Academic nightmares: Predatory publishing

Academic researchers who seek to publish their work are confronted daily with a barrage of e‐mails from aggressive marketing campaigns that solicit them to publish their research with a specialized, often newly launched, journal. Known as predatory journals, they often promise high editorial and publishing standards, yet their exploitive business models, poor quality control, and minimal overall transparency victimize those researchers with limited academic experience and pave the way for low‐quality articles that threaten the foundation of evidence‐based research. Understanding how to identify these predatory journals requires thorough due diligence on the part of the submitting authors, and a commitment by reputable publishers, institutions, and researchers to publicly identify these predators and eliminate them as a threat to the careers of young scientists seeking to disseminate their work in scholarly journals. Anat Sci Educ 10: 392–394. © 2016 American Association of Anatomists.     

What’s Yours is Mine: An Investigation of Current Copyright Policies of Education Journals

This research investigated the current copyright policies of 21 education journals published by academic societies, universities and university presses, and commercial publishers. For the sample I chose only journals with a copyright policy on the journal or publisher web site, and I then analyzed the content of the policies in order to answer three research questions. (1) What is the nature of copyright for education journals? (2) What evidence exists for the adoption of various copyright innovations (e.g., use of Creative Commons, shared copyright)? (3) Is innovation widespread or limited to certain types of journals? The findings indicate that 16 journals (76%) had traditional “transfer of copyright” policies. However, five journals (24%) offered a range of innovations, including shared copyright, author-retained copyright, first publication rights, and use of Creative Commons licensing.     

Working in separate silos? What citation patterns reveal about higher education research internationally

Higher education research is a growing, inter-disciplinary and increasingly international field of study. This article examines the citation patterns of articles published in six leading higher education journals—three published in the United States and three published elsewhere in the world—for what they reveal about the development of this field. The analysis shows that the American journals are not only dominated by American-based authors, but that they also cite predominantly articles, books, chapters and other publications published in the United States. By contrast, the three non-American journals accommodate a much broader spread internationally of both authors and citations. Possible explanations for these patterns, and whether they matter, are discussed.     

Women scholars: Closing the publication gap

As more females receive advanced degrees in business and enter the field of teaching in higher education, the role of females as publishers in scholarly journals will increase. Data collected from 27 business-oriented journals covering a 23-year time period support this premise. The purpose of this article is to present that data in order to show the changing role of women in publishing and to highlight some of the similarities and differences between female and male authors.     

贵州省作者在图书情报学核心期刊上发文的计量分析

对1980-2007年贵州省图书情报专业人员在17种核心期刊上发表的论文,从发文情况、年代分布、论文的学科分布、论文作者合作情况、核心作者、引证文献刊物分布等方面进行了统计分析,比较客观地揭示了贵州省图书情报学术研究与发展的基本现状。     

Refereeing academic articles in the information age

The new technology (such as ScholarOne) used for submitting papers to academic journals (such as this one) increases the possibilities for gathering, analysing and presenting summary data on stages in the refereeing process. Such data can be used to clarify the roles played by editors and publishers as well as referees—roles less widely discussed in the previous literature. I conclude, after a review of related issues, that refereeing should be “open” in this information age—i.e. correspondence between editors, referees and authors should be open and available, and not private. Some of the issues involved in achieving this are outlined and discussed.     

A comparison of randomised controlled trials in health and education

Health care and educational trials face similar methodological challenges. Methodological reviews of health care trials have shown that a significant proportion have methodological flaws. Whether or not educational trials have a similar proportion of poor‐quality trials is unknown. The authors undertook a methodological comparison between health care and educational trials published since 1990. The authors aimed (1) to assess whether the quality of trial reports in education and health care are similar; and (2) to assess whether trial reporting quality is improving. The characteristics of a sample of trials, published since 1990, were taken from health and educational journals. Trials were assessed using the following quality criteria: rationale for sample size; concealment of allocation; blinded follow‐up; use of confidence intervals; adequate sample size. Ninety‐six placebo drug trials and 54 non‐drug trials published in major general journals were identified. These were compared with 54 trials in specialist health journals and 84 trials in educational journals. No educational trial used concealed allocation or reported the rationale for sample size calculation and only one trial used confidence intervals. There was a trend for the reporting of health care trials to improve with time, whilst the reporting quality of educational trials declined. The authors concluded that poor quality of trial reporting is more prevalent in educational journals than in health care journals.     

