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Humans , Editorial Policies , Abstracting and Indexing , Research , General Surgery , Journal ArticleABSTRACT
La Revista Peruana de Ginecología y Obstetricia (RPGO) ha obtenido su inclusión en la importante base de datos Scopus. En una rápida recopilación de la publicación de la revista, se recuerda la dedicación editorial de sus seis editores, cuatro de los cuales acababan de presidir la Sociedad Peruana de Obstetricia y Ginecología (SPOG). Los momentos iniciales de trabajo editorial fueron realizados manualmente, en máquinas de escribir y visitando la imprenta continuamente, así como a los patrocinadores. El compromiso de los Comités Directivos de SPOG para financiar la publicación y distribución de los ejemplares permitió la gradual indexación a bases de datos locales, regionales e internacionales. Su internalización se amplió desde la publicación de la RPGO en el Open Journal Systems (OJS), sistema informático donde se publica los artículos con puntualidad, calidad, incluyendo sus características editoriales y la Información para los Autores. Ahora la publicación es solo virtual, en español e inglés, con visibilidad e impacto de los artículos desde el inicio de la RPGO en 1955. Con datos actualizados del OJS sobre la RPGO, el número de visitas mensuales a los resúmenes llegan hasta 10 mil y las descargas mensuales de artículos en formato PDF hasta más de 9 mil. Y, en el ámbito de revistas científicas de ginecoobstetricia de América Latina y España en Scopus, destaca el índice h de la RPGO por Google Scholar Metrics, como una de las mejores. Al presente, y frente a los desafíos futuros, la actividad de la RPGO ha sido fortalecida, estableciendo un equipo editorial y herramientas que permiten la ya iniciada profesionalización de los procesos de la actividad editorial.
The Peruvian Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics (RPGO, for its acronym in Spanish) has obtained its inclusion in the important Scopus database. A quick review of the journal's publication recalls the editorial dedication of its six editors, four of whom had just recently chaired the Peruvian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (SPOG, for its acronym in Spanish). The initial editorial work was carried out manually, on typewriters and continuously visiting the printing press, as well as the sponsors. The commitment of the SPOG Steering Committees to finance the publication and distribution of the issues allowed the gradual indexing to local, regional and international databases. Its internalization was expanded since the publication of the RPGO in the Open Journal Systems (OJS), a computer system where articles are published with punctuality, quality, including their editorial characteristics and the Information for Authors. Now the publication is only virtual, in English and Spanish, with visibility and impact of the articles since the beginning of the RPGO in 1955. With updated OJS data on the RPGO, the number of monthly visits to the abstracts reaches up to 10 thousand and monthly downloads of articles in PDF format reach more than 9 thousand. And, in the field of obstetrics and gynecology scientific journals in Latin America and Spain in Scopus, the h index of the RPGO by Google Scholar Metrics stands out as one of the best. At present, and facing future challenges, the activity of the RPGO has been strengthened, establishing an editorial team and tools that allow the already initiated professionalization of the processes of the editorial activity.
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Este artículo tiene como objetivo examinar la valoración que se les da a las revistas científicas peruanas según los reglamentos actuales relacionados con ciencia y tecnología, lo que lleva a que existan clasificaciones de revistas y que las personas autoras se interesen en publicar en función del puntaje para el desarrollo de la carrera académica y de investigación. Metodológicamente se revisaron los reglamentos vigentes de dicha clasificación y calificación de investigadores, así como las características que debe tener una revista para incluirse en los mismos, para luego examinar el portal de ISSN y comparar la lista de revistas científicas registradas de manera que pueda observarse qué porcentaje de esas revistas se consideran para las clasificaciones vigentes. Se concluye que existe un alto porcentaje de revistas peruanas relegadas o fuera del sistema de clasificación, lo que hace que el proceso de crecimiento se vuelva complicado, haciendo el camino de la indexación más tormentoso para los equipos editoriales. Es necesario trabajar por el desarrollo de ciencia nueva y eso involucra dar la oportunidad a estas revistas para seguir avanzando en los procesos de gestión editorial.
This article aims to examine the valuation given to Peruvian scientific journals according to current regulations related to science and technology, which leads to the existence of journal classifications and that authors are interested in publishing based on the score for academic and research career development. Methodologically, the current regulations of said classification and qualification of researchers will be reviewed, as well as the characteristics that a journal must have to be included in them, to later examine the ISSN portal and compare the list of registered scientific journals so that it can be observed which percentage of those journals are considered for current rankings. It is concluded that there is a high percentage of peruvian journals relegated or outside the classification system, which makes the growth process complicated, making the path of indexing harder for editorial teams. It is necessary to work for the development of new science and that involves giving these journals the opportunity to continue advancing in editorial management processes.
