by dr. emad abbas al-mulla college of science, university of kufa

Scientific Knowledge

• “The object of research is to extend human knowledge beyond what is already known”• “Science is a shared knowledge based on a common understanding of some aspect of the physical or social world”G. Whitesides, 2004G. Whitesides, 2004

• “If it wasn’t published, It wasn’t done”““E.H. Miller 1993”E.H. Miller 1993”

Author Responsibilities

Before Submission of Manuscript (ms):

Ensure work is new and original researchEnsure work is new and original research All Authors listed on ms are aware of submissionAll Authors listed on ms are aware of submission Include proper affiliationInclude proper affiliation Ms is well organized and well writtenMs is well organized and well written

Scientific MisconductScientific Misconduct

Gift AuthorshipGift Authorship Redundant PublicationRedundant Publication PlagiarismPlagiarism FabricationFabrication FalsificationFalsification Conflict of InterestConflict of Interest Duplicate publication/submission of researchDuplicate publication/submission of research

What is not acceptable…

Papers that arePapers that are Routine extensions of previous reportsRoutine extensions of previous reports Fragmentary reports of research resultsFragmentary reports of research results Verbose or poorly organizedVerbose or poorly organized Violations of ethical guidelinesViolations of ethical guidelines

Some Aspects…

*Cover Letter

*Highlights

*Graphical Abstract

Good Graphical Abstract

Poor Graphical Abstract

Journal

Authors Reviewers

Scientific Publication is a Team Effort

Classification of Scientific Journals

ScientificScientific JournalsJournals

Citation Indexed Journals

Non-Citation Indexed Journals

Scopus

Thomson ISI(Master

Journal List)

PubMed

Local Commercial

New Unknown Journal Citation Reports

J-Stage

ComparisonComparison

Citation Indexed Journals Non-Citation Indexed Journals

Peer-reviewed JournalsPeer-reviewed Journals

High quality content High quality content Online publicationOnline publication No free online accessNo free online access Mostly, Free of charge Mostly, Free of charge

Not peer-reviewed journal inNot peer-reviewed journal in most of themmost of them Low quality content Low quality content Mostly, not online publicationMostly, not online publication Free online access if anyFree online access if any Need fee for publication Need fee for publication

QualityQuality

Impact FactorImpact Factor

The Impact Factor (IF) is a measure The Impact Factor (IF) is a measure reflecting the average number of reflecting the average number of citationscitations to articles published in to articles published in

science and social science journalsscience and social science journals

IF is calculated by dividing the number IF is calculated by dividing the number of citations in the of citations in the JCR yearJCR year by the total by the total number of articles published in the two number of articles published in the two previous yearsprevious years

CitesCites in 2010 to items published in 2009 & 2008 in 2010 to items published in 2009 & 2008Calculation: Calculation:

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Number of items Number of items publishedpublished in 2009 & 2008 in 2009 & 2008

Some Global PublishersSome Global Publishers… …

* Elsevier (SinenceDirect)

*SpringerLink

*InterScience (Wiley)

*IEEE

Impact Factor 1.855

Impact Factor 1.507 Impact Factor 1.094

Impact Factor 0.832

Impact Factor 0.659

Impact Factor 0.748

Impact Factor 0.558