网络期刊的著作权法问题探析

网络期刊这一新的作品表现形式的出现,对如何适用著作权法提出了新的问题,其中关键性的问题是网络期刊的著作权主体和网络期刊出版者的权利,网络期刊的著作权主体包括网络期刊中数字化作品的著作权人和网络期刊的著作权人,其中数字化作品的作者是作者,而出版者则是网络期刊的著作权人.并且作者的著作权优先于出版者的著作权.作为作品的传播者,出版者除了享有著作权外,还享有版式设计权、转载、摘编权以及一稿多投禁止权等邻接权.     

Illuminating the (in)visibility of female scholars: a gendered analysis of publishing rates within educational technology journals from 2004 to 2015

This research study utilized bibliometric methods to analyze publication rates among female and male lead authors in six prominent, peer-reviewed journals in Educational Technology (ET) fields over the past 12 years. The aim of the inquiry was to determine if differences or trends exist in the number of articles published by each gender. Data analysis revealed notable differences in publication rates between genders, and key findings indicate that while women overall published less than half of the articles from all journals sampled, two journals with a focus on primary and secondary (P-12) educational contexts have consistently published more articles written by female lead authors than male authors. The findings of this study hold practical relevance in terms of addressing the (in)visibility of female scholars in ET fields and may be used to promote discussions and actions related to the intersections between gender, equity, and the culture of scholarly publishing.     

试析期刊全文电子数据库的著作权问题

期刊全文电子数据库涉及到期刊文章的作者、期刊的编辑出版者和数据库制作者三种著作权人。期刊全文电子数据库要想获得合法的保护,必须先获得合法、有效的著作权授权。期刊全文电子数据库制作者可以通过获得期刊文章作者及期刊编辑出版者许可得到授权,但在此过程中会遇到许多现实的问题。为了妥善解决好这些问题,我们可以从以下三个方面入手：建立期刊著作权集体管理组织;采取“著作权法＋反不正当竞争法＋合同法”的保护模式;尽快制定独立的数据库特殊权利保护制度。     

中国教育学领域研究人员科研绩效评价研究

本文运用Hirsch指数（简称h指数）方法以及与之相近的W指数方法,通过对中国知网（CNKI）中国引文数据库收录的教育学领域的37本学术期刊（这37本学术期刊是CSSCI来源期刊）在1998-2007年所刊发论文的被引用情况数据进行统计分析,对教育学领域1998—2007年10年间研究人员的科研绩效进行了评价,得到了“1998-2007年段中国教育学领域最具影响力的43位学者”,并对h指数与其他评价指标进行了相关性分析。分析结果表明,利用h指数来评价研究人员科研绩效,一定程度上可以反映“总被引频次”、“论文数量”、“篇均被引频次”三项指标的评价结果,可以说h指数是一项更为综合的评价指标。     

University libraries and pricing practices by publishers of scholarly journals

Scholarly journals exhibit significant variations in price. Part of this variation is attributable to costs of production and distribution, but noncost factors may also affect the pricing of journals. These factors include publisher type, country of origin, and the discipline of the journal. This study utilizes multiple regression analysis to evaluate publisher pricing practices for a random sample of 439 scholarly journals. Holding cost factors constant, it was determined that prices to U.S. academic libraries are significantly higher for journals in the physical science disciplines and for those from commercial publishers, especially European commercial publishers. The estimated European price differential is too large to be attributed entirely to the extra cost of shipping serials to U.S. libraries.     

