Building a bright, evidence-informed future: a conversation starter from the incoming editors by Tari Turner, Fadi El-Jardali

“…Abstract Health Research and Policy Systems (HARPS) has gone from strength to strength since it was established in 2003. As new Editors-in-Chief, we look forward to a bright future for HARPS, and we would like to start a conversation with you, HARPS readers, authors, editors and others, about how HARPS can best support ongoing progress and debate on evidence-informed health research policy and systems, particularly in developing countries. …”
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RETRACTED: A new perspective on remote Saddle Sine and Cosine coils technique for determination of tokamak plasma equilibrium status by A. Salar Elahi, M. Ghoranneviss

“…This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal).This article has been retracted at the request of the Editors-in-Chief.After a thorough investigation, the Editors have concluded that the acceptance of this article was based upon the positive advice of at least one illegitimate reviewer report. …”
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RETRACTED: Results on plasma temperature measurement using an image processing technique by B. Mahdavipour, A. Hatami, A. Salar Elahi

“…This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal).This article has been retracted at the request of the Editors-in-Chief.After a thorough investigation, the Editors have concluded that the acceptance of this article was based upon the positive advice of at least one illegitimate reviewer report. …”
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The new aims and scope of Arthritis Research & Therapy by Buckley, C, Perlman, H

“…After two years as Editors-in-Chief of Arthritis Research and Therapy, we have been reviewing this question with our Editorial Board; not so much to produce a mission statement, but more to ensure that we continue to be relevant to our community of authors and readers. …”

Barriers of Health News Producers’ Empowerment: A Qualitative Study in Iran by Mahnaz Ashoorkhani, Mohammad Hossein Taghdisi, Safoora Shahmoradi, Leila Haghjoo, Reza Majdzadeh

“…Methods: In this qualitative content analysis the opinion of 14 journalists, one translator, 10 editors or editors-in-chief of health news agencies were gathered through 12 in-depth interviews and 4 focus group discussions. …”
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Knowledge versus experience: indicator to good journalism practices by Awan Ismail, Rizalawati Ismail

“…To this end, this study conducted in-depth interviews with senior practitioners – senior editors and chief editors - from media organizations in Malaysia. …”
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Quality of health news disseminated in the print media in developing countries: a case study in Iran by Ashorkhani Mahnaz, Gholami Jaleh, Maleki Katayoun, Nedjat Sima, Mortazavi Jalaledin, Majdzadeh Reza

“…In the qualitative section, focus group discussions were held with journalists, editors-in-chief and news gatekeepers.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The quantitative phase showed that 18% of the news articles were not fit for dissemination in public. …”
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Ethiopian Media: Journalists Trends of Using Sources in Reporting Stories by Mulatu Alemayehu Moges

“…To explore this issue, ten journalists and four editors/ editors-in-chief of selected newspapers, namely, Addis Admas, Reporter, The Ethiopian Herald and The Daily Monitor, were interviewed to get answers why they prefer to use certain sources when they need information to report cases such as conflicts in the country. …”
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Peer-review process in journals dealing with chemistry and related subjects published in Serbia by Dekanski Aleksandar, Drvenica Ivana, Nedić Olgica

“…General data on journals were collected from responses obtained from editors-in-chief, whereas all editors (including sub-editors and section editors) participated in a questionnaire concerning peer-review procedure. …”
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The 2nd International Symposium on Primo Vascular System (ISPS 2021)

“…Most of the articles on the topic are in journals with editors-in-chief originating and/or accepting the achievements of Eastern medicine. …”
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Special Issue - Papers from the International Session, JAST Tribology Conference, Nagoya, September 2008 by Kenji Fukuzawa

“…As the Associate Editor, I would like to express my sincere thanks to the Editors-in-Chief, the Reviewers, and the Publication Coordinators for their effort to complete the peer-review processes and the publication work under the tight schedule.Chief Organizer of the International Session, Associate EditorKenji Fukuzawa…”
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Primo Vascular System: Before the Past, Bizarre Present and Peek After the Future by Miroslav Stefanov

