scholarly journals Questioning the efficacy of predatory journals' blacklists

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Manca ◽  
Lucia Cugusi ◽  
Franca Deriu
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Community ◽  
Predatory Journals ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Scientific Fields ◽  
Biomedical Databases

SUMMARYWe question whether blacklists are the best answer to the serious problem of predatory journals. In conjunction with the worrying recent rise in the number of predatory journals, a remarkable number of blacklists have been compiled for specific scientific fields. However, predatory journals are continuously changing names and publishers; they are set up to make easy money and buried shortly after. Predatory journals have such a rapidly evolving nature that it is hard to keep track of them and keep blacklists up to date. We therefore propose a focus on ‘whitelists’ and directories of virtuous journals rather than on blacklists of pseudo-journals. We suggest that a set of criteria be determined that journals have to meet to be qualify as legitimate. In addition, the scientific community should come up with strategies to close the established biomedical databases to predatory journals, thus preventing them from achieving global exposure.DECLARATION OF INTERESTNone.

scholarly journals Pop-Science on the Internet: How ULISSE Makes the Ends Meet

10.28945/2459 ◽  
2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simona Cerrato
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
General Public ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
High Technology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Set Up

There is an increasing demand for what we can call pop-science that is pertinent scientific information dedicated to the non-specialists. This demand comes both from professional categories and the general public. Simultaneously in the scientific community there is an increasing consciousness that diffusion of the scientific information is an asset the scientific community cannot afford to overlook. The Internet is a perfect tool to meet this demand. It reaches a large and ever-increasing number of people and permits an interactive and detailed exchange of information. As an experiment of how to combine high quality services and the information technology, we have set up Ulisse - In the net of science (http://ulisse.sissa.it), an innovative Italian project for the popularisation of science via the Internet. Its main purpose is to establish a connection between scientists and the general public. Ulisse is based on three major characteristics: a) high technology to create an efficient and friendly system, b) customisation of the services, c) a network of scientists, which guaranteed the quality of the materials.

scholarly journals The ‘Astronomy for the Public’ Task Force

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (H16) ◽  
pp. 550-551
Author(s):  
Carolina J. Ödman-Govender ◽  
Ian E. Robson
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
General Public ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Scientific Thinking ◽  
The Public ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Force Range ◽  
The Universe

AbstractOne of the ways in which astronomy can stimulate development is by raising awareness of our place in the universe among the general public. This contributes to inspiring people and brings the scientific community and scientific thinking closer to everyone. The IAU OAD has set up one task force dedicated to ‘Astronomy for the Public’. Proposed activities of the task force range from low-tech astronomy outreach to citizen science. We will present the task force, its objectives and potential developmental impacts for the first few years of operation.

Predatory journals enter biomedical databases through public funding

BMJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. m4265
Author(s):  
Andrea Manca ◽  
Lucia Cugusi ◽  
Andrea Cortegiani ◽  
Giulia Ingoglia ◽  
David Moher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Funding ◽  
Predatory Journals ◽  
Biomedical Databases

scholarly journals An exemplary developing astronomy movement in Nepal

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (H16) ◽  
pp. 566-566
Author(s):  
Sudeep Neupane
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Science Museum ◽  
Success Story ◽  
Astronomy Education ◽  
The Past ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Observation Programme ◽  
Modern Astronomy

AbstractAstronomy and space science education had been given least importance by Nepalese government in the past. The modern astronomy movement is believed to have started when an official observation programme of Haley's comet was organized by Royal Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (RONAST) in 1986. Following the huge pressure from the scientific community, the Nepal government (Kingdom of Nepal at that time) established B.P. Koirala Memorial Planetarium, Observatory and Science Museum Development Board in 1992. Initiatives of the project started with observatory set up and the development of astrophysics syllabus for university students. Astrophysics is included as an elective paper in the Physics masters course. The lead astrophysicist of Nepal Dr. Binil Aryal is running a research group in Tribhuvan University since 2005 which has a significant number of international publications. The developing government initiatives and achievements will be discussed.In 2007, a group of astronomy enthusiastic students along with amateurs working independently in past established Nepal Astronomical Society (NASO), which surprisingly increased the amateur activities and inspired other amateur groups to revive. During IYA 2009, more than 80 outreach and observation events were organized solely by NASO. NASO was able to collaborate with many international programmes and projects like GHOU/GTTP, EurAstro, AWB, UNAWE, SGAC, Star Peace, TWAN etc during and beyond IYA2009. Currently Nepal is recognized as the most eventful country of outreach and astronomy education among the amateur community. The success story of the astronomy movement and the local difficulties while organizing the events will be explained.