Bridging the Divide: A comparative analysis of articles in higher education journals published inside and outside North America

Articles published in three leading North American higher education journals during the year 2000 are compared with those published in three leading, English language, non-North American higher education journals (and with a larger sample of fourteen such journals). The comparison focuses on the location of their authors, the themes researched, the levels at which the analyses are pitched, the methods and methodologies employed, and the explicitness of both methodological and theoretical engagement. Compared to the non-North American sample, the North American articles evidence a dominance of North American-based authors, a greater focus on the student experience, and on institutional and national level studies, and a much stronger emphasis on multivariate analysis as a method. Articles in the North American sample were also more likely to be both methodologically and theoretically explicit. Possible reasons for the divergent patterns observed are identified and discussed.     

Disciplinary traditions and the dissemination of knowledge. An international comparison of publication patterns in journals of education

This paper presents findings from two studies of publication patterns in leading English, German, European and US journals of education. The studies were funded by the German Research Association and conducted by an international team of researchers. All papers published in 14 selected journals between 2001 and 2010 were analysed in terms of their author profile, their methodological approach and their thematic focus. The analyses resulted in publication patterns for the selected journals and at an aggregated level for the four geographic areas in which journals are published, highlighting many similarities, but also distinct differences. As far as the differences are concerned, the lower share of female authors and the relative low proportion of papers drawing on empirical research in German journals are noteworthy. For US journals, the comparatively low importance of papers drawing on the international research discourse seems to be particularly important. Based on an analysis of related studies in this field the paper demonstrates a degree of alignment of publication patterns with disciplinary traditions and formation processes in the field of education. However, the trend analysis provided also shows that some of the traditional boundaries of education as an academic discipline are in a state of flux.     

Research productivity in animal learning from 1953 to 2000

Searches conducted with Medline and PsycInfo showed that the number of publications dealing with learning in animals increased between 1975 and 2000 and that the increase was substantially greater in Medline than in PsycInfo. An examination of major journals dealing with behavioral studies of conditioning and learning for the years 1953, 1963, 1973, 1983, 1993, and 2000 revealed a different pattern of results. The number of papers published in these journals increased from 1953 to 1973 but has been declining steadily since then. However, this decline was partially offset by an increase in the number of experiments published in each paper. Substantially more experiments were published in 2000 than in 1963 or 1953. The number of core authors in the field also peaked in 1973 and has been declining since. However, there were only seven fewer core authors in 2000 than in 1983, and 1983 had as many core authors as 1963. These data suggest that pessimism about the status of behavioral studies of learning is not warranted if research activity is considered over a 40-year period. Furthermore, increased interest in the neural and biological mechanisms of learning should bode well for the status of behavioral research, because one cannot examine the physiological mechanisms of a behavioral process without first clearly understanding the phenomenon at the behavioral level.     

期刊改革与创新

我国期刊业存在种类多、精品少;各自为战、缺乏合作;不适应现代期刊发展方向,竞争优势弱,缺乏国际竞争力等问题。必须转变机制、集约化发展;注重质量,提高核心竞争力,打造精品期刊;利用网络,构建期刊数字出版平台。     

内刊学报学术质量评价指标探索

内刊学报是期刊界一个不可忽视的群体,但对其学术水平的评价一直乏人问津,参照现有期刊评价研究的成果,并根据内刊学报编辑发行特点,尝试提出了基金论文比、引文量、高级职称作者论文比、博士作者论文比、文章正式发表率(核心期刊转发比)、地区分布数、平均作者数、Web下载量等八个评价指标。     

20世纪80年代以来闽台客家图书研究动态分析

闽台客家图书除了包含大陆传统意义上的图书,还包含装订成册的学术论文和私人印行的文献及小册子等类型．数据源为公共图书馆和高校图书馆及客家研究机构三大系统。按照不同的分析标准,得出自20世纪80年代以来客家图书研究的主题主要是客家方言,所占的图书百分比为最高;在出版年份上呈现出总量和比重不均衡分布的规律：出版机构则呈现集中于几个出版机构与零散出版的规律;客家图书的个人或团体著者呈现不同的规律。     

当代家族企业研究综述与展望

近十年来,家族企业作为最具活力的经济组织形式,取得了令世人瞩目的经营成果,引起了,学术界的重新重视和研究兴趣,国内出现了研究家族企业的一系列书籍和期刊章。在对这些论、章所涉及的问题和观点进行归纳梳理的基础上,对今后家族企业的研究发展加以展望。