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The Family Journal (TFJ) has experienced increases in manuscripts submitted for publication, especially from international scholars and quantitative researchers. This reverses a previous trend to publish more practice-oriented articles for our clinical readership. The journal will take efforts to balance theory, research, and practice. Some manuscripts are rejected for distribution to the editorial board (or "unsubmitted") due to problems conforming to the APA Publication Manual 7th Edition guidelines. Some submissions would benefit from reviews by colleagues and securing the services of an editor. Authors are asked to attend to guidelines concerning levels of headings and formatting of citations and references. Most importantly, authors should follow bias-free language guidelines. There are additional considerations in the desk review process such as including practice implications for Marriage and Family Counselors in the article and incorporating relevant previously published articles from TFJ in the literature review. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cochrane devolves most editorial governance of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), including title prioritization, protocol registration, peer‐review, editorial oversight and subsequent review deposition, to specific Cochrane Review Group (CRG) editorial boards. Current Cochrane policy stipulates authors of reviews who are also members of the supporting CRG declare this non‐financial conflict of interest and confirm no involvement in the review editorial process. The aim of this cross‐sectional analysis was to assess adherence to Cochrane's editorial conflict of interest policy. All 260 published Cochrane reviews (CR) in issues 1 to 6 from 2019 of the CDSR were reviewed. A total of 133 (51.2%, 133/260) of CRs had at least one author that was also listed as an editor in the CRG. Of these, only five (3.8%, 5/133) appropriately declared the conflict according to Cochrane policy. In 6.5% (17/133) CRs, the contact author had a leading editorial position within the CRG and in only four of 17 was this declared according to Cochrane policy. No CR with the contact author who also had a leading editorial position described methods to prevent any potential issues related to this scenario during the editorial process in accordance with Cochrane policy. We propose a specific form to improve the transparency and reliability of editorial conflict of interest reporting in CRs. The suggested form can be adapted to other contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The World Journal of Surgery (WJS) has announced that Wiley will be its new publisher, replacing Springer after 47 years. The decision to switch publishers was driven by the changing landscape of journal publishing and the need for a firm commitment to society-owned journals. Wiley was chosen for its support of the WJS's hybrid format and commitment to high-quality peer-reviewed content. The transition to Wiley required significant effort and patience from the WJS team, and they express gratitude to all involved. [Extracted from the article]

Footnotes 1 This list covers the period from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020. [Extracted from the article]

Background: Women have historically been underrepresented as editors of peer-reviewed medical journals. Studies have demonstrated that there are differences in editorial board reviewer behavior based on gender, suggesting that greater representation by women on editorial boards may improve the quality and diversity of the review process. Therefore, the current representation of women on the editorial boards of orthopaedic journals, particularly compared with peer-reviewed surgical and medical journals, is of interest.Questions/purposes: (1) What is the representation of women as members of editorial boards of prominent orthopaedic surgery journals? (2) How does it compare with representation on the editorial boards of journals in general surgery and internal medicine?Methods: The top 15 journals with a strong clinical emphasis based on Impact Factor (Clarivate Analytics) calculated by the 2018 Journal Citation Reports were identified for orthopaedic surgery, general surgery (and all general surgical subspecialties), and internal medicine (with representative internal medicine subspecialties). Clinical publications with their primary editorial office located in the United States led predominantly by physicians or basic scientists were eligible for inclusion. The members of an editorial board were identified from the journals' websites. The gender of editors with gender-neutral names (and editors whose gender we considered uncertain) was identified by an internet search for gender-specific pronouns and/or pictures from an institutional profile. Fisher exact tests and t-tests were used to analyze categorical and continuous variables, respectively. Significance was set at p < 0.05.Results: Of the editors analyzed, women made up 9% (121 of 1383) of editorial boards in the orthopaedic journals with the highest Impact Factors, compared with 21% (342 of 1665) of general surgery journals (p < 0.001) and 35% (204 of 587) of internal medicine journals (p < 0.001). The overall mean composition of editorial boards of orthopaedic journals was 10% ± 8% women, compared with that of general surgery, which was 19% ± 6% women (p < 0.001), and that of internal medicine, which was 40% ± 19% women (p < 0.001).Conclusion: Women make up a smaller proportion of editorial boards at orthopaedic surgery journals than they do at general surgery and internal medicine journals. However, their representation appears to be comparable to the proportion of women in orthopaedics overall (approximately 6%) and the proportion of women in academic orthopaedics (approximately 19%). Ways to improve the proportion of women on editorial boards might include structured mentorship programs at institutions and personal responsibility for championing mentorship and diversity on an individual level.Clinical Relevance: Increasing representation of women on editorial boards may improve the diversity of perspectives and quality of future published research, generate visible role models for young women considering orthopaedics as a career, and improve patient care through enriching the diversity of our specialty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Le modèle de publication en accès ouvert « auteur-payeur », apparu en 2002, attribue à l'auteur ou son institution les frais de traitements des articles dus à la revue après acceptation, pour un montant de quelques centaines à plusieurs milliers d'euros. De nouveaux éditeurs, aux objectifs purement commerciaux, ont surgi vers la fin des années 2000, qui proposent à des auteurs naïfs et/ou désireux d'étoffer rapidement leurs curriculum vitae par des publications dans des « revues prédatrices ». Elles sont caractérisées par des sollicitations agressives par courriels, un manque d'éthique, l'absence de précisions sur l'éditeur et le comité éditorial, la pauvreté de l'examen critique par les pairs, des auteurs venant préférentiellement de certains pays, des frais de traitement des articles non spécifiés et plus faibles, une absence d'indexation et la promesse d'une publication rapide. The "author-pay" model of open access publication, which appeared in 2002, allocates to the author or his institution the costs of processing articles due to the journal after acceptance, for an amount of a few hundred to several thousand euros. New publishers emerged towards the end of the 2000s, which used this model but with purely commercial objectives, offering naive authors and/or wishing to quickly expand their curriculum vitae by publications in "predatory journals". They are characterized by aggressive e-mail solicitations, lack of ethics, lack of details about the publisher and the editorial board, poor peer review, unspecified and low fees for processing articles, a lack of indexing and the promise of rapid publication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on whether the reality of practice in cultural discourse studies fits with the stated goal of acknowledging globalization by expanding what is accepted within academia. It examines journal publications, a central tool in the social construction of knowledge, looking in greatest detail at diversities in editorial boards, diversities in science output and the network of collaboration. It also mentions.