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Quality of the journal is very important while selecting a journal for publication. One of the criteria is to check indexing status of the journal in good manuscript indexing databases. This article describes simple method to check indexing status of any journal on the internet. Author can use this method to check in-dexing status of the journal before submission of their article.
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ABSTRACT Purpose: This study was conducted to analyze the profile and publication rate of abstracts in indexed journals presented in the cornea section at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting and to further identify potential predictive factors for better outcomes. Methods: Abstracts accepted for presentation at the 2013 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in the cornea section were sought via PubMed and Scopus to identify whether they had been published as full-text manuscripts. First author's name, time of publication, journal's name, and impact factor were recorded. A multivariate regression was performed to explore the association between variables and both the likelihood of publication and the journal's impact factor. A Kaplan-Meier analysis was performed to evaluate the time course of publication of abstracts. Results: Of the 939 analyzed abstracts, 360 (38.3%) were published in journals with a median impact factor of 3.4. The median time interval between abstract submission and article publication was 22 months. The multivariate analysis revealed that abstracts were more likely to be published if they were funded (OR=1.482, p=0.005), had a control group (OR=1.511, p=0.016), and had a basic science research scope (OR=1.388, p=0.020). The journal's impact factor was higher in funded studies (β=0.163, p=0.002) but lower in multicenter studies (β=-0.170, p=0.001). The Kaplan-Meier analyses revealed significant differences in the publication time distribution for basic science vs clinical abstracts (χ2=7.636), controlled vs uncontrolled studies (χ2=6.921), and funded vs unfunded research (χ2=13.892) (p<0.05). Conclusion: Almost 40% of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology abstracts were published within 5 years from submission. Funding support, basic research scope, and controlled design were the determinants of better outcomes of publication.(AU)
RESUMO Objetivo: Analisar o perfil e a taxa de publicação em periódicos indexados de resumos apresentados na seção de córnea da reunião anual da Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology - ARVO, para identificar potenciais fatores preditivos com objetivo de obter melhores resultados. Métodos: Artigos que foram aceitos para apresentação no encontro anual da Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology - ARVO 2013 na seção de córnea foram pesquisados via PubMed e Scopus para identificar se haviam sido publicados como manuscritos com texto integral. Nome do primeiro autor, data de publicação, nome da revista e fator de impacto foram registrados. Foi feita uma regressão multivariada para estabelecer uma associação entre as variáveis e a chance de publicação e o fator de impacto da revista. Foi utilizado o método Kaplan-Meier para analisar o tempo da apresentação até a publicação dos artigos. Resultados: Dos 939 artigos analisados, 360 (38.3%) foram publicados em revistas com um fator de impacto médio de 3.4. O intervalo de tempo entre a submissão do resumo e a publicação do artigo teve como mediana 22 meses. Na análise multivariada, resumos tinham mais chance de publicação se tinham algum tipo de financiamento (OR=1.482, p=0.005), tinham grupo controle (OR=1.511, p=0.016) e estavam no âmbito da pesquisa científica básica (OR+1.388, p=0.020). O fator de impacto da revista era maior em estudos financiados (β=0.163, p=0.002) e mais baixo naqueles multicêntricos (β=-0.170, p=0.001). A análise Kaplan-Meier mostrou diferenças significativas na distribuição de tempo até a publicação de resumos de ciência básica vs clínicos (χ2=7.636), com grupo controle vs sem grupo controle (χ2=6.921) e financiados vs não financiados (χ2=13.892) (p<0.05). Conclusão: Aproximadamente 40% dos resumos apresentados no encontro da Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology - ARVO foram publicados dentro de 5 anos da submissão. Financiamento, pesquisa no âmbito da ciência básica e presença de grupo controle foram fatores determinantes para melhores resultados em relação à chance de publicação.(AU)
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Publications/statistics & numerical data , Bibliometrics , Cornea , Abstracting and Indexing , Meeting AbstractABSTRACT
O objetivo deste texto é descrever e discutir a experiência de cooperação entre o Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea) e o Centro Latino-Americano e do Caribe de Informação em Ciências da Saúde (Bireme) para a interoperabilidade de seus sistemas de informação, com vistas à indexação da produção em saúde do Ipea às bases de dados de literatura científica mantidas pela Bireme, fomentando assim a disseminação do conhecimento produzido pelo instituto nesta área. Conclui-se, a partir da análise desta iniciativa, que o seu sucesso é devido ao comprometimento das equipes, as quais conformaram acordos de cooperação nos níveis técnico, de conteúdo e organizacional, requisitos estes apontados pela literatura científica sobre o assunto como determinantes para seu êxito.
