their manifestation may be due to the presence of “medical experience” among the participants of the experiment.

Public funding accountability: a linked open data-based methodology for analysing the scientific productivity and influence of funded projects

AbstractAlthough funding acknowledgements (FAs) have been around for nearly three decades, there are not yet enough theoretical and practical studies of them to enable FAs to be considered a consolidated area of research. Fortunately, newly published findings and promising data sources presented in recent years have helped better our understanding of the process of scientific creation and communication and provide evidence of the importance of FAs. This paper seeks to help demonstrate the crucial role FAs play in evaluating research funding’s performance. A methodology based on the use of linked open metadata from diverse sources is presented for this purpose. The methodology highlights the important work analysts do to increase the accuracy, solidity, and diversity of the results of FA-based quantitative studies by gathering and analysing the data furnished by funding organisations. Lastly, the projects funded by the Spanish National Science and Research Agency from 2008 to 2020 are evaluated to verify the method’s usefulness, robustness, and reproducibility. Also, a new unit of analysis is introduced, funders, to create a new type of co-occurrence network: co-funding. In conclusion, funding agencies’ experts and analysts will find that this methodology gives them a valuable instrument for boosting the quality and efficacy of their activities, complying with transparency and accountability requirements, and quantifying the scope of funding results.

Transformation of the role of libraries in the Open Science

Libraries are a leading actor developing the discussion about Open Science in the Russian scientific field in the competition between them, publishers, repositories and scientific institutes. Understanding the vision of the role of libraries in Open Science will help determine the contours of the possible implementation of the concept in Russia. Based on an analysis of the range of relevant sources, the author describes the transformation of the role of libraries in the conditions of Open Science based on the reconstruction of their ideas. To achieve this goal, the article performs a number of tasks, including: identifying the context for the formation of ideas about the role of libraries, identifying the prerequisites for changing the role of libraries, identifying the old and new roles of libraries in Open Science, identifying barriers to the implementation of the new role of libraries in Open Science. It is noted that the interest in Open Science on the part of Russian libraries occurs in accordance with global trends. Open Science for libraries is presented in the Russian scientific field as a challenge caused by the increasingly complex scientific environment. Such challenges encourage libraries to redefine their place in the information ecosystem of the future, and Open Science is a key aspect on the basis of which libraries build their strategic development. The active role of libraries in the development of Open Science is due to synergetic factors. However, the author also notes the observed forced nature of libraries’ participation in the development of Open Science. The author comes to the conclusion that the leadership of libraries in the discussion regarding Open Science in the Russian scientific field is due to more than just competition for the possession of a resource, but has an existential character against the background of the risks of libraries being ousted from the process of scientific communication.

Integrating an artificial intelligence chatbot in scientific communication: Dos and don’ts

The art of narrative and storytelling in scientific prose is now considered as an integral part of any well-rounded scientific communication process. Hence, when the AI-driven ChatGPT facility was made available online many scientists wanted to assess this new marvel. Over the course of several months, we explored its functionalities and opportunities in the field of scientific publication and collected both positive and negative experiences. Among the latter, the most compelling example was asking ChatGPT for scientific references. In this short communication we describe dialogs in which we sought to steer the AI towards fact-based assertions while it continued to produce false citations of papers, abstracts, communication to non-existing congresses, etc. Through exchanges on the forum of the open AI platform we realized that other scientists have encountered the same problem, even when searching for patents and industrial property rights. Our recommendation is that the AI of ChatGPT would be instructed on the role and uniqueness of scientific paper citations. Moreover, relevant agencies should plan for creating and adopting policies to rule out inappropriate behaviors by AI in fields in which errors could cost (at least) loss of trust in science by the general population.

ULOGA VISOKOŠKOLSKIH BIBLIOTEKA U OTVORENOJ NAUCI / THE ROLE OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN OPEN SCIENCE

Open science includes open access to publications, research data and open educational content, open science redefines the whole process of scientific communication by encouraging dialogue, open review, open sources and tools. Demanding processes of digital transformation of scientific communication require significant support of academic libraries in the processes of advocacy and implementation of open science. Academic libraries in this context, and among other things, need to be recognized as indispensable partners in various open access initiatives at higher education institutions. In this regard, the aim of this research is to establish the specifics and current trends of e-publishing at the University of Sarajevo (UNSA), collect data on active open access journals published by UNSA organizational units, by website content analysis method, and in conclusion to address the benefits of cooperation with libraries of scientific institutions in planning the publishing of scientific journals in open access, as a segment of open science.

