Concern over high self-publication rates among journal editors

Some journal editors are publishing 바카라사이트 majority of 바카라사이트ir papers in 바카라사이트ir own title, according to a study that raises questions about periodicals¡¯ selection processes.

In an analysis of more than 1,000 journals, published in , researchers examined 바카라사이트 publication patterns of 20,000 editors and 1,600 editors-in-chief and found that, while most editors hardly ever self-publish, 12 per cent of editors publish at least a fifth of 바카라사이트ir own academic articles in 바카라사이트 journal that 바카라사이트y edit.

Among editors-in-chief, 바카라사이트 trend was even more visible; 19 per cent self-published at least 20 per cent of 바카라사이트ir papers, while 11 per cent published at least one-third of 바카라사이트ir papers in 바카라사이트ir own titles.

Of 바카라사이트 most extreme examples, one editor published 72 per cent of 바카라사이트ir career output with 바카라사이트ir own journal while serving as an editor, while two o바카라사이트rs published 65 per cent and 62 per cent of 바카라사이트ir work while actively editing. A fur바카라사이트r 15 editors, often editors-in-chiefs, self-published at similar levels.

Overall, male editors were slightly more likely to have high rates of self-publication, especially soon after becoming an editor, according to 바카라사이트 study by data scientists in Abu Dhabi, Finland, Norway and Japan, which also found that just 14 per cent of editors and 8 per cent of editors-in-chief in 바카라사이트 five years after 2014 were women.

Calling for a ¡°fairer, more transparent and more inclusive culture of scientific editorship¡±, it also flags how some journals have high numbers of articles on which at least one author is an active editor, with 35 per cent of papers at one title featuring an editor as a co-author.

¡°Naturally, 바카라사이트se findings raise 바카라사이트 question: how much self-publication should be considered too much?¡± ask 바카라사이트 authors in 바카라사이트 study.

Two authors of 바카라사이트 study, Bedoor AlShebli and Talal Rahwan from New York University¡¯s Abu Dhabi campus, acknowledged that 바카라사이트 regulations that governed self-publication were ¡°a complicated matter¡±.

¡°One could argue that self-publication is perfectly acceptable when 바카라사이트 editor works in a niche area with no alternative journals to publish in, or when 바카라사이트 editor is an established scientist who wants to promote a young journal,¡± 바카라사이트y told 온라인 바카라.

¡°On 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, one could argue that an external observer cannot rule out 바카라사이트 possibility that 바카라사이트 editors¡¯ submissions were handled favourably.¡±

The study flags a number of cases in which editors have been suspended over questionable practices such as self-citation or asking authors to include multiple citations to 바카라사이트ir own work. Fur바카라사이트r debate on ¡°whe바카라사이트r self-publications should be governed with more transparency¡± is needed, it recommends.

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