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Zootaxa 20th Anniversary Celebration: Insect Order Thysanoptera

Mound LA, Cavalleri A

Zootaxa, 2021 May 28;4979(1):224225.

PMID: 34187000 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4979.1.23

Although the first issue of Zootaxa appeared in 2001 it was not until two years later, in August 2003, that this aspiring and inspiring new journal issued the first paper on the insect Order Thysanoptera, in Volume 268. Moreover, it was not until February 2005 that the second paper concerning this group appeared in Zootaxa. The subsequent expansion is summarized most succinctly by the number of Thysanoptera papers that appeared in Zootaxa in each of the four five-year periods of these two decades: 5; 40; 92; 134 (see Table 1). The 270 papers concerning this group of insects that appeared in Zootaxa over the 20-year period involved more than 120 authors. These papers were submitted by workers from about 30 different countries, but most of them were from areas of high but previously unexplored species diversity, particularly Australia, Brazil, China, India, Iran, Japan and Malaysia. However, significant contributions were submitted from the far north, including Poland and Russia, as well as the far south, such as Argentina and New Zealand. One reason for the popularity of Zootaxa amongst workers on thrips is presumably the knowledge that this section is edited by two active students of these insects. The editors are pleased to have rejected no more than five papers over these two decades, but they provide much help to authors in shaping manuscripts to ensure that the submitted information is both appropriate, scientifically correct, novel and clearly expressed. Moreover, the journal ensures that manuscripts are published very quickly, usually within four weeks of acceptance by the editors. For the readers a further advantage of Zootaxa is that just over 50% of the published articles on Thysanoptera are freely available on the web, as authors have arranged for Open Access. The thrips publications issued in Zootaxa have included descriptions of 563 new species and 41 new genera of Thysanoptera. These new species represent 9% of the 6300 valid extant species currently listed in this Order, and the new genera represent 5% of the 780 currently recognized genera (ThripsWiki 2021). Many of the publications are only of one or two pages and are issued as Correspondence. Each of these deals with a single new species, or a previously unknown male of a species, or some new and particularly unusual record for a country or host plant. At the opposite extreme are the Monographs that involve revisions of all of the species in a genus, such as the 60 species recognised in the South American genus Holopothrips, or the 30 species known in the worldwide genus Mycterothrips. Others provide illustrated keys to large numbers of genera, such as the 100 genera of Phlaeothripinae that have been recorded from South East Asia. Such extensive studies provide the factual resource on which many of the Articles published in Zootaxa are based. These Articles range from taxonomic revisions of small genera, or of the species found in particular geographic areas, through studies on character state variation and homologies, to historical accounts and catalogues. The very considerable increase in information in recent years about the taxonomic and biological diversity of this group of insects (Mound Hastenpflug-Vesmanis2021) owes much to the existence of the journal Zootaxa.

Matched MeSH terms: Periodicals as Topic

Fulltext Travel medicine research in the new millennium: A bibliometric analysis of articles published in Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2003-2019

Oh KE, Flaherty GT

Travel Med Infect Dis, 2020 01 01;33:101549.

PMID: 31901399 DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2019.101549

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Fulltext Bibliometric analysis of adverse drug reactions and pharmacovigilance research activities in Nepal

Shrestha S, Danekhu K, Kc B, Palaian S, Ibrahim MIM

Ther Adv Drug Saf, 2020;11:2042098620922480.

PMID: 32587678 DOI: 10.1177/2042098620922480

Background: Bibliometric analyses have been used previously to study the measures of quality and impact of research performed in several health-related areas such as adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and pharmacovigilance (PV), etc. This method can assess the research performance of publications quantitatively and statistically. There is no evidence of bibilometric studies analyzing ADRs and PV from Nepal. Therefore, the present study aimed to assess scientific output on ADRs and PV-related research activities in Nepal using a bibliometric analysis of publications from 2004 January to December 2018, that is, 15 years.

Methods: A systematic search was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Scopus and Nepal Journal Online (NepJOL) databases. 'Adverse Drug Reactions' or 'ADRs' or 'ADR' or 'Adverse drug reaction' or 'AE' or 'Adverse Event' or 'Drug-Induced Reaction' or 'Pharmacovigilance' or 'PV' and 'Nepal'. The search covered 15 years (January 2004 to December 2018) of study on ADRs and PV in Nepal. Only articles retrieved from databases were included, whereas published/unpublished drug bulletins, pharmacy newsletters and thesis were excluded. The articles thus retrieved were recorded, and thereafter analyzed. Word count code was used for the analysis of keywords used in the retrieved articles.