How did the scientific publication system respond to the Covid-19 pandemic?

The Covid-19 pandemic introduced new complicating factors for the process of scientific publication, such as an unprecedented volume of article submissions. These changes have the potential to significantly alter how scientific communication is done, thus demanding scrutiny. To assess how the scientific publication system responded to the challenges brought by the Covid-19 pandemic. The following topics of interest were analyzed with the help of a review of the pertinent scientific literature: a) How were review quality and publication speed affected by the increased volume of Covid-19-related submissions; b) How were Covid-19 retraction and citation rates affected; and c) How was the scientific communication process impacted by the widespread use of “preprints” as a valid (“citable”) source of information. Concerning review quality, some extremely dubious articles on Covid-19 treatment managed to be published, some of which were in relatively prestigious journals. Regarding retractions (contrary to initial reports), no increase in retractions rate was evident as time passed and the system reached its “steady state”. As for preprints, problems associated with their use are the practice of “retracting” (withdrawing) preprints with no adequate retraction standards and how to evaluate preprint quality effectively. As a whole, the scientific publication system seems to have survived the unusual circumstances arising from the pandemic; e.g., no increase in retractions rates was observed. Problems remain to be dealt with, particularly regarding improving the peer review quality and the citation/evaluation/retracting of preprints.

ELife’s new model and its impact on science communication

The eLife Early-Career Advisory Group discusses eLife's new peer review and publishing model, and how the whole process of scientific communication could be improved for the benefit of early-career researchers and the entire scientific community.

Scientific Library in Modern Scientific Communication Processes

Scientific Library in Modern Scientific Communication Processes

An overview of the most influential journals in fuzzy systems research

Fuzzy systems research (FSR) is a continuously growing academic field which developments and applications extend to a wide-ranging variety of scientific areas. Academic journals play a decisive role in the scientific communication process and the dissemination of novel ideas. The current developments in information technologies bring both challenges and opportunities for scientific journals to analyze, debate, and share scientific findings. Applying bibliometric and network visualization techniques, this paper seeks to analyze the evolution of the FSR field based on journals from 1965 to 2019. The aim is to visualize the current landscape of key highly oriented FSR journals, focusing on productivity, influence, and synergy. The paper uses data retrieved from the Web of Science scientific database and uses a combined methodology specifically designed to maximize the retrieval of significant documents. Results show that the journals with the highest productivity analyzed by period are Mathematical Analysis and Applications (1965–1979), Fuzzy Sets and Systems [FSS](1980–2009), and the Journal of Intelligent Fuzzy Systems (2010–2019). The most cited journals of the last 20 years are FSS, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, and IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics Systems, while the most relevant for impact factor is Information Fusion. Moreover, a bibliographic coupling analysis by decades is proposed, showing not only the natural impact and relation that the interaction between journals generate but the impact that the rapid development in communications has in the diversification and dissemination of influence, citations, and productivity of scientific journals.

Social networks and scientific communication: A Review study

This study aims to emphasize the importance of developing the scientific communication system in line with the successive technological developments. Thus, this theoretical study deals with the concept of scientific communication in regard to various related points. These points are: the elements of communication, the types and forms of scientific communication, the concept of social networks, the emergence and development of social networks, the types of social networks. It also considers the most popular social networking sites, the use of social networks in scientific communication, knowledge of the advantages of using social networks in scientific communication, the obstacles to scientific communication within social networks, ways to overcome these obstacles, the role of free access in developing the process of scientific communication in the digital environment, the role of social networks and the free access usag in supporting scientific communication during the pandemic of Covid-19. Finally, this study found a variety of social networking services that support the process of scientific communication, which must be used, and to overcome any obstacles that may result from the use of these networks.