The aim of this paper is to describe and discuss the experience of cooperation between the Institute of Applied Economic Research (Ipea) and the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (Bireme) for the interoperability of their information systems, to index the health production of Ipea to the databases of scientific literature maintained by Bireme, thus promoting the dissemination of the knowledge produced by the institute in this area. It is concluded, from the analysis of this initiative, that its success is due to the commitment of the teams, which formed cooperation agreements at the technical, content and organizational levels, requirements that are pointed out by the scientific literature on the subject as determinants for its success.
El objetivo de este documento es describir y discutir la experiencia de cooperación entre el Instituto de Investigación Económica Aplicada (IPEA) y el Centro Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Información en Ciencias de la Salud (Bireme) para la interoperabilidad de sus sistemas de información, con el objetivo de indexar la producción de salud de Ipea a las bases de datos de literatura científica mantenidas por Bireme, promoviendo así la difusión del conocimiento producido por el instituto en esta área. Se concluye, a partir del análisis de esta iniciativa, que su éxito se debe al compromiso de los equipos, que formaron acuerdos de cooperación a nivel técnico, de contenido y organizacional, requisitos que la literatura científica señala sobre el tema como determinantes para su éxito.
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Technical Cooperation , LILACS/standards , Health Information Interoperability , Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information , MetadataABSTRACT
Bibliometrics is the use of statistical methods for analysing books, articles, and other publications. It is useful to analyse the research impact, assess the quality of research using quantitative and qualitative measures, describe patterns of publication, determine the influence of writers, describe the relationship between different writers or researches. This study was conducted to evalute the number and trends of materials affiliated to Health Sciences University published in Web of Science indexed journals.METHODSThis was a retrospective observational study. The Web of Science database was accessed through institutional Login and all published materials affiliated to Health Sciences University were searched. The file of all searched materials was exported in BibTex format, which was fed to R-Studio Application after installing the Bibliometrics package. Imported data was downloaded and bibliographic data frame was created. Basic information of publications was recorded including the number of citations, citation density, journals, publication year, authors, institution and country of origin. Results were summarized using descriptive statistics.RESULTSBibliometric analysis of publications affiliated to Health Sciences University between 2017 to 2019 generated a list of 182 articles from 75 sources which included 180 Journal Articles and 2 articles in Book Chapters. Highest number of publications were 82 in the year 2019 followed by 51 in 2017 and 49 in 2018. The Annual Percentage Growth Rate of Scientific Productions was 26.8. The publications showed total 2170 authors of which 09 were authors of ‘single-authored documents’ and 2163 were authors of ‘multi-authored documents’. The Collaboration Index of all published materials was 12.5.CONCLUSIONSThis analysis reflects on the historical perspectives of Health Sciences University publications and its progress in Web of Science indexed Scientific Medical Literature database.
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RESUMO Esse texto teve como objetivo apresentar caminhos para que o meio editorial em saúde coletiva incremente a visibilidade das revistas brasileiras no exterior. Sinteticamente, essas medidas são: publicação dos artigos em inglês; indexação dos periódicos nas principais bases de dados internacionais (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science etc.); inclusão das revistas nos repositórios on-line internacionais (SciELO, PMC, Europe PMC etc.); adoção de sistema de gestão editorial em inglês, permitindo a comunicação entre autores, editores e revisores de diferentes países; adoção de licença de direitos de cópia, permitindo a divulgação dos artigos publicados em repositórios individuais e institucionais. Muitas dessas sugestões já vêm sendo implantadas, e várias revistas no Brasil já avançaram no trajeto assinalado. Essas diretrizes implicam custos adicionais e empenho editorial. A produção de uma revista científica com impacto internacional não deveria ser responsabilidade apenas dos editores e dos autores. É fundamental que as agências de fomento à pesquisa criem fontes sustentáveis de financiamento e de internacionalização para as revistas brasileiras de reconhecido mérito.
