needed in the SCI database. Third, international diversity must be fulfilled. This means that authors, editors, and editorial advisory board members are from around the world. Fourth, citations to the journal itself (impact factor) and citations to the contributing authors, editorial board members of KJFM must be more than some point. It is a very challenging task for KJFM to be listed in the S...

On the launch of this inaugural issue of AIChE’s and SBE’s Bioengineering & Translational Medicine, I must express my deep gratitude to the members of our Editorial Advisory Board. Their expertise and experience provide a strong foundation supporting the broad range of bioengineering topics that will be covered in the journal. To highlight this strength, we plan to feature one of our distinguis...

In recognition of Open Access week (21st-27th October 2013), we asked some BMC Medicine Editorial Board Members to share their views and experiences on open access publishing. In this short video, they highlight the benefits of visibility and dissemination of their research, and discuss the future directions for this model of publishing.

Methods: The sex, country of residence, degree, and faculty position of the editorial board members were identified using their respective scientific publication profiles. The h-index and other bibliometric indicators of these editorial board members were obtained using both the Web of Science (WoS) and Google Scholar (GS) databases. Nonparametric statistics were used to analyze differences in ...

Although there is a vast body of research on corporate governance and boards, no one seems to have addressed yet the following question: What should board members know financial theory practice properly discharge their fiduciary responsibilities? The lack reflection this issue somewhat surprising given central role matters are supposed play in board’s discussions decision making. objective stud...