Analysis of published research in IP Indian Journal of Library Science and Information Technology: A Bibliometric Study during 2016-2020

Bibliometrics is the discipline where quantitative methods were employed to probe the scientific communication process by measuring and analyzing various aspects of written documents. It helps to monitor the growth of literature and patterns of research. The present paper is based on the analysis of IP Indian Journal of Library Science and Information Technology (IJLSIT) with the help of bibliometrics parameters during the period 2016 to 2020. Among the several bibliometric parameters, the study utilizes mainly the number of articles per volume or year, authorship pattern, collaborative pattern, top-most authors, state-, designation-& affiliation-wise contribution, reference per article count, cited resources type, research trends and research interests. The research data of this study collected manually, analysed with the help of an MS Excel spreadsheet and distinguished according to different types of bibliometric elements. The findings of the study suggested that in IJLSIT, the maximum number of articles published in the year 2019 (25.74%), 53.47% (54) articles contributed by a single author, and the overall collaboration rate is 0.47. Furthermore, 90% (91) of articles contributed by Indian authors and Hemantha Kumar G.H. is the most productive author. Maharastra (18.81%) being the most contributed Indian state, Benue State University & Rayalaseema University (4.95%) being the most contributed institutions and College Librarians are the most designated contributors (20.79%). The study further revealed that 0-5 pages are the most common length, 6-10 references are the most common references used per article, and periodicals are the most commonly cited reference types. The area “Digital Library” is nurtured most among researchers, whereas, the year 2018, vol. 3, issue 1 consists of the maximum views number (18.01%) and the year 2020, vol. 5, issue 1 has the most number of downloads (22.92%). Keywords: Bibliometrics, Research Productivity, IP Indian Journal of

Introduction to the Special JeSLIB Issue on Data Curation in Practice

Research data curation is a set of scientific communication processes and activities that support the ethical reuse of research data and uphold research integrity. Data curators act as key collaborators with researchers to enrich the scholarly value and potential impact of their data through preparing it to be shared with others and preserved for the long term. This special issues focuses on practical data curation workflows and tools that have been developed and implemented within data repositories, scholarly societies, research projects, and academic institutions.

‘To tweet or not to tweet?’ A study of the use of Twitter by scholarly book publishers in Social Sciences and Humanities

• Twitter is a popular and efficient channel for disseminating scientific outputs, it seems to be an acceptable publisher engagement rate, but still the minority. Only 12% of the surveyed books were mentioned by their publisher Twitter accounts on Twitter from 2014 to 2018. • More and more publishers are participating in Twitter book promotion. Compared with some traditional publishing giants, media-small publishers have higher Twitter engagement. • Publisher play an important role in the scientific communication process on Twitter, books were mentioned by their publishers on Twitter get more tweets than books were mentioned by non-publishers. Publishers might believe the use of Twitter will help promote their scholarly books. In this study, we analyzed 18,691 books indexed by the Book Citation Index (BKCI) in the Social Sciences and Humanities, published between 2014 and 2018, and proposed two indicators describing the Twitter engagement of publishers: relative coverage and relative receptivity . The results show significant disciplinary and year differences in publishers’ Twitter engagement For instance, in all 10 disciplines, small and medium-sized publishers generally prefer to promote their books (high relative coverage) on Twitter, but the majority of publishers have low relative coverage in these 5 years. In addition, results show that books mentioned by their publishers’ Twitter accounts get significantly higher Twitter mentions (high relative receptivity) as compared to books mentioned by non-publisher’ Twitter accounts. The results suggest that scholarly book publishers should engage in social media activity to increase Twitter mentions and visibility of their books.

تقييم خدمات مؤسسة کروسريف CROSSREF من خلال موقعها Evaluation of CROSSREF Foundation Services Through its Website