ABSTRACT The objective of this text was to explore how public health journals edited in Brazil can increase their international impact. Synthetically, the following measures were proposed: the publication of articles in English; the indexing of journals in the leading international databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science etc.); the inclusion of journals in international online repositories (SciELO, PMC, Europe PMC etc.); the adoption of editorial a management system allowing for the communication in English between authors, editors and reviewers from different countries; the adoption of copyrights allowing for free access of the articles, and their distribution in individual and institutional repositories. Several journals in Brazil have already implemented many of these suggestions. These guidelines imply additional costs and editorial commitment. The production of a scientific journal with international impact should not be the responsibility of editors and authors alone. Governmental agencies for funding research should provide sustainable sources to support the internationalization of Brazilian journals with recognized merit.
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Resumen El TECMH ofrecerá a la comunidad científica léxicos documentales especializados y normalizados en lengua española, para mitigar su carencia en el área de las Ciencias del Movimiento Humano; en consecuencia, su objetivo es servir como un instrumento necesario para la asignación de términos normalizados durante el proceso de indización de la documentación técnica de las Ciencias del Movimiento Humano. El cuestionario, la observación y el análisis de contenido, distribuidos en siete herramientas, son técnicas que se aplicaron como metodología que permitieron la construcción del tesauro. Para demostrar el resultado final, su clase temática es: "Ciencias del Movimiento Humano", conformado por dieciséis diferentes categorías temáticas, para un total de 3.873 descriptores. En conclusión, el tesauro proporcionará descriptores normalizados, facilitará el proceso de indización de la producción documental en los centros documentales y apoyará la investigación en esta área.
Abstract The TECMH (Spanish acronym) will offer to the scientific community, specialized documentary lexicons and standardized in Spanish language, relieve this lack [of instruments] in the Human Sciences Movement field that exists today; its target is to provide the necessary instrument for the assignment of standardized terms, during the process of indexing the technical documentation of the Human Sciences Movement. The questionnaire, observation, and content analysis, distributed in seven tools, are techniques that were the applied methodology that allowed the construction of the thesaurus. To demonstrated the final outcome, its thematic class is "Human Sciences Movement", conformed by sixteen different thematic categories, for a total of 3873 descriptors. In conclusion, the thesaurus will provide standard descriptors, ease the process of indexing documentary production in documentary centers, and supports research in this field.
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Subject Headings , Vocabulary, Controlled , Documentation , Abstracting and Indexing , Motion , Internet AccessABSTRACT
Resumen El presente estudio caracterizó la producción de la revista Diversitas: perspectivas en psicología, lo cual resulta pertinente por cuanto se convierte en un elemento de direccionamiento estratégico y un recurso de información para los índices de citación en los cuales la revista busca ingresar. La metodología correspondió primero, a un análisis bibliométrico de 11 años de la revista y segundo, descriptivo longitudinal y retrospectivo para 12 años un período entre el 2005 y el 2016. El procesamiento de la información se llevó a cabo por medio de una base de datos en Excel y el análisis a través del SPAD. Todos los artículos de la revista (284) corresponden a la población objeto de estudio desde su inicio hasta nuestros días. Se Identificaron variables como autores, redes de colaboración, áreas y tendencias temáticas, países, instituciones, usos de la revista (descargas por países y citas recibidas); y esto permitió mapear la publicación y proyectar las acciones necesarias para mejorar la visibilidad, la cobertura y la calidad de la revista.
Abstract This work describes the production of Diversitas: Perspectives in Psychology in order to provide tools for strategic planning and an information resource for citation analyses. We performed a bibliometric analysis of eleven years of material, and a descriptive longitudinal retrospective design for 12 years from 2005 and 2016. Information was poured into an Excel database and analyzed with SPAD. The population was 284 articles, and the extracted data were, among others, authors, collaboration networks, areas, topics, countries, institutions, downloads and citations. This led to a complete publication map and to the formulation of actions geared towards increasing visibility, coverage and quality.
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Este artículo analiza 4459 revistas de ciencias sociales y humanidades de Argentina y Brasil con el fin de detectar segmentaciones en la circulación asociadas a su adscripción disciplinar, su acceso-visibilidad y su entramado político-institucional. El concepto de circuitos de publicación es propuesto como herramienta analítica para avanzar más allá de la lógica de la indexación y complejizar las referencias que asocian "excelencia" a una revista científica a partir de su inclusión en determinadas bases y repositorios. La información procesada indica una fuerte segmentación entre circuitos locales, con una mayoritaria cantidad de revistas editadas en papel, de escasa visibilidad y publicadas por universidades tradicionales, un pequeño número insertas en circuitos de la corriente principal y de acceso restringido y, finalmente, otro gran grupo caracterizado por el acceso abierto de circulación regional.
