Are you a student at a higher institution or a graduate who has published his/her first paper in the Journal of Forestry Research or another legitimate scientific journal?If yes,this paper is written specifically for ...Are you a student at a higher institution or a graduate who has published his/her first paper in the Journal of Forestry Research or another legitimate scientific journal?If yes,this paper is written specifically for you since you may soon start receiving invitations to act as a referee.If you are an early career reviewer,you may still find this paper enlightening.Based on his experience,a senior editor summarizes some critical information that,in his view,you may need to know.He provides nine main suggestions to have on your radar,and discusses what you should do or not do as a peer reviewer.展开更多
The emergence of the internet has transformed all areas of society.This includes the universe of scientific publications,with several publishers now exclusively focusing on the electronic format and open access model ...The emergence of the internet has transformed all areas of society.This includes the universe of scientific publications,with several publishers now exclusively focusing on the electronic format and open access model while expanding to a megajournal scope.in this context,the pandemic of predatory open access journals(POAJs)and meetings are of grave concern to the academic and research community.This new shift within academia produces a variety of new victims;namely,the authors themselves.in turn,scientific knowledge is often discredited,with the public placing less trust in science.Now more than ever,performing research with integrity and selecting a journal in which to publish requires close attention and expertise.The“predatory movement”has developed increasingly sophisticated techniques for misleading people into believing what seem to be credible professional layouts and legitimate invitations.initiatives such as the Jeffrey Beall’s list,the Cabell’s Scholarly Analytics and Think.Check.Submit offer some guidance to uncover the“parasitic”intervention of predatory journals and meetings,but specific education in this field is sorely needed.This work aims to review the main characteristics of predatory journals and meetings and to analyze this topic in the context of forensic and legal medicine research.展开更多
The scientific publications of the 15 West African countries published from 2011 to 2020 were analysed.The co-authorship,the total publications per year,the collaboration rate,the relative specialisation index,and the...The scientific publications of the 15 West African countries published from 2011 to 2020 were analysed.The co-authorship,the total publications per year,the collaboration rate,the relative specialisation index,and the intraregional production were analysed.It comes out that the region produces more than one hundred thousand papers in ten years,which means more than ten thousand per year,tripling its performance as compared with the previous decade.The number of co-authors per paper increases and rises from 4.6 to 6.4.The international collaboration rate is 58%,suggesting that the region's publishing activity depends more on abroad,even though differences were registered at individual country level:some countries multiply by more than 10 their production as compared to the previous decade.The intraregional collaboration is still low(around 5%),meaning that the region's countries do not collaborate with each other and prefer abroad.As far as fields of science are concerned,it appears that the domestic papers perform better in Humanities and Social sciences,whereas the internationally co-authored papers perform better in Natural sciences and Engineering and technology and lesser in Agricultural sciences and Medical and health sciences.展开更多
基金The author acknowledges support from The Startup Foundation for Introducing Talent of Nanjing University of Information Science&Technology(NUIST),Nanjing,China(Grant No.003080).
文摘Are you a student at a higher institution or a graduate who has published his/her first paper in the Journal of Forestry Research or another legitimate scientific journal?If yes,this paper is written specifically for you since you may soon start receiving invitations to act as a referee.If you are an early career reviewer,you may still find this paper enlightening.Based on his experience,a senior editor summarizes some critical information that,in his view,you may need to know.He provides nine main suggestions to have on your radar,and discusses what you should do or not do as a peer reviewer.
文摘The emergence of the internet has transformed all areas of society.This includes the universe of scientific publications,with several publishers now exclusively focusing on the electronic format and open access model while expanding to a megajournal scope.in this context,the pandemic of predatory open access journals(POAJs)and meetings are of grave concern to the academic and research community.This new shift within academia produces a variety of new victims;namely,the authors themselves.in turn,scientific knowledge is often discredited,with the public placing less trust in science.Now more than ever,performing research with integrity and selecting a journal in which to publish requires close attention and expertise.The“predatory movement”has developed increasingly sophisticated techniques for misleading people into believing what seem to be credible professional layouts and legitimate invitations.initiatives such as the Jeffrey Beall’s list,the Cabell’s Scholarly Analytics and Think.Check.Submit offer some guidance to uncover the“parasitic”intervention of predatory journals and meetings,but specific education in this field is sorely needed.This work aims to review the main characteristics of predatory journals and meetings and to analyze this topic in the context of forensic and legal medicine research.
文摘The scientific publications of the 15 West African countries published from 2011 to 2020 were analysed.The co-authorship,the total publications per year,the collaboration rate,the relative specialisation index,and the intraregional production were analysed.It comes out that the region produces more than one hundred thousand papers in ten years,which means more than ten thousand per year,tripling its performance as compared with the previous decade.The number of co-authors per paper increases and rises from 4.6 to 6.4.The international collaboration rate is 58%,suggesting that the region's publishing activity depends more on abroad,even though differences were registered at individual country level:some countries multiply by more than 10 their production as compared to the previous decade.The intraregional collaboration is still low(around 5%),meaning that the region's countries do not collaborate with each other and prefer abroad.As far as fields of science are concerned,it appears that the domestic papers perform better in Humanities and Social sciences,whereas the internationally co-authored papers perform better in Natural sciences and Engineering and technology and lesser in Agricultural sciences and Medical and health sciences.
