Scientific journals have a central place in protecting research integrity because published articles are the most visible documentation of research. We used SWOT analysis to audit (S)trengths and (W)eaknesses as internal and (O)pportunities and (T)hreats as external factors affecting journals' responsibility in addressing research integrity issues. Strengths include editorial independence, auth...

The Croatian Medical Journal (CMJ), as a small journal that is not part of any publishing group faces serious challenges to prosper in a multitude of diverse biomedical journals. In such a complex situation, adaptations are always necessary. They include changing the editorial policy, embracing new ideas, and introducing new members to the Managing Team. Besides selecting the right articles, ex...

This article contributes to the growing body of research on role Party-state in shaping an emerging post-peasant modernity rural China, taking developments Gansu Province as a case. The first analyses how political preference for agrarian elite has been put into recent policies and translates practices. It argues that “new-type agricultural management subjects,” (which form core this elite, sho...

In his perceptive work on the interrelationship between history and literature, Louis Montrose advocates a resituation of texts within their contexts, which leads to "a reciprocal concern with the historicity of texts and the textuality of history" (20). For Montrose, aesthetic works can historicize the past and provide an understanding and explanation of times past, but they cannot provide an ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruptions to global food supply chains. It led severe economic stress and malnutrition particularly in developing countries. This paper outlines the impact of on agriculture livelihoods Nigeria, measures put place by Nigerian Government cushion effect parses evidence programmes policies that can help speed up sustainable recovery Nigeria desperately needs post...

Abstract This article studies the persistent effects of past agrarian inequality on contemporary voting preferences. Although Western European countries became industrial (and later post-industrial) economies, political cleavage are still visible in those which issue was dominant interwar period (the laggards). Looking at spatial variation patterns fifteen elections held Spain since 1977, we sh...