There are too many medical physics journals!

Caon, Martin

doi:10.1007/s13246-016-0485-3

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“…If only a fraction of the journals (≈20%) were OA, nobody would have any concern. But too many OA journals in the field have significantly reduced publication opportunities for researchers, especially those from LMICs 17 . For example, as stated previously, the conversion of JACMP to an OA journal diminished the number of publications from one LMIC (India) by six fold.…”

Section: Rebuttal: Biplab Sarkar Phdmentioning

confidence: 93%

The open access financial model hinders the growth of medical physics research in low‐ and middle‐income countries

Sarkar

Wáng

Cai³

2020

Medical Physics

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Publishing papers in journals has long been an important way to exchange ideas and propagate knowledge. Recently, open access (OA) journals have gained growing attention as they provide greater accessibility to a wider guidance. However, the difference in the financial model between the OA journals and conventional subscription journals has brought many controversies. Some think that the OA financial model can facilitate the growth of medical physics in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), while others have significant concerns about financial burdens that OA can bring to potential authors will hinder medical physics research in LMICs. This is the premise debated in this month's Point/Counterpoint.

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Section: Rebuttal: Biplab Sarkar Phdmentioning

confidence: 93%

The open access financial model hinders the growth of medical physics research in low‐ and middle‐income countries

Sarkar

Wáng

Cai³

2020

Medical Physics

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“…In 2010, a staggering 1.75 million scientific papers were published, and the publication rate continues to increase exponentially with a doubling time of approximately 24 years . Within our own field, there were 23 English‐language medical and/or radiation physics journals worldwide as of 2016 . This output greatly supersedes the abilities of any human being to process and thus the need for knowledge filtering provided by journals has never been greater.…”

Section: Against the Proposition: James Lamb Phdmentioning

confidence: 99%

Open access journals are the future of scientific publishing and medical physicist should embrace the change

2020

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“…One factor of special interest concerning new species descriptions is the academic journals in which they are published. With the rise of online and open access journals, new scientific journals are being launched at an unprecedentedly rapid pace in recent years (Caon, 2016;Bates, 2017). However, there have been no quantitative data regarding whether this increase also applies to taxonomy.…”

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Sinking Down or Floating Up? Current State of Taxonomic Studies on Marine Invertebrates in Japan Inferred from the Number of New Species Published between the Years 2003 and 2020

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Taxonomic studies on marine invertebrates have been prominent in Japan since the 19th century. Globally, taxonomy was reported to have been in recession since the early 21st century, but it is not clear if it is still in hardship or is making a recovery in recent years in Japan. In order to comprehend the status quo of taxonomic studies on marine invertebrates in Japan, we compiled a list of marine invertebrate species newly described from the exclusive economic zone of this country during the period between 2003 and 2020 and investigated trends by making comparisons of higher taxa and academic journals in terms of the numbers of new species and taxonomic authors. We noticed that recruitment of new researchers into taxonomic studies is evident in some taxa. We also found that certain articles with descriptions of new species are now being published in journals aimed at general biology/zoology, not oriented principally to taxonomy. We consider from our analyses that taxonomic studies on marine invertebrates in Japan show signs of resurgence, but development of new taxonomists is awaited in certain taxa.

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There are too many medical physics journals!

Cited by 10 publications

References 3 publications

The open access financial model hinders the growth of medical physics research in low‐ and middle‐income countries

The open access financial model hinders the growth of medical physics research in low‐ and middle‐income countries

Open access journals are the future of scientific publishing and medical physicist should embrace the change

Sinking Down or Floating Up? Current State of Taxonomic Studies on Marine Invertebrates in Japan Inferred from the Number of New Species Published between the Years 2003 and 2020

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