scholarly journals Library and information sciences in 2017–2018: The focuses and findings of theses research

2019 ◽  
pp. 7-21
Author(s):  
Natalya Lopatina
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Library Science ◽  
State Institute ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Bibliographic Data ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Dissertation Committee ◽  
Organization Research

The author reviews and analyzes theses in the disciplines 05.25.03 – Library science, bibliography and bibliology, and 05.25.05 – Information systems and processes, defended at Moscow State Institute of Culture, Dissertation Committee D 210.010.01 in support of candidature and doctorate for a degree in pedagogy and engineering. The dissertations by A. V. Trusov, E. V. Russkikh, O. O. Kondratenko, K. E. Sokolinsky, D. A. Bashirov, I. A. Vaganova and M. A. Kharintseva are discussed. The bibliographic data, information on supervisors, official opponents and organization, research findings, and issues discussed at a viva voce, are cited for each of the theses.The process of the dissertation discussion by scientific community and the members of the dissertation committee is reviewed. The Dissertation Committee offered several practical applications for the solutions as suggested by the candidates. The prospects for further studies are revealed, prospective scientific problems are set up.The publication activities of the applicants are analyzed; the open sites (conferences, professional forums) where theses findings are tested are defined. The journals interested in the publications of new masters and doctors are named.

scholarly journals Spectroscopic Surveys

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (S285) ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Francesca Primas
Keyword(s):  
Time Domain ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Set Up

AbstractSurveys, surveys, and yet more surveys! During the last decade we have all witnessed a flourishing of imaging and spectroscopic surveys, of different sizes and over different areas of the sky. Although initially set-up for specific scientific goals, they should all share a multi-purpose flavour that can boost their impact and their exploitation by the scientific community. There are, however, fields that need more dedicated observing strategies, coordination and possibly data infrastructure in order to exploit fully these huge datasets. Time-domain astronomy is one of them. In the following, I will review the very recent developments in spectroscopic surveys, and I will report on what ESO has been involved in and has committed itself to do.

scholarly journals An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Nanomanipulation of SiO2 Nanoparticles: Design, Fabrication and Feasibility

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 2645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Luisetto ◽  
Simonetta Tuti ◽  
Eleonora Marconi ◽  
Andrea Veroli ◽  
Alessio Buzzin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Dendritic Structure ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Sio2 Nanoparticles ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Mesoporous Nanoparticles ◽  
Set Up

Although some recent developments in nanotechnology made the prospects of a direct mechanical manipulation of micro- or nano-objects quite realistic, there are still several concerns and difficulties that affect such an endeavor. This is probably due to the large base of knowledge that is necessary to approach the problem of handling a nano-object by means of a nano- or micro-device. Therefore, any progress in this field is possible only by means of an integrated and interdisciplinary approach, which takes into account different aspects of the phenomenon. During the actual pioneering phase, there is a certain convenience in handling nano-objects that: (a) have peculiar known characteristics; (b) are easily recognizable, and (c) are interesting to the scientific community. This paper presents the interdisciplinary activities that were necessary to set up an experiment where specifically synthesized SiO2 particles came in contact with the tips of specifically-designed and -fabricated nanomanipulators. SiO2 mesoporous nanoparticles (KCC-1), having a peculiar dendritic structure, have been selected as a suitable nano-object because of the possibility to easily modulate their morphology. The expected contact force has been also calculated by means of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) electro-mechanical simulations.

