Science Editing

Case Study

Was the number of submissions to scholarly journals in Korea affected by the COVID-19 pandemic?: Sun Huh; Sci Ed. 2021;8(1):117-122. Published online February 20, 2021; DOI: https://doi.org/10.6087/kcse.239

4,203 View
98 Download
3 Web of Science
3 Crossref

This study investigated whether there was an increase in submissions to scholarly journals in Korea according to journals’ field and indexation status in Scopus or Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) in 2020, the year when the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic first spread throughout the world. The analysis included 60 journals with esubmission systems operated by M2PI. Yearly and monthly submissions were counted from 2016 to 2020. The yearly proportional change was also calculated. In 2020, submissions soared for medical journals indexed in Scopus/SCIE (49.5%), corresponding to an increase of 36.9% relative to the expected number of submissions. There was also a surge of submissions to these journals from March to July 2020. However, non-medical journals and medical journals not indexed in Scopus/SCIE did not show an increase in submissions. The number of submissions to scholarly journals in Korea was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in a specific subset of journals. The background of the spike in submissions is required to be re-investigated. Editors’ burden also should be mitigated through editorial board members’ help and publishers’ support.

Citations

Citations to this article as recorded by

Emergence of the metaverse and ChatGPT in journal publishing after the COVID-19 pandemic
Sun Huh
Science Editing.2023; 10(1): 1. CrossRef
Application of computer-based testing in the Korean Medical Licensing Examination, the emergence of the metaverse in medical education, journal metrics and statistics, and appreciation to reviewers and volunteers
Sun Huh
Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions.2022; 19: 2. CrossRef
Review of studies about bat-fly interactions inside roosts, with observations on partnership patterns for publications
Gustavo Lima Urbieta, Gustavo Graciolli, Valéria da Cunha Tavares
Parasitology Research.2022; 121(11): 3051. CrossRef

Training Material

How to archive scholarly journals from the Republic of Korea in the National Library of Korea: Sun Huh; Sci Ed. 2019;6(2):171-174. Published online August 19, 2019; DOI: https://doi.org/10.6087/kcse.180

4,967 View
112 Download

Abstract PDF Supplementary Material: According to the policies of a number of indexing database agencies and the Principles of transparency and best practice in scholarly publishing 3rd version, archiving of scholarly journal articles is mandatory for editors and publishers. Furthermore, publishers in Korea have been required to deposit journal article files in the National Library of Korea since February 2016 by law. This study presents background information on archiving sites and how to deposit digital files in the Library’s archive. Although some archiving sites for scholarly journals have been developed internationally, it may be burdensome for publishers in Korea (almost all of which are academic societies) to use those sites to deposit digital files because a deposit fee is required by some agencies. Furthermore, PubMed Central, maintained by the United States National Library of Medicine, accepts only English-language biomedical journals. In contrast, it is possible for publishers to deposit articles in the National Library of Korea by uploading files without any fees, regardless of the journal language. Furthermore, publishers can select the access policy of their journals. All journal publishers and editors in Korea are recommended to utilize the archiving site of the National Library of Korea to preserve their journal articles.

Case Study

Citation performance of Indonesian scholarly journals indexed in Scopus from Scopus and Google Scholar: Lukman Lukman, Yan Rianto, Shidiq Al Hakim, Irene M Nadhiroh, Deden Sumirat Hidayat; Sci Ed. 2018;5(1):53-58. Published online February 19, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.6087/kcse.119

13,263 View
318 Download
3 Web of Science
4 Crossref

Abstract PDF Supplementary Material

Citation frequency is an important factor for estimating the quality of a scientific journal, and the number of citations that an academic paper receives is often used as a measure of its scientific impact. This study aimed to characterize the citation performance of scientific journals published by Indonesian publishers that have been indexed in Scopus by analyzing the number of citations available in the Scopus database and Google Scholar. The results of the study identified 30 Indonesian journals that have been Scopus-indexed, of which 22 were listed in SCImago Journal Rank up to October 2017. Journals in the engineering field were the most cited, with 2,427 citations, including 930 self-citations. A large proportion of the citations were of recently-founded journals. The mean proportional difference in the citation frequency between Scopus and Google Scholar was 14.71%.

Citations

Citations to this article as recorded by

Examining the Effect of Innovative Behavior, and the Role of Contingency Plan on HEIs Effective Teaching
Otto Berman Sihite, Poltak Sinaga, Dylmoon Hidayat, Rosdiana Sijabat
Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental.2024; 18(5): e05178. CrossRef
Indonesian Scientists’ Behavior Relative to Research Data Governance in Preventing WMD-Applicable Technology Transfer
Lindung Parningotan Manik, Zaenal Akbar, Aris Yaman, Ariani Indrawati
Publications.2022; 10(4): 50. CrossRef
Evolution of the intellectual structure of clothing and textiles literature
Joon-Ho Seon, Seong Eun Kim, Hyun-Jung Lee, Kyu-Hye Lee
The Research Journal of the Costume Culture.2019; 27(4): 299. CrossRef
Why and how do we keep editing local medical journals in an era of information overload?
Viera Wardhani, Sam Mathew, Jeong-Wook Seo, Komang G. Wiryawan, Vivi Setiawaty, Burmaajav Badrakh
Science Editing.2018; 5(2): 150. CrossRef

First
Prev
Page of 1
Next
Last

Search