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BHALLA-CLEENEWERCK JOURNAL EFFICIENCY FACTOR, BC-JEF©-A NOVEL AUTHOR-CENTRIC METRIC FOR JOURNAL EFFICIENCY
No full textAccording to English definition, “efficiency” is the state or the quality of being able to accomplish something with the least waste of time and effort. Concerning the Journals, “efficiency” signifies providing the submitting authors with a peer-review decision with a least loss of time and academic value. The “efficiency”, on the journal’s part, also means least delays in academic returns that submitting authors deserve from their own work. The “efficiency”, on the journal’s part, also implies least delays in making available the access to possible benefits to the patients or public from the author’s work. In other words, efficiency is a measurable ability of the journals, whether paid or unpaid, to do their “duties well”, “efficiently”, “successfully”, and “without waste and avoidable loss” to the submitting authors.
It is our vision to make the entire publication process coherent and convenient. At the same time, it is also our vision to guard the rights of submitting authors in having a time-bound, convenient, and efficient service with high customer service values from their service providers, i.e. the journals, whether paid or unpaid. For this, we introduce “Bhalla-Cleenewerck Journal Efficiency Factor (BC-JEF©)”, named in short as JEF©, as a parameter for assessing the functional efficiency of the journals.
We introduce JEF©, an innovative non-profit measure to ensure the “greater good” of all concerned. For the journals, JEF© would help them recognize their duties and obligations for providing an efficient publication service to the authors. Also, JEF© would facilitate the journals in making their publication process more fulfilling and coherent, particularly for the authors, based on whom they thrive. JEF© would also help the journals in their healthy commercial competition. For the authors, JEF© would help them make an informed choice while submitting their work to a journal. For other agencies, JEF© provides them with an alternative metric to track parameters that are not being covered by any of the current existing journal metrics.
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academia and Egnyte and [email protected] information: The Intergovernmental Research and Policy Journal (IRPJ) is a unique interdisciplinary peer-reviewed and open access Journal. It operates under the authority of the only global and treaty-based intergovernmental university in the world (EUCLID), with other intergovernmental organizations in mind. Currently, there are more than 17,000 universities globally, but less than 15 are multilateral institutions, EUCLID, as IRPJ's sponsor, is the only global and multi-disciplinary UN-registered treaty-based institution.
IRPJ authors can be assured that their research will be widely visible on account of the trusted Internet visibility of its ".int" domain which virtually guarantees first page results on matching keywords (.int domains are only assigned by IANA to vetted treaty-based organizations and are recognized as trusted authorities by search engines). In addition to its ".int" domain, IRPJ is published under an approved ISSN for intergovernmental organizations ("international publisher") status (also used by United Nations, World Bank, European Space Agency, etc.).
IRPJ offers:
United Nations Treaty reference on your published article (PDF)
"Efficiency" driven and "author-focused" workflow
Operates the very unique author-centric metric of "Journal Efficiency Factor"
Minimal processing fee with the possibility of waiver
Dedicated editors to work with graduate and doctoral students
Continuous publication i.e., publication of articles immediately upon acceptance
The expected time frame from submission to publication is up to 40 calendar days
Broad thematic categories
Every published article will receive a DOI from Crossref and is archived by CLOCKSS.
Submit manuscript: [email protected]
EICs: Prof. Charalee GRAYDON, JD; Prof. Devender BHALLA, HDR
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Cite as: Bhalla, D; Cleenewerck, L. Bhalla-Cleenewerck Journal Efficiency Factor (BC-JEF©)-A novel author centric metric for Journal efficiency. Intergovernmental Res Pol J (UN treaty). Vol. 2020, Issue e20, DOI: https://doi.org/10.36964/irpj2355, Article ID: 201, pages 1-5
HIGH IMPACT FACTOR, HIGH CITE SCORE, LISTING IN MEDLINE, BUT WHAT ABOUT EFFICIENCY? PART-1
No full textObjective:
Our primary objective was to determine the journal efficiency by measuring the timelag in the acceptance and publication of scientific findings by a journal on behalf of the authors upon submission.