الملخص: تعد مؤسسة کروسريف Crossref من أهم وکالات تسجيل المعرف الرقمي للکيانات DOI في العالم، والذي أصبح ضروري للوصول إلى المحتوى العلمي المتاح على الانترنت؛ لذلک فإن هذا البحث يسعى لتقييم وتحليل خدمات مؤسسة کروسريف Crossref من خلال موقعها، وبيان أهمية الخدمات التي يقدمها الموقع للناشر والباحث، وذلک باستخدام المنهج الوصفي. وتوصل البحث إلى أن مؤسسة کروسريف Crossref مؤسسة غير ربحية، ويلزم الاشتراک بها للاستفادة من خدماتها مهمتها خدم الوسط العلمي وتحسين عملية الاتصال العلمي، ونشأت عام 2000م کأحد مؤسسات تسجيل المعرف الرقمي للکيانات، وخدمات المؤسسة تتخطى الحواجز اللغوية والمکانية، کما أن المؤسسة تقدم ثماني (8) خدمات متخصصة مثل خدمة تسجيل المحتوى، حيث إنها الخدمة التي من خلالها يتم تحديد DOI للمحتوى، ويعد الاشتراک بهذه المؤسسة مهم جدا للناشر؛ فهي تساعد الناشر على جعل المحتوى العلمي الخاص به متاح عالميا، وتساعد الناشر أيضا على ربط محتواه العلمي مع الناشرين الأخرين دون الحاجة إلى اتفاقيات ثنائية ، وتوفر خدمات تساعد المحررين في عملهم مثل خدمة فحص التشابه مما يجعل الناشر على ثقة تامة بالإنتاج الذي ينشره، کما أنها وسيلة لصغار الناشرين لعرض المحتوى العلمي الخاص بهم وتعريف العالم بما ينشرون، وتوفير مقاييس بديلة للأبحاث ومقاييس تقليدية مثل عدد الاستشهادات ليعرف الناشر مدى اهتمام الوسط العلمي بما ينشره. وهي مهمة للباحث أيضا وتقدم له خدمات منها الاستفادة من خدمة البحث في قاعدة بيانات المؤسسة لمعرفة أحدث الأبحاث والوصول إلى المقالات من خلال رابط ثابت وهو DOI. والتعرف على بيانات الممولين من خلال خدمة سجل الممولين؛ وبالتالي التعرف على الجهات التي يمکن أن تمول بحثه. کما يعد اشتراک الناشرين في هذه المؤسسة بمثابة دعم للباحث والبحث العلمي. وتعد خدمة ربط المراجع من الخدمات المميزة التي يشترک بها الناشر، ولکنها مهمة جدا للباحث حيث تعرفه بالمواد التي لها صلة بالموضوع الذي يبحث عنه. Abstract: Crossref is one of the world's leading DOI registration agencies, which has become essential for accessing online scientific content; This research therefore aims to assess and analyze Crossref's services through its website, and to demonstrate the importance of the site's services to the publisher and researcher by using the descriptive method. This paper found that Crossref Foundation is a non-profit organization, and it is required to subscribe to benefit from its services. Its mission is to serve the scientific community and improve the process of scientific communication. It was established in 2000 as one of the institutions for registering the Digital Object Identifier Crossref's services bypass linguistic and spatial barriers, it has (8) specialized services, such as a Content Registration service, that provided by the Foundation, through which DOI sets content, and participation in this institution is very important to the publisher; They help the publisher to make its scientific content globally available, and they also help the publisher to link its scientific content with other publishers without the need for bilateral agreements. it provides services that help editors in their work, such as the Similarity Check service, which makes the publisher fully confident in the production he publishes, as well as a way for small publishers to display their scientific content and introduce the world to what they publish, and provide alternative standards for research and traditional measures such as the number of citations so that the publisher knows the extent of interest in the scientific community With what he publishes It is also important for the researcher and provides him with services, including taking advantage of the search service in the institution’s database to find out the latest research and access to articles through a constant link, which is a DOI. Knowing the taxpayers' data through the Funder Registry service; Thus, to identify the parties that can finance his research. The participation of publishers in this institution is also a support for researchers and scientific research. The reference linking service is one of the distinctive services that the publisher subscribes to, but it is very important for the researcher as it introduces him to the materials that are relevant to the topic he is searching for.

Categoricalness in Scientific Discourse

The article views categoricalness as a communicative category functioning in the scientific discourse and adversely affecting the process of scientific communication. The results of the discourse and contextual analysis of categoricalness revealed its correlation with the communicative categories of politeness, authoritativeness, confidence, subjectivity, and emotionality. The analysis of the texts of scientific reviews, oral discussions, and disputes allowed the authors to conclude that Russian scientific communication is characterized by a high level of categoricalness, which suggests potential conflictogenity in such type of interaction. The article discusses ways of neutralizing categoricalness through the use of several mitigation tools, including lexico-stylistic and syntactical ones, intended to eliminate the destructive component from scientific communication

LA CUESTIÓN POLÍTICO-ESTRATÉGICA DEL PERÚ COMO OBJETO DE PRODUCCIÓN Y COMUNICACIÓN CIENTÍFICA EN EL CAEN-EPG: EL QUEHACER INVESTIGATIVO EN SEGURIDAD, DEFENSA Y DESARROLLO

The Centro de Altos Estudios Nacionales-Escuela de Posgrado (CAEN-EPG) is an institution of academic impro-vement, focused on the training and specialization of civil and military professionals regarding security, defense and development issues in Peru, and which leads to the obtaining master’s and doctorate degrees. According to the guidelines of the Peruvian university system, currently graduate institutions must be characterized by scien-tific production, in order to provide answers to knowledge problems. In this framework, this research aimed to present a conceptual approach to the political-strategic of Peru, since this is the object of academic and institu-tional research in the CAEN-EPG, in addition to uncovering the research methods and designs to build knowle-dge scientist on the situation of national security, defense and development, and propose some guidelines to make research production visible through a process of scientific communication. It should be noted that the Armed Forces, within the structure of the Peruvian State, participate in activities and actions directly related to aspects of security, defense, and national development, thus contributing to the socio-economic development of Peru; Therefore, effective scientific production in these areas will allow the communication of new knowledge that solves problems of a social nature, this being the main focus of the CAEN-EPG.

