The evolution of graphics in scientific articles

The use of graphic illustrations in today's scientific journals has evolved from practices beginning in the seventeenth century, modified by the demands of readers and the technology of creating and reproducing illustrative material. This article discusses the reasons for using illustrations in scientific journals and reviews the historical development of their use. Photographs, graphics and cartographic techniques, graphs, and standardized drawings and diagrams are analyzed.     

应学术交流而生为学术交流而变——谈科技期刊的价值体现

针对传统科技期刊出版者对网络化、数字化冲击的担忧,从科技期刊的产生、科技期刊的价值表现等角度进行研究。认为:印刷技术和纸张的发明是科技期刊产生的技术基础,学术交流的需要是科技期刊产生的根本原因,纸质版科技期刊不能等同于科技期刊,科技期刊的核心价值体现于科技期刊在学术交流中的创造性。基于科技期刊在学术交流中所体现出的独特价值,科技期刊不仅不会在技术进步中消亡,反而会借助先进的技术手段发挥更加重要的作用。在网络化、数字化的环境中,科技期刊应该也能够适应学术交流的需要,从传播方式、传播载体、办刊理念、评价方式和出版模式等方面作出改变,以一种新的形式展现在人们的面前。     

为他人做嫁衣:也谈科技期刊编辑的作者服务

合理调节编辑、作者之间的关系是科技期刊发展的关键.科技期刊编辑的作者服务是建立编辑与作者关系的桥梁,有利于稳定和扩大作者队伍,营造良好的学术道德氛围,树立期刊良好的品牌形象.科技期刊编辑应通过坚守职业道德,加强学科专业和编辑业务理论学习,尊重作者,服务作者,积极应用新媒体技术,构建与作者互相尊重、互相进步的和谐关系,最终达到提升期刊影响力的目标.     

The Publication Success of 102 Nations in Scopus and the Performance of Their Scopus-Indexed Journals

Over the years, the number of journals indexed in Scopus has increased, although it varies significantly between countries. The increasing proportion of international journals of a country provides new venues for papers from that country to be seen by other researchers worldwide. In this work, we evaluate the relationship of a country’s scientific performance or publication success with both its journals’ quantity and quality. The specific objective of the study is to identify the relationship between the country’s publication success and the quantity and quality of those country’s journals indexed in Scopus during 2005–2014. The publication success of 102 individual countries, measured by their scientific productivity, impact and collaboration indicators, the quantity of country’s Scopus-indexed journals in 2014 (a total of 22,581 journals) as well as the quantity of its journals were investigated. Scopus-indexed journals are predominantly from Western Europe (48.9%) and North America (27.7%), with the United States and the United Kingdom dominate with a total 51%. The contribution from the peripheral countries is comparatively small, however there are a good number of contributions from the South-East Asian countries. Estonia is the fastest growing country in terms of having indexed journals in Scopus, following by Iran and Malaysia. Among the studied indices, it was found that publication success (total publications and total citations) of 102 countries are strongly correlated with quantity (number of indexed journals and number of documents published in indexed journals) and quality (citations per paper, SJR, h-index, CiteScore and SNIP) indicators of country’s journals. We can conclude that the scientific productivity of a country depend critically on the number of journals indexed from that country in citation databases. The study provides a context with which the relative success of publications can be assessed, yielding new insights into the scientific impact of individual countries and the performance of journals that they published.     

Scandinavian University Press's Role as a Publisher in the Digital Future

Summary

The level of activity among libraries and publishers in Scandinavia with regard to electronic journals is relatively low. However, the interest in and discussions of this subject are widespread and it is on almost everybody's agenda. Some electronic journals are considered, including the Nordic Journal of Philosophical Logicand several pilot projects are also presented and discussed.

There are considerably more initiatives in the international arena, and one important conclusion is that the development of electronic versions of scientific journals makes the world “smaller,” that is, it is less difficult for the regional publisher to reach the international community of scientists. Many of the challenges that publishers face in the world of e-journals are considered, including copyright, fair use, one-stop-shopping, access control, printing, pricing and licensing.

