Publication behaviour and(dis)qualification of chief editors in Turkish national Social Sciences journals

Purpose:This study investigated the publication behaviour of 573 chief editors managing 432 Social Sciences journals in Turkey.Direct inquiries into editorial qualifications are rare,and this research aims to shed light on editors’scientific leadership capabilities.Design/methodology/approach:This study contrasts insider publication behaviour in national journals with international articles in journals indexed by the Web of Science(WOS)and Scopus.It argues that editors demonstrating a consistent ability to publish in competitive WOS and Scopus indexed journals signal high qualifications,while editors with persistent insider behaviour and strong local orientation signal low qualification.Scientific leadership capability is measured by first-authored publications.Correlation and various regression tests are conducted to identify significant determinants of publication behaviour.Findings:International publications are rare and concentrated on a few individuals,while insider publications are endemic and constitute nearly 40%of all national articles.Editors publish 3.2 insider papers and 8.1 national papers for every SSCI article.62%(58%)of the editors have no SSCI(Scopus)article,53%(63%)do not have a single lead-authored WOS(Scopus)article,and 89%publish at least one insider paper.Only a minority consistently publish in international journals;a fifth of the editors have three or more SSCI publications,and a quarter have three or more Scopus articles.Editors with foreign Ph.D.degrees are the most qualified and internationally oriented,whereas non-mobile editors are the most underqualified and underperform other editors by every measure.Illustrating the overall lack of qualification,nearly half of the professor editors and the majority of the WOS and Scopus indexed journal editors have no record of SSCI or Scopus publications.Research limitations:This research relies on local settings that encourage national publications at the expense of international journals.Findings should be evaluated in light of this setting and bearing in mind that narrow localities are more prone to peer favouritism.Practical implications:Incompetent and nepotistic editors pose an imminent threat to Turkish national literature.A lasting solution would likely include the dismissal and replacement of unqualified editors,as well as delisting and closure of dozens of journals that operate in questionable ways and serve little scientific purpose.Originality/value:To my knowledge,this is the first study to document the publication behaviour of national journal chief editors.

Impact of letters to the editor and publications in 2023

A letter to the editor constitutes a short communication addressing a range of topics pertinent to the readership of a journal(Dkhar,2018).This format offers several benefits,such as timeliness,accessibility,innovation,and conciseness,thereby serving as an effective means to disseminate cuttingedge scientific ideas.Over the past five years,there has been a considerable increase in the number of letters published,representing the highest growth rate(approximately 20%)observed in the last three decades(Figure 1A).In the field of academic publishing,letters to the editor are typically more concise than typical research papers.

Photo News from WOC 2018 World Forum of Ophthalmological Journal Editors

Chairs, World Forum of Ophthalmological Journal Editors:Prof. Neil Bressler (middle), Prof. Richard Parrish II (right)and Prof. Jose Carlos Pastor (left)Prof. Neil Bressler (Editor-in-Chief of JAMA Ophthalmology)gave a lecture at the World Forum of Ophthalmological Journal

Chinese Journals' Chief Editors Should Enhance Their Response Rate to Authors

Chief editors are the souls of journals,and can guarantee a journal's success by enhancing the efficiency of the manuscript submission and publication process through promptness and speedy response rates to authors.In this study,a total of 867 international journals—indexed by Science Citation Index,Social Sciences Citation Index,and Arts&Humanities Citation Index,and 567 Chinese journals—indexed by Chinese Science Citation Database and Chinese Social Science Citation Information database,were randomly selected to explore whether significant differences in the response rate and speed exist between chief editors.639 chief editors'email addresses were obtained for the international journals,whereas 357 email addresses were gathered for the Chinese journals.However,due to mail servers,only 274 international and 330 Chinese editors were successfully contacted.All messages contained a questionnaire geared to determine the total length of time required for the manuscript submission and publication process.After two months,a 100% response rate was achieved for international chief editors,while Chinese chief editors had a significantly lower rate(P<0.01)of 30.6%.Nevertheless,for both international and Chinese chief editors,66% and 58% provided a response within 12 hours,respectively.Although several reasons exist for the Chinese journals'lagging behind international journals,this study demonstrates that the response rate of chief editors to authors may also be a contributing factor.Thus,chief editors of Chinese journals should enhance their response rate to improve the current situation and further contribute to Chinese journals'success.

