Analyzing the citation impact of predatory journals in the health sciences
Authors : Erin Watson, AHI, Li Zhang Objective Predatory journal articles do not undergo rigorous peer review and so their quality is potentially lower. Citing ...
Étiquette : scientific communication
Shifting norms in scholarly publications: trends in readability, objectivity, authorship, and AI use
Authors : Padraig Cunningham, Padhraic Smyth, Barry Smyth Academic and scientific publishing practices have changed significantly in recent years. This paper pr...
Reforming research funding: Combining editorial preregistration with grant peer review
Authors : Lutz Bornmann, Gerald Schweiger Competitive grant funding is associated with high costs and a potential bias to favor conservative research. This comm...
No Fees, No Barriers—But What Standards? Considerations on the DIAMAS Diamond OA Standard Applied to a Public Health Journal
Authors : Annarita Barbaro, Maria Cristina Barbaro, Federica Napolitani The Diamond Open Access (OA) model—characterized by the absence of fees for both authors...
A pilot study investigating the relationship between journal impact factor and methodological quality of real-world observational studies
Authors : Digant Gupta, Amandeep Kaur, Mansi Malik Introduction The primary objective of this study was to investigate the association between journal Impact Fa...
Comparing companion open access journals to their traditional journal counterparts
Authors : Alexander Pohlman, Ayham M. Odeh, Shawn M. Purnell, Layan Alrahmani, Shanda H Blackmon, Julia M Coughlin, Zaid M Abdelsattar Background Many tradition...
APC waivers and Ukraine’s publishing output in Gold OA journals: Evidence from five commercial publishers
Author : Serhii Nazarovets This study examines the effect of article processing charge (APC) waivers on the participation of Ukrainian researchers in fully Gold...