Este artigo analisa 4.459 revistas de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Argentina e do Brasil, no intuito de detectar segmentações na circulação associada às respectivas filiação disciplinar, acessibilidade e visibilidade, assim como ao seu enquadramento político-institucional. O conceito de circuitos de publicação é proposto como ferramenta analítica para se avançar além da lógica da indexação e complexificar as referências que associam a "excelência" a uma revista científica, a partir da sua inclusão em determinados bancos de dados e repositórios. A informação processada indica forte segmentação entre os circuitos locais, com uma maioria de publicações impressas de visibilidade reduzida e publicados por universidades tradicionais, um pequeno número inserido em circuitos da corrente principal de acesso restrito, além de, finalmente, outro grande grupo caracterizado pelo acesso aberto em circulação regional.
The following article analyzes 4,459 social sciences and humanities journals in Argentina and Brazil in order to detect segmentation in circulation associated with their disciplinary affiliation, accessibility-visibility and their political-institutional framework. The concept of publication circuits is proposed as a tool of analysis for advancing beyond the logic of indexing and to problematize references associating "excellence" with a particular scientific journal based on its inclusion in certain databases and repositories. The information processed indicates strong segmentation among local circuits, with most journals of scant visibility and published by traditional universities in paper format, a small number of limited access inserted in mainstream circuits, and finally, another large group characterized by easy access and regional circulation.
Cet article analyse 4 459 revues de sciences sociales et humaines de l'Argentine et du Brésil en vue de détecter des segmentations de la circulation associées à leur affiliation disciplinaire, leur accessibilité-visibilité et leur cadre politico-institutionnelle. Le concept de circuits de publication est proposé en tant qu'outil analytique pour dépasser la logique de l'indexation et mettre en perspective les références associant "l'excellence" d'une revue spécifique à son inclusion dans des bases de données déterminées. Les informations recueillies nous ont indiqué une forte segmentation entre les circuits locaux (avec une majorité d'éditions papier à faible visibilité publiées par les universités traditionnelles), un petit nombre de revues à l'accès restreint insérées dans les circuits principaux, et finalement, un autre grand groupe caractérisé par un accès ouvert et une circulation régionale.
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Humans , Access to Information , Periodicals as Topic , Abstracting and Indexing , HumanitiesABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: In 1997 the Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors (KAMJE) instituted a program to evaluate member journals. Journals that passed the initial evaluation were indexed in the KoreaMed. Here, we report changes in measures of quality of the KAMJE member journals during the last 20 years. METHODS: Quality measures used in the study comprised 3 assessment categories; self-assessment by journal editors, assessment of the journals by KAMJE reviewers, and by Korean health science librarians. Each used detailed criteria to score the journals on a scale of 0 to 5 or 6 in multiple dimensions. We compared scores at baseline evaluation and those after 7 years for 129 journals and compared improvements in journals indexed vs. not-indexed by the Web of Science (Science Citation Index Expanded; SCIE). RESULTS: Among 251 KAMJE member journals at the end of 2015, 227 passed evaluation criteria and 129 (56%) had both baseline and 7-year follow-up assessment data. The journals showed improvement overall (increase in median [interquartile range; IQR] score from baseline, 0.47 [0.64]; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.44–0.61; P < 0.001) and within each category (median [IQR] increase by editor's assessment, 0.17 [0.83]; 95% CI, 0.04–0.26; P = 0.007; by reviewer's, 0.45 [1.00]; 95% CI, 0.29–0.57; P < 0.001; by librarian's, 1.75 [1.08]; 95% CI, 1.77–2.18, P < 0.001). Before the foundation of KAMJE in 1996, there were only 5 Korean medical journals indexed in the MEDLINE and none in SCIE, but 24 journals in the MEDLINE and 34 journals in SCIE were indexed by 2016. CONCLUSION: The KAMJE journal evaluation program successfully contributes improving the quality of the member journals.