Information for Authors Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction

GENERAL Asian Pacifie Journal of Reproduction(APJR)is an English medical journal which is publisbed biomonthly and distributed worldwide.The articles published mainly deal with cellular and molecular mec hanisms of reproduction,fertility/inferility,gynecologic/reproductive oncology,embryology,obetetnics,Byneoology,andrology,repnoductive endocripology,reproductive immunology,malemal-fetal medicine,and reproductive genetics.New and emenging.topics in more applied areas of reproduction,including assisted reproducive technolopies,prenatal and preimplantation genetic diagnosis.cloning,and stem cell research,are also welcome.Origina!scientifie researches.timely reviews.case repors,short communications,and ltters 10 the editor related 10 the research and practice of repnoduction are encouraged The joumal prov ides a platfomm for reporting progress in repnoductive science in diferent settings,which enhances our underslanding of reproduction.Al present,there is No Page Charge for this journal.

World Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine Instruction for Authors

The World Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine(CN 11-5511/R,ISSN 1673-6613)is a scientific and technological journal supported by China Association for Science and Technology,and sponsored by China Association of Chinese Medicine,and publicly issued globally.WU Meng-chao,an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and winner of the Highest Science and Technology Awards,serves as the honorary editor-in-chief.LU Zhi-zheng,a national TCM master,serves as the editor-in-chief.

以编研协同模式提升科技期刊的学术影响力——以《河北工业大学学报》为例

科技期刊是科研实力的重要展示平台。目前,我国大多数科技期刊处于“编辑部办刊”的模式,高学术水平的科研人员参与度不高,导致刊文内容不能聚焦国际前沿,优质稿件数量不足。《河北工业大学学报》依托学校世界一流学科和特色学科群的优势,将科研人员纳入办刊队伍,在栏目建设、业务提升、编校审读、奖励体系、数字融合等工作中,充分发掘编辑和科研角色力量,实现“编”“研”协同合作、相互融通,打造专业的办刊学术共同体,提升科技期刊的学术引领能力和影响力。

强化编辑服务工作,重塑科技期刊品牌——以《南方农业学报》为例

当前,许多科技期刊的编辑服务意识薄弱,导致作者对科技期刊的满意度不高。这些期刊在优质学术稿源争夺中丧失优势,不利于长远发展。结合《南方农业学报》近几年的办刊实践,探讨如何通过提升编辑服务质量来重塑科技期刊品牌。编辑可以通过缩短审稿周期、优化刊后服务、策划专栏、评选优秀论文、从优秀作者中筛选青年编委、利用微信公众号宣传期刊、与作者多种方式交流、走访约稿、挖掘核心作者群等一系列举措来改善作者对科技期刊的印象,从而吸引更多优质稿源,增强作者黏性。

新时代高职学报编辑心理健康问题探讨

高职学报编辑作为精神文化产品的传播者,这一群体存在着诸如紧张、焦虑、抑郁、强迫思维与强迫行为和职业倦怠等心理健康问题。他们的心理健康状况需要得到有关部门的高度重视与关注,并且要采取有效措施维护他们的心理健康。在分析高职学报编辑心理健康的重要意义后,归纳了高职学报编辑存在的若干心理健康问题,并提出了提升高职学报编辑心理健康水平的有效途径。

新媒体背景下科技期刊编辑如何防范学术不端行为

防范学术不端行为是科技期刊编辑面临的一项艰巨而复杂的任务,通过分析新媒体背景下学术不端行为的产生原因,并对其具体表现形式进行归纳分析,提出了完善制度和规范处理流程、采用多种技术手段、提升科技期刊编辑自身素养和能力等防范学术不端行为的措施,希望能为科技期刊的健康发展保驾护航。