Methods:
This paper is a part of an ongoing series that is aimed to address the journal efficiency of all journals in the general medical, neurology, mental health, and public health domains. For this part, we selected the annals of Indian academy of neurology. To collect necessary efficiency parameters, we assessed the latest issue of the journal, and collected details about the dates of submission, acceptance, and publication of original research articles. All data was entered in MS-Excel and, after that, the time lag between each step was calculated by using simple mathematical formulae.
Results:
The journal published a total of 11 original research articles in its latest May-June 2020 issue. The average timelag from submisson to acceptance (step-1) was 40.1 (95%CI 14.6-65.5, range 2-126) days, while the timelag between article submission and its publication (step-2) was 283.3 (95%CI 173.4-393.2, range 37-522) days. The percent difference in the delay from article acceptance to its publication was 150.4% higher than for acceptance alone of the article.
Conclusions:
We affirm that the journal had a reasonable average timelag between article submission and its acceptance; although it varied upto 126 days. Moreover, the journal fails grossly in efficiency parameters by having a timelag of 150.4% more for final publication after acceptance, and an average delay of 283.3 (95%CI 173.4-393.2) days for publication, and took upto 522 days for publishing the accepted articles. Such unethical timelag disadvantages the authors alone, corrupts the entire publication ecosystem, and, also, brings up many questions regarding the possible repurcussions of such delays on the author’s profession, mental health, and academic returns, etc. due to journal inefficiency. We consider that it is a high time that the journals start to realize their duties and obligations towards their authors pertaining to their efficiency.
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A EMOTION-FOCUSSED TREATMENT FOR DECREASING CONJUGAL STRESS- A RANDOMIZED REPRESENTATIVE SINGLE-SITE CONTROLLED STUDY
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Marital life is closely related to physical, social, and mental well-being. The aim of this study was to determine the reduction in chronic marital life stress among exposed subjects through the emotion re-focus approach.
Methods:
The individuals meeting our inclusion criteria were screened with the help of Stockholm Marital Stress Scale. The cognitive assessment was also made with the help of an Abbreviated Mental Test. The subjects were assigned a random number in a double-blind and independent manner, and half of them were provided eight therapeutic sessions lasting 90 minutes for eight weeks. The remaining ones were provided identical service after the entire data collection. All analyses were carried-out in 99.0% confidence interval, 0.01% type-I error and 1.0% type-II error.
Results:
A total of 138 subjects with marital life stress were allocated to both testing and control group. Both groups did not differ in social, statistical, and clinical variables. The between-group mean stress score did not differ statistically at baseline (p=0.1), but did differ at the culmination (p<0.001). For control group, the mean stress score changed from 2.8, 99%CI 2.7-2.9 to 2.7, 99%CI 2.6-2.8, p=0.1 between pre-post assessment. For testing group, the mean stress score changed from 2.9, 99%CI 2.8-3.0 to 2.4, 99%CI 2.3-2.5, p<0.001 (diff=17.2%, ES=1.40, R2=0.32) between pre-post assessment. The within-group improvement in stress score among subjects from their own baseline was 0-3.8% among control group and 1.9-30.6% in testing group. The sample power was 99.1%.
Conclusions:
Within our strengths and limitations, we may conclude that emotion re-focus may help to overcome chronic conjugal life distress with 0.1% false positive error.
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academia and Egnyte and [email protected] information: The Intergovernmental Research and Policy Journal (IRPJ) is a unique interdisciplinary peer-reviewed and open access Journal. It operates under the authority of the only global and treaty-based intergovernmental university in the world (EUCLID), with other intergovernmental organizations in mind. Currently, there are more than 17,000 universities globally, but less than 15 are multilateral institutions, EUCLID, as IRPJ's sponsor, is the only global and multi-disciplinary UN-registered treaty-based institution.
IRPJ authors can be assured that their research will be widely visible on account of the trusted Internet visibility of its ".int" domain which virtually guarantees first page results on matching keywords (.int domains are only assigned by IANA to vetted treaty-based organizations and are recognized as trusted authorities by search engines). In addition to its ".int" domain, IRPJ is published under an approved ISSN for intergovernmental organizations ("international publisher") status (also used by United Nations, World Bank, European Space Agency, etc.).