The article provides information on the Portrait of a collection: "Who are you?" which was published by La Manufacture and now included in literary history article. Topics discussed includes "The fact is", wrote by French journalist Bertrand Poirot-Delpech, publishing houses and advertising for the collection.

The article provides information on the aspect of the author-publisher relationship and the publishings by French writer Jack Thieuloy. It also states on some letter and manuscripts which are not published. Topics discussed includes manuscripts, archives of authors and editorial staff of publishing houses.

This paper examines the gender composition of editors and editorial board members of seven top criminal justice and criminology (CCJ) journals from 1985 through 2017. The findings indicate that women have historically been, and continue to be, underrepresented in these positions. From 1985 through 2017, women comprised 14% of all Editors-in-Chief, 27% of all Associate Editors, and 22% of all Editorial Board members. While there was a period during the early 2000s when Justice Quarterly and Criminology achieved gender parity in representation across all of the editorial roles, this equality was short lived. The other journals have never achieved gender parity, and, on average, women have comprised 3.8% to 35.2% of the editorial positions at each of the journals. The implications of this imbalance for women's scholarship and professional success are discussed, and recommendations for changes to CCJ journal policies and practices to ensure more equity are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social media has become a key component of contemporary medicine, and the rheumatology subspecialty is not an exemption. We found that just six of the 40 key peer-reviewed rheumatology journals have found it sensible to incorporate the new appointment of a Social Media Editor—or a similar designation—into their Editorial Boards. We propose that the role of a social media editor is a trinomial: not only a technological work to promote digital engagement but also an activity of ethical guidance and a cultural challenge dealing with worldwide cultural and mindset diversity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Insights: the UKSG Journal switched to a continuous publication model in early 2018, following a decision by the Editorial Board in November 2017. The prospect of a switch had been discussed a number of times previously. In the event, the decision was quickly made and the transition largely smooth. Given UKSG's position as a membership organization including many publishing members, it was considered that a case study of the process would be useful in helping members and other publishers to consider and execute a similar transition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The editorial board of the journal along with the aims and scope, table of contents, and copyright issue is presented.

The author talks about future sexualities scholarship and shares his experience of sitting on the journal's editorial board. Topics discussed include the study of human sexuality, sexuality as an interdisciplinary field incorporating social sciences and humanities, relations between sexual partners, and intersectional research exploring how gender, ethnicity, and race effect sexualselfhood, and sex practices.

The author discusses his experience of general editor of the periodical. Topics discussed include information on maintaining and improving the diversity on the editorial board; monitoring of the articles submitted and published; and the social aspects of postmodernism. It also mentions the reviewing of article submitted by the women authors.

The article offers information on the issue of the journal including the editorial board, submission instructions, and the contents of the said issue.

the article explores aim and scope of the periodical ''Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy', including name of editorial boards and table of content of the periodical.

The article presents a note on the journal including information on its editorial team, aim and scope and information for subscribers.