The traditional system of scholarly communication has emerged over a period of hundreds of years and is now well-established regionally as well as internationally. This article attempts to identify whether there are specific characteristics with regard to new ways of disseminating scientific results in the Scandinavian region, and looks into practical experiences from the development of electronic journals.     

科技期刊纸本的个性化印制

根据在数字网络技术高速发展的当代,科技期刊的数字化出版被广泛应用,不再需要大量印制纸本的实际情况,科技期刊的影响力由纸本时代的以印数为评价标准,转而以网络访问量、被引频次和影响因子等以及被权威检索系统收录为评价参数.在这一新形势下,应用计算机将数字文本直接印制成纸质文本技术的诞生为“个性化印刷”模式的建立和发展奠定了基础,开创了新的印制时代.     

科技期刊编辑跟踪学术前沿的途径

科技期刊的发展要求其编辑应了解所关注领域的学术前沿动态和发展方向,跟踪以新理论、新方法、新问题、前瞻性为标志的"学术前沿"对于科技期刊提高学术影响力具有重要意义.目前科技期刊编辑对学术前沿问题研究的整体性和深度的把握还存在较大不足,可通过综合利用国内外高水平期刊和数据库、关注业内专家的学术研究动态、关注国家的科技政策、关注国家重大科研项目的申请指南及批准情况、参与学术交流、参与科研工作等途径,培养编辑人员对学术前沿的领悟力、洞察力和判断力,敏锐地把握学术发展方向,促进期刊学术质量的全面提升.     

新时代下学术期刊功能的转变:构建新型智库期刊

在新时代背景下,学术期刊作为智库研究成果的传播平台,应该加快转变自身的功能定位,并逐步探索建设智库期刊的成长之路.本文在分析新型智库特点的基础上,结合学术期刊在知识引领方面的严谨性、科学性、专业性和权威性,引入智库期刊的概念.为顺应新时代发展的要求,学术期刊不仅要发挥学术传播、交流、评价和引领的作用,更要实现服务于智库发展的功能.通过开设智库专栏、提高选题系统性、承接国家研究项目、加强期刊与期刊以及期刊与智库间的交流合作等方法,学术期刊可以逐步实现服务于智库建设的功能.     

适应新形势创办大期刊——关于学术期刊扩版、增页、改期和创办新刊的建议

讨论了科技期刊作为科学技术的一个组成部分,它在新世纪里担负的任务更加繁重;我国的学术期刊近年虽有很大发展,但还不能适应科技发展的要求,因此应创办一批具有较高学术水平、相当规模和一定影响力的大期刊.提出将学术期刊改为大16开本,增加页码,部分期刊改为月刊,创办新兴学科的期刊和英文版的期刊.为了创办大期刊,就需要关注并增加编辑人员,合理调配办刊资金,并采用先进的技术和设备.     

智媒时代科技期刊编辑面临的挑战与对策

移动互联网、大数据、云计算、人工智能、物联网、VR/AR等技术的发展推动了智媒时代的开启.智媒时代具有区别于传统媒体的特征:海量性与即时性、智能性与互动性、多样性与开放性.智媒时代的来临,科技期刊编辑面临科技期刊数字化平台重构、编辑出版工作内容重构、信息终端系统及期刊呈现形式重构等挑战.科技期刊编辑必须重塑专业学术素养...     