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Humans , Follow-Up Studies , Librarians , Self-AssessmentABSTRACT
n este ensayo se analizan los Sistemas para la Organización del Conocimiento (SOC) con el objetivo de establecer su definición y la forma en que evolucionó históricamente. Se propone que los SOC son fundamentales en la bibliotecología, en tanto que estandarizan los procesos ordenadores y posibilitan el efectivo rescate de la información. Se determina que: (1) en la parte conceptual confluyen diversos conceptos de SOC, (2) su evolución histórica está asociada a visiones interdisciplinarias (epistemología, ciencias cognitivas, bibliotecología, ciencias computacionales), (3) históricamente, han pasado por diversas etapas, asociadas a los paradigmas organizadores imperantes y, (4) actualmente, están en un proceso de ajuste a contextos digitales asociados a la Web 2.0, la Web Semántica y el Linked Data. Finalmente, puede concluirse que el estudio teórico de los SOC es importante, ya que contribuye a una mejor planeación de las aplicaciones prácticas que éstos pueden tener en la organización de recursos de información.
his essay analyzes Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) with the aim to establish its concept and historical evolution. It proposes that KOS are essential in library science because standardizes the ordering process and enable an effective information retrieval. It determines that: (1) in the conceptual facet converges many concepts of KOS, (2) their historical evolution is associated with interdisciplinary visions (epistemology, cognitive sciences, library science, computer science), (3) along the time, have gone through various stages, associated with prevailing organizers paradigms and, (4) currently, KOS are in a process of adjustment to digital contexts: associated with the Web 2.0, Semantic Web and Linked Data. Finally, it concludes that the theoretical study about the KOS is important because it contributes to a better planning of the practical applications that it may have in the organization of information resources.
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@#<p>After six years of continuous, regular and timely publication of high quality endocrinology articles from the Southeast Asian region, we are pleased to announce that JAFES is now indexed in Scopus, one of the largest abstract and citation databases of peer-reviewed literature. Along with our efforts of adopting international standards, shifting to 100% open access, and using technologies such as our Open Journal Systems-based website, CrossRef digital object identifiers for all published articles, and Similarity Check for plagiarism detection, our being indexed is aligned with the goal to make scientific output from the region global.</p>
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ABSTRACT In photography, face recognition and face retrieval play an important role in many applications such as security, criminology and image forensics. Advancements in face recognition make easier for identity matching of an individual with attributes. Latest development in computer vision technologies enables us to extract facial attributes from the input image and provide similar image results. In this paper, we propose a novel LOP and sparse codewords method to provide similar matching results with respect to input query image. To improve accuracy in image results with input image and dynamic facial attributes, Local octal pattern algorithm [LOP] and Sparse codeword applied in offline and online. The offline and online procedures in face image binning techniques apply with sparse code. Experimental results with Pubfig dataset shows that the proposed LOP along with sparse codewords able to provide matching results with increased accuracy of 90%.
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Indexation status matters for scholarly journal prestige and trust. The performance of Malaysian medical journals at the international level is gauged through the global citation databases, and at the national level through MyCite, a national citation indexing system. The performance indicators include journals publication productivity, the citations they garner, and their scores on other bibliometric indices such as journal impact factor (IF), and h-index. There is a growing consciousness amongst journal editorials to improve quality and increase chances of getting indexed inMyCite. Althoughitisnow possible to gauge journal performance withinMalaysia,throughMyCite, the government and public are concerned about journal performance in international databases. Knowing the performance of journals in MyCite will help the editors and publishers to improve the quality and visibility of Malaysian journals and strategise to bring their journal to the international level of indexation.
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Specialist bibliographic databases offer essential online tools for researchers and authors who work on specific subjects and perform comprehensive and systematic syntheses of evidence. This article presents examples of the established specialist databases, which may be of interest to those engaged in multidisciplinary science communication. Access to most specialist databases is through subscription schemes and membership in professional associations. Several aggregators of information and database vendors, such as EBSCOhost and ProQuest, facilitate advanced searches supported by specialist keyword thesauri. Searches of items through specialist databases are complementary to those through multidisciplinary research platforms, such as PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. Familiarizing with the functional characteristics of biomedical and nonbiomedical bibliographic search tools is mandatory for researchers, authors, editors, and publishers. The database users are offered updates of the indexed journal lists, abstracts, author profiles, and links to other metadata. Editors and publishers may find particularly useful source selection criteria and apply for coverage of their peer-reviewed journals and grey literature sources. These criteria are aimed at accepting relevant sources with established editorial policies and quality controls.