学术期刊编辑人员职业倦怠现状调查及其影响因素

目的:调查学术期刊编辑人员职业倦怠现状,并分析其影响因素。方法:抽取40家学术期刊的编辑人员作为调查对象,采用Maslach职业倦怠量表通用版(MBI-GS)对编辑人员进行的职业倦怠现状进行调查,并根据调查结果,将职业倦怠者纳入职业倦怠组,未发生职业倦怠者纳入对照组,采用Logistics回归模型分析学术期刊编辑人员职业倦怠的影响因素。结果:本次调查共回收有效问卷160份,职业倦怠72例,发生率为45.00%,其中轻度倦怠53例,占比33.13%,重度倦怠19例,占比11.87%。Logistics回归分析结果显示,匹兹堡睡眠质量指数(PSQI)(OR=1.518,95%CI=1.024~2.252)、消极应对评分(OR=1.571,95%CI=1.128~2.188)是学术期刊编辑人员职业倦怠的独立危险因素(P<0.05);文化程度(OR=0.736,95%CI=0.577~0.938)、每周锻炼次数(OR=0.774,95%CI=0.645~0.929)、CD-RISC(OR=0.681,95%CI=0.502~0.925)、积极应对评分(OR=0.829,95%CI=0.730~0.942)则是其保护性因素(P<0.05)。结论:学术期刊编辑人员职业倦怠发生率偏高,以轻度职业倦怠为主;文化程度、每周锻炼次数、睡眠质量、心理弹性、应对方式是学术期刊编辑人员职业倦怠的影响因素,可为编辑工作管理机制的完善和职业倦怠的预防提供参考。

Reviewer Locator模块在科技期刊中的应用实践与发展前景——以《中国肺癌杂志》为例

科技期刊作为科技传播的重要力量,其对重要科研成果的发布速度影响着科学技术的传播效力,而编辑工作效率直接决定稿件发表周期,提高编辑工作效率是科技期刊发展的推进器。为此,从同行评议审稿人储备和遴选方面入手,重点阐述如何准确高效地多维度遴选优质审稿人,归纳并探析Reviewer Locator模块在科技期刊办刊工作中的实际应用经验,助力出版业实现质量更好、效率更高的发展。

媒体融合态势下学术期刊编辑面临的挑战与应对策略

信息技术的快速发展,传播平台和人们获取知识习惯的改变,媒体融合已成大势所趋,必将影响到学术期刊持续稳健地发展,期刊编辑必须勇于面对新时代新要求的挑战:如理念的更新、数字出版技术的深入了解和必要掌握、编辑队伍的建设等。据此提出,学术期刊要适应新技术和更多传播通道的要求,期刊编辑必须有其应对策略:突破固有的思维模式,更新办刊理念;突破自身局限,掌握媒体融合下的编辑出版技能;加强编辑自身修养,构建稳定的编辑队伍等。只有不断地学习,与时俱进,才能既做好学术期刊编辑的本份,又不被新时代新技术淘汰。

新时代高校学报编辑应具备的职业素养

学报编辑对高校学报质量具有举足轻重的作用。为了提高学报出版质量,编辑人员只有在工作中加强自身政治思想素养、道德品格素养、责任意识素养、业务能力素养和学习进取素养等,才能更好地适应编辑出版工作的时代要求,编校出高质量的学术刊物,为社会和人们提供优质的精神食粮。

新时代视域下学术期刊编辑职业素养的培养路径研究

学术期刊编辑人员的职业素养是学术期刊编辑工作的基础。基于此,从职业素养的概念出发,探讨学术期刊编辑人员职业素养的培养路径,即增强工作责任感,树立职业道德观;提升学术素养;学习沟通技巧;接受继续教育;善于总结及反思。