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Can we improve the peer review system?: Kihong Kim; Sci Ed. 2017;4(1):1-2. Published online February 20, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.6087/kcse.81

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Quality open access publishing and registration to Directory of Open Access Journals: Xin Bi; Sci Ed. 2017;4(1):3-11. Published online February 20, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.6087/kcse.82

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With the fast development of open access publishing worldwide, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) as a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals, has been recognized for its high criteria in facilitating high quality open access scholarly publishing and used as the portal for accessing quality open access journals. While the numbers of journal application to be inclusion in DOAJ in Asia are kept increasing dramatically, many editors of these journals are not very clear about the idea or concept of the open access which have been embedded in the application form containing 58 questions falling into several different criteria categories. The very commonly seen misunderstanding of the required item, inaccurate or vague or incomplete and even missing information, poorly organized website, non-transparent process of publishing, especially no open access statement and copyright statement, or conflicts between the policy statements would cause much more communication between the reviewer and the editor and delay the completion of the review. This article gives an in depth introduction to DOAJ criteria and detailed introduction to the general process on how to register to DOAJ, suggestions based on application review also is given for journal editors to better prepare for this application. And it is the most important for editors to keep in mind that to be indexed by DOAJ is not just about filling a form, it is about truly change and adapt to best practices in open access publishing.

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Increased number of papers co-authored by professor and his students in humanities and social sciences journals published in Korea: Rae Seong Hong, Eun Seong Hwang; Sci Ed. 2017;4(1):12-17. Published online February 20, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.6087/kcse.83

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Abstract PDF Supplementary Material: Humanities and social sciences studies in Korea have remarkably low rates of co-authorship between professors and students. We chose a bibliometrics-based approach to characterize changes in the ratio of joint authorship between professors and students. Articles classified in the humanities and social sciences sectors that were published in journals registered in the Korean Citation Index during 2 phases over a 10-year period—2004 to 2006 (phase 1) and 2011 to 2013 (phase 2)—were used as the main source for the analysis. The study results can be summarized as follows: first, the overall number of co-authored articles drastically increased from phase 1 to phase 2; the percentage of co-authorship articles increased from 34.8% to 47.7%, and the percentage of co-authorship between students and professors rose from 9.9% to 20.7%. This trend was particularly noticeable in the social sciences, such as accounting, social welfare, and economics/business administration. Second, papers written by scholars from Seoul National University, Yonsei University, and Korea University were often published in high-impact factor journals. Among those articles, the rate of professor-student co-authorship increased by 21.6% for 7 years. Third, the increase in professor-student co-authored articles published in high- impact factor journals was even sharper. These findings indicate that perceptions of professor-student co-authorship have changed in the humanities and social sciences. In the near future, positive perceptions toward joint research and joint authorship between professors and students are expected to become more widespread.

Rapid growth of international collaboration from articles indexed in Scopus database by researchers in Korea from 2006 to 2015: Yeonok Chung, Kihong Kim; Sci Ed. 2017;4(1):18-23. Published online February 20, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.6087/kcse.84

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It aimed at analyzing the trends of international collaboration from articles indexed in Scopus by researchers in Korea from 2006 to 2015. The number of articles coauthored by researchers in Korea and those in selected foreign countries was obtained from document searches of the Scopus database. The growth of research collaboration in various academic disciplines was also studied. There were 22 countries which produced over 2,000 papers in collaboration with researchers in Korea during the ten-year period between 2006 and 2015. The average of the average annual growth rate taken over these 22 countries was 12.9%. In 9 additional Asian, Latin American, and African countries, more rapid growth of international research collaboration was clearly seen. Though research collaboration is most active in the field of physics and astronomy with most countries, it was found that the growth of collaboration in medicine was most remarkable in Southeast Asian countries. It may be originated from the intimate relationship between Korea and Southeast Asia and the leadership of Korean physicians in that region.