Results: A total of 124 articles were retrieved, with the highest rate of publications in 2006 and 2007, with 16 papers each. Among the articles, 10 (8.1%) were published in Kathmandu University Medical Journal (KUMJ). Single papers were published in 38 different journals. Brief reports (1.6%), case reports (31.2%), case series (0.8%), education forums (0.8%), letters to the editor (5.6%), original research articles (41.9%), review articles (9.7%), short communications and short reports (8.1%) on ADRs and PV were recorded. Out of 124 papers, 52 (41.9%) were original research publications. The majority (74.1%) of research was done in the category of ADR incidence, types, prevention, and management, followed by policy and suggestions for strengthening national and regional pharmacovigilance centers of Nepal (14.5%).

Conclusions: During the study years, there was an increase in scientific publications on drug safety. A total of 124 published articles were found during bibliometric analysis of ADRs and PV research activities in Nepal.

Matched MeSH terms: Periodicals as Topic

First predatory journals, now conferences: The need to establish lists of fake conferences

Sonne C, Ok YS, Lam SS, Rinklebe J, Alstrup AKO, Kim KH

Sci Total Environ, 2020 May 01;715:136990.

PMID: 32014787 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136990

Science of the Total Environment recently discussed how open access and predatory journals affect the flow of scientific knowledge in an unfortunate way. Now, South Korea's Ministry of Education is intervening to establish a system that will help its researchers avoid the growing global number of fake conferences of low academic and scientific merit. Here, we discuss solutions to this problem with respect to what is needed. Particularly, a list similar to that of Beall's for predatory conferences, without restricting researchers' academic freedom.

Matched MeSH terms: Periodicals as Topic

Fulltext The e-mjm goes LIVE to PubMed

Lim KG

Med J Malaysia, 2013 Jun;68(3):195-4.

PMID: 23749005

Matched MeSH terms: Periodicals as Topic

Fulltext Evidence-based medicine, Cochrane reviews and open-access journals

Pitak-Arnnop P, Dhanuthai K, Hemprich A, Pausch NC

Med J Malaysia, 2012 Apr;67(2):232-3.

PMID: 22822656

Matched MeSH terms: Periodicals as Topic*

Fulltext Publication productivity and citation analysis of the Medical Journal of Malaysia: 2004 - 2008

Sanni SA, Zainab AN

Med J Malaysia, 2012 Feb;67(1):52-9.

PMID: 22582549

We analysed 580 articles (original articles only) published in Medical Journal of Malaysia between 2004 and 2008, the resources referenced by the articles and the citations and impact received. Our aim was to examine article and author productivity, the age of references used and impact of the journal. Publication data was obtained from MyAIS database and Google Scholar provided the citation data. From the 580 articles analyzed, contributors mainly come from the hospitals, universities and clinics. Contributions from foreign authors are low. The useful lives of references cited were between 3 to 11 years. ISI derived Impact factor for MJM ranged between 0.378 to 0.616. Journal self-citation is low. Out of the 580 sampled articles, 76.8% have been cited at least once over the 5 years and the ratio of total publications to citations is 1: 2.6.

Matched MeSH terms: Periodicals as Topic/standards; Periodicals as Topic/statistics & numerical data*

Fulltext Staying relevant

Lim KG

Med J Malaysia, 2012 Feb;67(1):1-2.

PMID: 22582539

Matched MeSH terms: Periodicals as Topic/statistics & numerical data*

Fulltext The Medical Journal of Malaysia: its history and its mission

Lim KG

Med J Malaysia, 2011 Aug;66(3):173-4.

PMID: 22111434

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Fulltext Introducing a new series of invited review articles

Lim KG

Med J Malaysia, 2008 Dec;63(5):353.

PMID: 19803288

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Fulltext Critical appraisal of the medical research literature

Ariff KM

Med J Malaysia, 1998 Sep;53(3):313-8; quiz 319-20.

PMID: 10968175

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Fulltext Postal surveys: a review of articles published in the Medical Journal of Malaysia between 1991-2000

Yeap JS, Hon SK, Yeap JK

Med J Malaysia, 2002 Mar;57(1):31-5.

PMID: 14569715

Postal surveys are becoming an increasingly popular method of conducting research in Malaysia. However, the response rates from these surveys have not been well studied. All postal surveys published in the Medical Journal of Malaysia between 1991-2000 were therefore reviewed to provide an overview of the response rates that may be expected, and to assess if this is a valid method of conducting research here. The response rates of postal surveys ranged from 30-87.5%. Seven of 13 postal surveys (54%) had a response rate of less than 50% and only 2 of 13 (15.4%) had a response rate of more than 70%, raising doubts on the use of postal surveys as a research tool.

Matched MeSH terms: Periodicals as Topic*

Fulltext A short history of the Medical Journal of Malaysia

Lim VKE

Med J Malaysia, 1995 May;50 Suppl A:S11-3.

PMID: 10968006

Matched MeSH terms: Periodicals as Topic/history*

Fulltext For one crowded hour of glorious life

Abdul Kadir AH

Med J Malaysia, 1986 Sep;41(3):186-8.

