To read the full article, kindly click here Tonukari, N. Article 3: Research communications in the 21st century Scientific inquiry thrives only in a society that fosters the free flow of ideas and information.
The power of online internet publication in democratizing science and incorporating scientists from developing countries into the scientific community is profound. The desired and obvious properties of scientific publishing such as accessibility, economy, quality, innovation, and retrieval can be more readily achieved with electronic methods. Online publication is much cheaper and faster, and that is major reason Africa should embrace the open access model for research communication.
An open access African journal the African Journal of Biotechnology is evaluated. The concept of making the results of primary research freely available to anyone with an internet connection has caused a great stir in the media and science community Lipman, The sciences are undergoing a fundamental and difficult transition - from a mode of publication that has reigned for the years since the printing of the first scientific journals to a new mode made possible by computer science and the Internet.
This transition is going to occur within the next decade or two, and it is now important for both scientists and publishers to influence its pace and its form. The desired properties of scientific publishing - accessibility, economy, quality, innovation, and retrieval - seem obvious, and it seems equally obvious that most or all of these properties can be more readily achieved with electronic methods Varmus, Research communications in the 21st century.
African Journal of Biotechnology , 3 2 , From its beginning, the journal aims to have a truly global editorial board and reviewers. Thus, as a deliberate policy, the editorial board and reviewers are selected from across the world. The journal also adopted a double-blind review system. The first issue of the journal saw the publication of 4 articles.
A total of 12 articles were published at the end of These articles received significant positive response from researchers. The following year, AJB continue to receive significant support from researchers through their manuscript submission. Same year, the journal witnessed significant submission from both within and outside of Africa. The number of published articles declined in to This trend was reversed in and this saw the total number of published articles at the end of the year rising to With the unexpected growth of the African Journal of Biotechnology between and , Academic Journals was encouraged to start new journals.
Our goal was to bring the open access model to other areas of research and broaden the opportunities for African researchers to publish their manuscripts using the open access model. This led to the establishment of seven new journals in The new journals were well received by researchers and submissions were received both from across the world. At the end of , the total number of articles published by Academic Journals surpassed 1, articles. First our experiment with open access publishing has not only succeeded, but we managed multiple journals successfully.
In addition, our scepticism about availability of internet is being overcome as more people gain access to the internet. This means that more researchers now have access to articles published by Academic Journals. Secondly, after years of operating with mostly ad-hoc staff, we were able to generate adequate revenue to recruit full time employees.
Academic Journals was restructured, several full-time employees were recruited, and the CEO resumed full time to lead the management and provide strategic direction for the company. Encouraged by the success of and renewed confidence in our mission of enabling African scholars have access to high quality peer reviewed articles, Academic Journals launched 12 new journals in bringing the total numbers of journals to The article presents findings of the third epoch of the Repertorio Americano initiated in when the journal and the valuable collection of Garcia Monge that was published from to , happened to be a part of the intellectual undivided assets of a new Costa Rican university that was born with a typical politic and educational proposal.
The National University of Costa Rica, developed as a Required University , promised to publish again American Repertoire as an organ of intellectual diffusion and academic link with projection latinamericanism. Methodologically the work file had allowed locating and compiling documents historicallegal and institutional to analyze the approach process, justification and negotiation for the assignment of intellectual property rights of the print in complement with the interviews with one of the members of the ad-hoc commission organizer of the University.
Popular Categories Writing a manuscript Finishing touches Choosing a journal Peer review and publication Sharing your research Research process Publication ethics. Each journal used some form of peer review, although not exactly like today's version. AAAS publishes the journal Science and is the largest general scientific society in the world. These journals are experimenting with new forms of peer review, new business models, and new funding sources.
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