Editorial IFLA's Publications

Editorial bias in scientific publications.

INTRODUCTION Many authors believe that there are biases in scientific publications. Editorial biases include publication bias; which refers to those situations where the results influence the editor's decision, and editorial bias refers to those situations where factors related with authors or their environment influence the decision. DEVELOPMENT This paper includes an analysis of the situati...

Editorial for Publications March 2016

Welcome to the latest issue of Publications, a journal for studies and opinion on all aspects of scholarly publishing and communication. A specific welcome from me too, as the new Editor-in-Chief. Our journal is fully “peer reviewed” or “refereed”. These expressions are synonymous although, despite modest research, I’ve not discovered the origin of the word “referee” in this context—if any of y...

Editorial Article Plagiarism in Scientific Publications

Combating editorial racism in psychiatric publications.

Most readers of this journal will know something about global inequalities but something about global inequalities but may not fully realise their extent. The use-may not fully realise their extent. The useful reminder is the 'nine to one' rule: 90% ful reminder is the 'nine to one' rule: 90% of health resources are consumed by 10% of health resources are consumed by 10% of the richest countrie...

first five years of scientific publications in jcmr / the editorial

journal of cell and molecular research (jcmr) was first published in 2008 as the first journal in the field of cell and molecular biology research. the need for the establishment of jcmr was felt as a platform for the young cell and molecular biology researchers under the supervision of respective experts. jcmr was established to focus on almost all fields of cell and molecular research and som...