虚拟专题在科技学术期刊新媒体平台中的探索与实践

为了提升“智汇杰瑞”新媒体平台的传播影响力,本文采用内容和数据驱动模式,将多源信息与虚拟专题的理念相结合,首先构建科技学术期刊新媒体知识服务平台;其次重点聚焦虚拟专题在新媒体知识服务平台的策划与传播实践;最后对虚拟专题在科技学术期刊新媒体知识服务平台中的实践成效进行总结,并对新媒体融合环境下,虚拟专题如何发挥优势更好地为科技期刊服务进行了探讨。     

科技期刊同行评议中编辑-审稿专家-作者之间关系的重构与强化

同行评议是科技期刊非常重要的质量控制机制,而编辑、审稿专家和作者是同行评议过程中的关键因素,对同行评议制度的有效实施至关重要。本文旨在提出三者之间关系的重构与强化的策略:期刊编辑与审稿专家之间的合作与约束关系,审稿专家与作者的双向交流关系,期刊编辑与作者的反馈与诉求关系,从而建立稳定的三角关系,提升同行评议质量。     

科技期刊充实和稳定作者队伍的措施

论述科技期刊充实和稳定作者队伍的措施.科技期刊只有准确定位,特色鲜明,所刊登的论文内容新、水平高,编校质量好,编辑对工作高度负责,对作者亲切、热情,期刊才能赢得作者的首肯,期刊的作者队伍才能稳定并不断充实.     

一种科技论文同行评议新模式的探讨

为使科技论文同行评议的结论更加公平准确,文章对目前各种科技论文同行评议方法进行了分析和探讨,指出了它们存在的缺点和不足,并在此基础上提出了一种科技论文同行评议的新模式。这种同行评议新模式相比传统同行评议模式有结论准确、专业对口、程序公平、有效缩短审稿时滞等优点,但同时也存在专家评议稿件数量增多、评议成本增加等问题,需要编辑通过遴选合适审稿专家、增加与审稿专家的联系与沟通等方法来解决。     

美国自然科学期刊编辑新动向及思考

科学技术的发展日新月异,学科的衍生分支愈加细密深化,学科之间的渗透相融日益加强,交叉学科、边缘学科大量涌现,自然科学期刊如雨后春笋,为争取成为权威性、生存力强的期刊而斗争,已成为美国自然科学期刊编辑新动向的主流。本文指出了体现这一编辑新动向的种种作法,并结合我国自然科学期刊的编辑实践,发人思考,从中悟出改革我国自然科学期刊编辑工作应走的道路,以期在世界权威期刊之林中,争得我国应有的一席之地。     

科技期刊产生的历史背景

科技期刊首先在欧洲问世,有其一定的政治、经济、文化背景。资本主义生产关系和手工工场的发展,使活字印刷与机器生产方式结合起来,产生了新的印刷机,为科技期刊的问世创造了物质条件;资产阶级文化运动的兴起和开放性文化格局的出现,为科技期刊的创办奠定了文化基础;科学复兴和科学团体的涌现,需要加速信息的交流,成为科技期刊产生的直接原因。     

高荣誉地位科技期刊的青年编辑心理压力调查及分析 ——以中国百种杰出学术期刊青年编辑的视角

高荣誉地位科技期刊为其青年编辑提供了高起点、高评价、严要求和高期望的发展平台。通过调查分析此种境况下青年编辑的心理压力现状,发现他们的压力主要来自于工作,其次是家庭和人际关系。工作压力主要来自工作负担过重、责任过重、工作单调繁杂和时间紧迫等方面。根据作者自身经验,提出了有益于高荣誉地位科技期刊青年编辑身心健康的对策。     

Trash journals in China

Over the last two decades, China has seen an enormous rise in the number of scientific journals, second only to the USA. However, their overall academic level has not been high as expected. In fact the frequent occurrence of ‘trash’ journals has been a very negative development. In this regard, we will define trash journals and analyze their characteristics. In addition, we explore how such journals come into existence and look at their relationship with ‘legal’ journals. The development of trash journals is directly associated with market demand and profit, and a flawed academic evaluation system. We advocate action by government departments to purge academia of trash journals and give examples of how this could be done.     

做一流编辑创一流期刊

在我国建设世界一流科技期刊的大背景下,科技期刊编辑需要具备极高的职业素养、专业素养、沟通策划能力和应用新技术新媒体的能力,才能胜任建设世界一流科技期刊的历史重任。