IRPJ offers:
1. United Nations Treaty reference on your published article (PDF)
2. "Efficiency" driven and "author-focused" workflow
3. Operates the very unique author-centric metric of "Journal Efficiency Factor"
4. Minimal processing fee with the possibility of waiver
5. Dedicated editors to work with graduate and doctoral students
6. Continuous publication i.e., publication of articles immediately upon acceptance
7. The expected time frame from submission to publication is up to 40 calendar days
8. Broad thematic categories
9. Every published article will receive a DOI from Crossref and is archived by CLOCKSS.
Submit manuscript: [email protected]
EICs: Prof. Charalee GRAYDON, JD; Prof. Devender BHALLA, HD
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Michel Dumas and Pierre-Marie Preux: Promoting Tropical Neurology Silently - The Gist of Their Contributions.
No full textInternational audience: This article presents the contribution by two senior French Neurologists over the past three decades in building, developing and promoting 'tropical neurology' in a number of neglected countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. It talks about the 'human, dedicational and contributive value' of these two experts who do not come from an English-speaking world. It highlights meaningful changes that have been achieved in different tropical countries as a result of their direct contribution. This overview may likely be a cause for learning and motivation to others to really work in and for tropical countries, where a large proportion of global health burden is to be found
Domestic health visiting: an innovative approach to bridge Gaps in epilepsy care in Laos and Cambodia.
No full textInternational audienceObjective:Epilepsy is a major neurological disorder and of particular relevance to Asia, as demonstrated recently (D Bhalla).The biggest challenge in epileptology lie in finding approach(s) that may effectively bridge the gaps in epilepsy care. Here, we present an innovative mechanism, named domestic health visiting (DHV), developed (D Bhalla) for increasing the access to care for those with epilepsy in two Asian countries-Laos and Cambodia.Methods:This is a novel bi-centric interventional project being conducted in Laos and Cambodia. In each country, two sites (districts) are chosen, one being an interventional site (IS) and another being non-interventional site (NIS). In Laos the project locations are Pakgnum (IS) and Naxaythong and Sangthong (NIS). In Cambodia the project locations are Memot (IS) and O Reang Ov district (NIS). In IS, the intervention is DHV by domestic health visitors (DHv) through which population would be screened.Those screened would undergo diagnostic consultation at primary health centers (PHCs) by trained district hospital doctors.DHv would deliver treatment at-home at frequent intervals along- with counseling and education of the patients. NIS would solely undergo mass-media through radio. In NIS, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and therapeutic follow-ups would be conducted upon an individual’s visit at PHCs & district hospitals which is the usual practice in these countries. At the end of 18-month follow up, various endpoints will be evaluated for possible changes between IS vs NIS and baseline vs final-line. The procedures that are being followed are given below.Footnotes:DH: District Hospital; DD: District doctors; Dx: Diagnosis, HR: Human resources, KAP: Knowledge attitude practice, PHCs: Primary health centers.Results:This is one of the very few examples where a public health program (with research aspects also) on epilepsy is beingcarried-out with Ministry of Health as one of the primary implementers. The benefits are aimed to go beyond people with epilepsy alone and touch upon service-providers (e.g. increased consultation) as well as health care system (e.g. trained staff and facilities). The precise variables that we are estimating a change are: Differences in the: – Total number of people that get screened (captured, identified) – Total number of people that get identifiedwith epilepsy – Total number of contacts (± contact hours) made between public and system – Total number of people that get treated during overall period – Total quantity of medicines used – Time to premature rupture of treatment – Treatment compliance – Premature mortality – Self-reported satisfaction with treatment – Difference in seizure frequency – Cost per-attendanceDescriptive: – Number of epilepsy-compliant service facilities – Number of epilepsy trained human resource – Patient savings (in terms of negotiated price) – Increased political visibility – Availability of training material – Availability of public awareness materials – Number of people reached through mass-media.Conclusion:The conclusion that we anticipate is that DHV becomes an effective and cost-conscious strategy to reduce diagnostic, treatment as well as the therapeutic follow-up gaps among people with epilepsy in Cambodia and Laos
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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