PMID: 3670134

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Writing Articles on Continuing Medical Education for Medical Journals

Sivalingam N, Rampal L

Med J Malaysia, 2021 03;76(2):119-124.

PMID: 33742616

Sharing of knowledge through Continuing Medical Education (CME) contribute immensely to professional development of skills in clinical medical practice. Thus, the writing of CME articles should adopt an approach that addresses the needs of the readers by attempting to fill gaps in their knowledge, skills, and ethics about clinical care. As such CME articles should be comprehensive and focused on specific areas. The specific learning outcomes should be well defined. In designing and development of such articles, pedagogic principles are to be borne in mind. In this article we outline a guide to writing a CME article, incorporating both the principles of instructional design and directed selflearning. The ideal CME articles will transit through multimedia-enhanced interactive online learning, with greater use of connectivity through the internet. Synchronous and asynchronous learning is in greater need, as distance and online learning are increasingly popular. Authors of CME articles will need to eventually design CME articles to be interactive, enriched with multimedia to engage their readers. Lesson plans employing instructional design principles should aim to promote both instructions for learning and formative assessment ensuring learning have taken place, and outcomes have been achieved. This article describes on how to write effective CME articles for medical journals.

Matched MeSH terms: Periodicals as Topic

A review of heart valve disease research in Malaysia

Khoo PLZ, Poon JS, Tan GJS, Yahya A, Chan KMJ

Med J Malaysia, 2020 11;75(6):722-730.

PMID: 33219184

INTRODUCTION: Heart valve disease comprises a cluster of conditions affecting the aortic, mitral, pulmonary and tricuspid valves. This paper reviews all the research on heart valve disease in Malaysia published between the years 2000- 2016.

METHODS: The methodology was based on the search process described in the paper, "Bibliography of clinical research in Malaysia: methods and brief results". The search databases included PubMed, Scopus and several Malaysian journals such as MyJurnal and UKM Journal Repository, by using the following keywords: (heart valve disease OR infective endocarditis OR rheumatic heart disease) and (Malaysia).

RESULTS: In all 94 papers were identified of which 39 papers were selected and reviewed on the basis of their relevance. The local studies contributed to the knowledge and understanding of the epidemiology, aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentations, investigations, treatment, and outcomes of heart valve disease in the country.

DISCUSSION: The clinical relevance of the studies performed in the country is discussed along with recommendations for future research.

Matched MeSH terms: Periodicals as Topic

Fulltext Scientific misconduct encountered by APAME journals: an online survey

Looi LM, Wong LX, Koh CC

Malays J Pathol, 2015 Dec;37(3):213-8.

PMID: 26712665 MyJurnal

In June 2015, invitations were sent by email to 151 APAME journals to participate in an online survey with an objective of gaining insight into the common publication misconduct encountered by APAME editors. The survey, conducted through SurveyMonkey over a 20-day-period, comprised 10 questions with expansions to allow anecdotes limited to 400 characters, estimated to take less than 10 minutes to complete. Only one invitation was issued per journal, targeting (in order of priority) editors, editorial board members and editorial staff, and limited by email availability. 54 (36%) journals responded. 98% of respondents held Editor or Editorial Board positions. All respondent journals have editorial policies on publication ethics and 96% provide instructions related to ethics. 45% use anti-plagiarism software to screen manuscripts, the most popular being iThenticate, CrossCheck and Turnitin. Up to 50% of journals had encountered studies without IRB approval. Author misconduct encountered were (in rank order): plagiarism (75%), duplicate publication (58%), unjustified authorship (39%), authorship disputes (33%), data falsification (29%), data/image manipulation (27%), conflict of interest (25%), copyright violation (17%) and breach of confidentiality (10%). Reviewer misconduct encountered were: conflict of interest (19%), plagiarism (17%), obstructive behavior (17%), abusive language (13%) and breach of confidentiality (13%). Notwithstanding the limitations of the survey and the response rate, a few insights have been gained: (1) the need for strengthening the ethical culture of researchers/authors and reviewers, (2) anti-plagiarism software can improve plagiarism detection by about 15%, and (3) the need for technical support to detect plagiarism, duplicate publication and image manipulation.

Matched MeSH terms: Periodicals as Topic/ethics*

Fulltext The Malaysian Journal of Pathology - moving forward

Looi LM

Malays J Pathol, 2014 Apr;36(1):1.

PMID: 24763229

Matched MeSH terms: Periodicals as Topic/trends*

Fulltext Response: Scientific misconduct encountered by APAME journals: insight?

Looi LM, Wong LX, Koh CC

Malays J Pathol, 2016 Apr;38(1):73.

PMID: 27126670

Matched MeSH terms: Periodicals as Topic/ethics*

Malaysian pathology spreading its canopy