scholarly journals The $$\gamma$$ function in quantum theory II. Mathematical challenges and paradoxa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zs. É. Mihálka ◽  
M. Nooijen ◽  
Á. Margócsy ◽  
Á. Szabados ◽  
P. R. Surján
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Harmonic Oscillator ◽  
Gamma Function ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Quantum Mechanical ◽  
Generalized Function ◽  
Square Root ◽  
Traditional Function ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Simple Systems

AbstractWhile the square root of Dirac’s $$\delta$$ δ is not defined in any standard mathematical formalism, postulating its existence with some further assumptions defines a generalized function called $$\gamma (x)$$ γ ( x ) which permits a quasi-classical treatment of simple systems like the H atom or the 1D harmonic oscillator for which accurate quantum mechanical energies were previously reported. The so-defined $$\gamma (x)$$ γ ( x ) is neither a traditional function nor a distribution, and it remains to be seen that any consistent mathematical approaches can be set up to deal with it rigorously. A straightforward use of $$\gamma (x)$$ γ ( x ) generates several paradoxical situations which are collected here. The help of the scientific community is sought to resolve these paradoxa.

scholarly journals Preface

2021 ◽  
Vol 2015 (1) ◽  
pp. 011001
Keyword(s):  
Conference Proceedings ◽  
Nonlinear Optics ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Real Life ◽  
International Conference ◽  
The World ◽  
Fundamental Research ◽  
Online Format ◽  
Scientific Fields

This issue of IOP Conference Proceedings contains extended contributions presented at the 6th International Conference on Metamaterials and Nanophotonics METANANO 2021 held online on 13-17 September 2021. We have been hoping to hold a hybrid conference with the offline part in Tbilisi, Georgia, but, after a thorough consideration we have decided to move METANANO 2021 fully online. The situation in the world remains unstable and to ensure the safety of all of you we believe that it is better to postpone the real-life meeting to next year and put all our efforts into making the online conference useful and pleasant for you. For the last several years the METANANO conference has acquired a strong reputation among the scientists and is attracting more and more participants every year from different scientific fields from fundamental research in photonics and plasmonics to business-oriented projects in RF technologies, bionanotechnologies and solar energy. METANANO is a hub for researchers working in these fields and studying nanoscience, photonics, nonlinear optics and related topics. The aim of the conference is to encourage discussion and sharing of knowledge and experience between the scientific community, engineers, industry, and academic members all around the world. The first METANANO in Russia was held in Anapa in 2016 and accumulated nearly 100 speakers, in 2017 in Vladivostok we gathered over 230 participants from Europe, Asia, and Russia. METANANO 2018 in Sochi had already over 330 participants. In 2019 more than 400 participants gathered in St. Petersburg. With the new reality brought on us last year we have had almost 500 participants from all over the world joining us. Despite the online format the conference brought together and united speakers and we made the most out of a new format. List of Acknowledgments, Commities are available in the pdf.

scholarly journals Russian economic science on the international market of “predatory” publications

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-198
Author(s):  
E.V. Balatskiy ◽  
◽  
M.A. Yurevich ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Community ◽  
International Market ◽  
Absolute Number ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Annual Scientific ◽  
Economic Science ◽  
Predatory Journals ◽  
Scientific Ethics ◽  
Predatory Publishing ◽  
Scopus Database

The problem of “predatory” publishing has received well-deserved attention both in the scientific community and among the S&T managers. Previous studies have shown that this problem has a permanent and global scale and is particularly acute in certain scientific areas, including economic sciences. This research compiled a list of 45 sources, excluded from the Scopus database due to their violation of scientific ethics. Starting from 2015 Russian economists annually publish at least 1,000 papers in “toxic” sources, and on average for the period 2010–2019, almost every third publication of economics with the Russian affiliation was published in “predatory” journals. By the absolute number of “trash” publications during this period, Russia was the second only to India. In the formed “black” sources list, there are several journals with a clear focus on Russian economists — the share of their publications in the portfolio has exceeded 50%. The estimations show that the scale of the annual damage caused by the publication in “predatory” publications of Russian economists is comparable to the annual scientific budget of a fairly large economic university.

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