Моніторинг розвитку наукової комунікації в Україні

Annotation. Introduction. In today’s rapidly evolving Internet, new opportunities are emerging for scientific communication among scientists around the world. The dissemination of scientific ideas in society through the media is a daily norm abroad. In Ukraine, the attitude of the research community towards the promotion of scientific research still raises many questions: it is rather wary. For the even development of Ukrainian science, scientists need to cover the results of their work to a wide audience, communicate with press services and journalists and disseminate their ideas in society. With the emergence of new more effective ways and forms of scientific communication through Internet resources and relevant platforms, the creation of new information and scientific technologies, there is a need for state support of scientific activities, communication in Ukraine and ensuring the appropriate level of copyright protection of these scientists, developers etc. Purpose. The main purpose of the study is to monitor the state and trends of scientific communication in Ukraine in modern conditions and to develop recommendations for its further development. Results. The analysis of development of scientific communication in Ukraine is carried out. The definition of the concept of scientific communication is indicated. The process of scientific communication is schematically presented. The most common classification of scientific communication is given. The significance of the created National Research Fund of Ukraine for scientists and science in general is noted. The dynamics of the number of employees involved in the implementation of research and development, who have the degree of Doctor of Science and Doctor of Philosophy. The analysis of the employees number by level of education is involved in the implementation of research and development. Conclusions. We are convinced that the improvement of the support mechanism for Ukrainian science, scientists and scientists by the state will help to minimize the possible risks and dangers associated with copyright infringement and the decline of domestic science in general. Keywords: scientific communication; communicant; communicator; recipient.

Cómo mejorar la comunicación de estadísticos inferenciales en ciencias de la salud

Las técnicas de inferencia estadística son esenciales para las ciencias de la salud. Gracias a estas herramientas estadísticas se pueden identificar, por ejemplo, factores de riesgo que afectan negativamente al estado de salud de las personas. Sin embargo, el proceso de comunicación científica y la relevancia de los hallazgos científicos pueden distorsionarse por el mal uso de estadísticos inferenciales como el p-valor o el factor de Bayes. En este trabajo proporcionamos siete directrices básicas que pretenden ayudar a interpretar y usar conjuntamente el pvalor clásico de un contraste de hipótesis en conjunción con los factores de Bayes. Aunque el factor de Bayes es menos conocido, y de introducción más reciente, que el p-valor es susceptible de ser utilizado superficial o erróneamente. Una comunicación más eficiente de los resultados de la investigación científica favorecería una mejor comprensión de estos y redundaría en mayores cotas de salud pública. Esperamos que estas directrices puedan ser de utilidad para personas de ciencia con poca experiencia, frente a la toma de decisiones políticas relacionadas con hallazgos científicos, en procesos editoriales y para el público en general.

Scientific Work of Pre-Service Science Teacher in Basic Physics Practicum: Analysis of Major Background with Scientific Work Capabilities

Basic Physics Practicum is a course taken by the pre-service science teacher of Tarbiyah Faculty of IAIN Kudus. Pre-service science teachers are required to carry out scientific work in the practicum. Scientific work includes scientific attitudes, scientific communication, and scientific process skills. The problem in this research is how the level of scientific work of pre-service science teachers who have different fields of study background in high school. The purpose of this study is to determine the level of scientific work of pre-service science teachers who have different fields of study background in high school. The research method used is a quantitative descriptive method in which research data are obtained through instruments in the form of questionnaire sheets and observation sheets. Based on the results of the study note that the ability to work scientifically which includes scientific attitudes, scientific communication, and scientific process skills possessed by a pre-service science teacherwith non-natural science backgrounds is lower than with the natural science ones. These results provide input to the lecturer team to revise the practicum draft that has been prepared so that it is more effective in improving the scientific workability, especially for pre-service science teachers with non-natural backgrounds.