“…Most of the articles on the topic are in journals with editors-in-chief originating and/or accepting the achievements of Eastern medicine. …”
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Diversity in British, Swedish, and German newsrooms: problem awareness, measures, and achievements by Lück, J, Schultz. T, Simon, F, Borchardt, A, Kieslich, S

“…Drawing on semi-standardized interviews with editors-in-chief and managing editors at 18 outlets, our analysis systematically regards different levels of influence following the model by Shoemaker and Reese (2014. …”

Orthodox Transfer on the Eastern Outskirts of the Empire: a Brief Historical Review of the Newspaper Diocesan Gazette by Inna I. Yurganova

“…The potential of the provincial clergy of Eastern Siberia provided opportunities for staffing the editorial body and author collectives, and the elite of the clergy of the dioceses was represented as part of the editors-in-chief: theologians, writers, local historians. …”
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Stochastic Optimal Control Analysis of a Mathematical Model: Theory and Application to Non-Singular Kernels by Anwarud Din, Qura Tul Ain

“…Thus, publishers and some Editors-in-Chief are concerned about the future of fractional calculus, which has generally brought confusion among the vibrant and innovative young researchers who desire to apply fractional calculus within their respective fields. …”
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Identifying Effective Factors in Determining Authorship from the Viewpoints of Researchers at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences: A Qualitative Study by Rahim Khodayari – Zarnaq, Vahideh Zarea Gavgani, Nahideh Khoshmaram

“…The study population consisted of faculty members, editors-in-chief, editors of journals, reviewers of manuscripts and dissertations, researchers, and graduated students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. …”
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How often do leading biomedical journals use statistical experts to evaluate statistical methods? The results of a survey by Tom E. Hardwicke, Steven N. Goodman, Despina Koletsi

“…We received eligible responses from 107 of 364 (28%) journals surveyed, across 57 fields, mostly from editors in chief. 34% (36/107) rarely or never use specialized statistical review, 34% (36/107) used it for 10–50% of their articles and 23% used it for all articles. …”
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International news production in post-Soviet Ukraine: Where is the ‘center’? by Natalya Ryabinska

“…The interviewees ― editors-in-chief, heads of international news’ departments, foreign correspondents ― were asked about the process of international news production in their editorial offices, the human and technical resources allocated for foreign news coverage, the professional standards of international journalism, as well as the main sources of foreign news and criteria of their selection involved in the news making process. …”
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The Role of Variables witnessed by the Hashemite Kingdome of Jordan in develop the Photojournalism in Jordanian daily newspapers between 1996 – 2019 by Yahia Bani Amer, Atef Al Moteay, Nermin Seyyed Hanafi Mahmoud Qassem

“…This study aimed to identify the main variables which witnessed by the Hashemite Kingdome of Jordan between 1996- 2019, and it's role in develop the form and content of journalistic photograph in Jordanian daily newspapers, The problem of this study lies in the main question of what is the role of the changes witnessed by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the development of the press image in the Jordanian daily newspapers between 1996 - 2019.The study depended on survey method, it used the interview tool with 12 journalists: editors-in-chiefs, photojournalists, and journalists layouters who represent 4 Jordanian daily newspapers.Results of the interviews showed consensus between the journalists, they confirmed that the Jordanian daily newspapers have concerned with main variables which witnessed by Jordan in discontinuous periods, they agreed that the journalistic photograph had be affected by those variables, either in terms of form or content.The results explain that the photograph has been undergone to the process of restricted and limited evolution. …”
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Reporting guidelines for medicinal plant extracts used in pharmacological and toxicological research: ConPhyMP by Michael Heinrich, Banaz Jalil, Mona Abdel-Tawab, Javier Echeverria, Žarko Kulić, Lyndy J. McGaw, John M. Pezzuto, Olivier Potterat, Jia-Bo Wang

“…In response to this long-standing challenge, a core group of nine experts with proficiency in phytochemical analysis, including editors-in-chief of leading specialist journals, and based in different research settings globally, developed the Consensus based reporting guidelines for Phytochemical Characterisation of Medicinal Plant extracts (ConPhyMP) through a multi-staged development process. …”
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