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Bibliometric analysis of publications from North Korea indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection from 1988 to 2016: Geum Hee Jeong, Sun Huh; Sci Ed. 2017;4(1):24-29. Published online February 20, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.6087/kcse.85; Correction in: Sci Ed 2017;4(2):111

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The aim of this study was to analyze the bibliometric characteristics of publications from North Korea indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection from 1988 to 2016. We hypothesized that the main research area would be the physical sciences, and that the number of articles would continually increase over time. The Web of Science Core Collection was searched using the terms “North Korea” OR “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” OR “DPRK” in the address field of the basic search on February 2, 2017. The country of the co-authors, affiliations, journals, annual number of publications, and research fields were analyzed. Additionally, the articles by North Korean authors only were analyzed for the same parameters. A total of 318 articles from North Korea were found. The most frequent countries of collaboration were China, Germany, and Australia. Kim Il Sung University produced the most articles. The main research fields were physics, mathematics, and materials science. The categories of the journal titles corresponded to the research fields. The rapid increase in the number of articles in 2015 and 2016 was remarkable, although this increase started from a very small baseline number of publications. The results of the analysis of the 46 articles published by North Korean authors only were equivalent to the results for the 318 articles presented above. Our hypotheses were confirmed. The surge of articles in 2015 and 2016 may represent the recent efforts by the North Korean government to emphasize scientific research and development. It is anticipated that the productivity of North Korean researchers in terms of publications in international journals will increase dramatically based on the above trends, although the publication baseline is very low.

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Analysis of visits to ScienceCentral, an open access full-text archive of scientific society journal literature: Younsang Cho, Sun Huh; Sci Ed. 2017;4(1):30-33. Published online February 20, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.6087/kcse.86

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ScienceCentral is a free or open access full-text archive of scientific society journal literature hosted by the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies. It was launched in December 2013. We analyzed the number of articles deposited, page views by period, country of visitors, number of visitors, and entry point of visits. Descriptive statistics were presented. We also hypothesized that visitors accessed ScienceCentral mostly through Google and Google Scholar since ScienceCentral allows Googlebot to index it. The number of deposited articles was 19,419 from 124 journals in December 2016. The number of page views per month was 20,228 in December 2016. The top countries of visitors were South Korea (39.9%), the United States (13.26%), India (4.2%), China (3.4%), and Russia (3.2%). The average number of page views per article a month in December 2016 was 1.0. Google and Google Scholar were powerful referral sites to ScienceCentral. Except for direct visits to ScienceCentral, seven out of the top ten access sites to ScienceCentral were Google or Google Scholar sites from a variety of countries. Although the number of visitors and page views has increased continuously, the average number of page views per article a month has not increased.

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Analysis of the results of the first implementation of the Korea Manuscript Editors Certification: Hyun Jung Yi, Jae Hwa Chang, Yoon Joo Seo; Sci Ed. 2017;4(1):34-38. Published online February 20, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.6087/kcse.87

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In the field of international scholarly journal publishing, manuscript editing has been established as an essential component of the publication process. As the necessity of this process has increased, the Korean Council of Science Editors has consistently provided education for training professional manuscript editors, and has worked to implement a manuscript editor certification system. Starting in 2014, the Korean Council of Science Editors thoroughly conducted background research and advanced analysis in preparation for such a system. Subsequently, a committee of experts was formed to develop and simulate an examination for this certification. This process culminated in the first manuscript editor certification examination, which was held in November 2016 and resulted in 40 initial Korea Manuscript Editors Certification holders. Examinations for the Korea Manuscript Editors Certification are scheduled to be held annually. The establishment of this certification system will contribute to strengthening individual capacities and further developing science journal publication in Korea by expanding the field of manuscript editing. Ultimately, this system will contribute to the promotion of Korean scientific journals to the level of prominent international journals.

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Should we wait until an article is cited?: Hyunju Jang; Sci Ed. 2017;4(1):39-40. Published online February 20, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.6087/kcse.88

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Experience of taking the first Korea Manuscript Editors Certification examination: Sun-Im Ryu; Sci Ed. 2017;4(1):41-42. Published online February 20, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.6087/kcse.89

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Open Access and the Future of Scholarly Communication: Policy and Infrastructure Open Access and the Future of Scholarly Communication: Implementation: Kihong Kim; Sci Ed. 2017;4(1):46-47. Published online February 20, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.6087/kcse.91

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Article succeeded by presentation: Beom Sun Chung, Jeong Houn Son, Min Suk Chung; Sci Ed. 2017;4(1):48-51. Published online February 20, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.6087/kcse.92

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Events in 2017: Sci Ed. 2017;4(1):52-52. Published online February 20, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.6087/kcse.93

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Editing and publishing activities of the Korean Physical Society during the first fifty years since its inauguration in 1952: Editorial Office, Korean Council of Science Editor; Sci Ed. 2017;4(1):53-53. Published online February 20, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.6087/kcse.94; Corrects: Sci Ed 2016;3(2):67

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