bims-evares 2025-12-14 papers

bims-evares

Biomed News

on Evaluation of research

Issue of 2025–12–14
29 papers selected by
Thomas Krichel, Open Library Society

Who Gets to Be Read? Factors Affecting Full-Text Access Rates in Periodontology and Implantology Research.
Analysis of intellectual and thematic progress of the Journal of Environmental Management - Section V: Environmental Policy, Economics, and Social Science.
From Research Influencers to Substance Use Policymakers: Bibliometrics Demonstrate Translation from Research to Policy.
Odontology (2005-2025): historical perspectives and publication trends based on a metric-based analysis.
Persistent gender disparities in research productivity among U.S. reproductive endocrinologists: a cross-sectional analysis.
How recent is recent? Retrospective analysis of suspiciously timeless citations.
Iranian Scientometrics; Dataset on universities, professors and articles.
Retractions due to ethical violations or lack of approval in medical and allied sciences: an analysis.
Conflict of Interest and financial disclosure policies of journals that publish weather and climate research.
Troubling the canon: Language, geography, and the politics of STS publishing in five decades of journal publications.
Listening to the Past, Shaping the Future: A Data-mining Based and Visual Analysis of Five Decades of Gastric Carcinogenesis Research.
Academic outcomes of geriatric medicine theses in internal medicine residency: a 25-year nationwide review in Türkiye.
Confronting inequality: The Stark disparity of female representation in surgical oncology journals' editorial boards.
Exploring the Multifaceted Role of Scientific Paper and Poster Presentations: A Narrative Review.
CrossDI: A comprehensive dataset crossing three databases for calculating disruption indexes.
Investigating trends in U.S.-based empirical research on racism in school psychology.
Process and Issues with Review of Manuscripts for Health-Related Journals.
Declining female representation with advancing academic rank in veterinary institutions from non-Western countries.
The Impact of Leadership in Gender Diversity of Annual Meeting Speakers in the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.
Using the contributor role taxonomy (CRediT) as a tool in resolving authorship disputes at the NIH.
Invention, innovation, and commercialisation in British biophysics.
Comparing Predictors for Leadership in Surgical Subspecialty National Organizations.
The status of women cognitive scientists in Canada 6 years later: Insights from publicly available Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) funding data.
Science sleuths raise concerns about scores of bioengineering papers.
Patent applications in Brazil on veterinary antiparasitics.
Are Any Top 50 Scimago Journal Rank-indexed Journals in the Nursing Category Considered "Predatory" by an AI-driven "Predatory" Journal Detector?
Safeguarding the integrity of scientific literature in the 21st century.
The burden of unwanted e-mails in academic surgery: a cross-sectional study.
A Text Network Analysis of Research on the Bereaved After Sudden Death Since 2000.

Int J Dent Hyg. 2025 Dec 09.

Who Gets to Be Read? Factors Affecting Full-Text Access Rates in Periodontology and Implantology Research.

Betina Dutra Lima, Humberto Alexander Baca Juárez, Felipe Berwaldt Islabão, Natália Marcumini Pola, Alex Nogueira Haas, Francisco Wilker Mustafa Gomes Muniz.

   OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to identify the variables associated with full-text access rates in studies published in Periodontology and Implantology.
METHODS: A bibliometric analysis was performed by reviewing the 30 top-ranking journals in Dentistry, Oral Surgery and Medicine. Only journals with a number of text accesses were included. Independent variables analysed included publication date, first author's country, open access status, h-index, study design, and thematic focus. Multivariable Poisson regression with robust variance was used.
RESULTS: A total of 3880 studies were included, revealing an access rate (number of views per month) of 83.68 ± 143.62. The journal's impact factor (rate ratio [RR]: 1.09; 95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 1.07-1.11) and being in the open access mode (RR: 1.78; 95% CI: 1.64-1.94) influenced the access rate. Moreover, studies from America (RR: 1.16; 95% CI: 1.02-1.31), Oceania (RR: 1.56; 95% CI: 1.23-1.98), and Europe (RR: 1.50; 95% CI: 1.33-1.69) had significantly higher access rates than those from Asia. Regarding study designs, randomised clinical trials (RCT) (RR: 1.70; 95% CI: 1.47-1.97) and literature reviews (non-systematic reviews [RR: 1.65; 95% CI: 1.27-2.14] and systematic reviews [RR: 1.78; 95% CI: 1.52-2.08]) exhibited greater access than in vitro/animal studies.
CONCLUSION: Access to articles in Periodontology is significantly linked to study design (RCTs and reviews), open access availability, and higher journal impact factors.

Keywords:  data science; information dissemination; periodontology; publications

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1111/idh.70032
J Environ Manage. 2025 Dec 05. pii: S0301-4797(25)03998-2. [Epub ahead of print]397 128022

Analysis of intellectual and thematic progress of the Journal of Environmental Management - Section V: Environmental Policy, Economics, and Social Science.

Abdul Qadeer, Elie Bouri.

  This study examines the intellectual and thematic progress of Section V of the Journal of Environmental Management, covering 773 publications from the Web of Science Core Collection over the period February 2024 to mid-March 2025. Using bibliometrix package and biblioshiny web interface, we conduct author, affiliation, country, document, word, network, thematic, factorial, and social network analyses to scrutinize research trends and collaboration patterns. The results show strong author collaboration and high citation impact among key contributors. Prominent affiliations such as Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan Republic, Beijing Institute of Technology, Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC), and Chinese Academy of Sciences are the top contributors to impactful publications. China emerges as the top contributor country with 437 papers and 316 single-country publications, far ahead of the United Kingdom and the United States. This study also identifies the most frequent and emerging keywords from the titles, abstracts, and authors' specified keywords, which include sustainable development, carbon emissions, green innovation, total factor productivity, renewable energy, climate policy uncertainty, and environmental sustainability. It shows important declining or emerging themes, such as ESG practices, environmental justice, ecosystem services, water quality, quality trading, environmental management, green investment, environmental consequences, and low carbon innovation, along with niche, motor, and basic themes. This study offers several recommendations and implications.

Keywords:  Bibliometric analysis; Intellectual and thematic progress; Journal of Environmental Management; Section V - Environmental Policy, Economics, and Social Science; Web of Science

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.128022
J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2025 Dec 11.

From Research Influencers to Substance Use Policymakers: Bibliometrics Demonstrate Translation from Research to Policy.

Nicole M Llewellyn, Amber Weber, Supriya Kegley, Eric J Nehl, Amanda J Abraham.

   OBJECTIVE: The public health impact of substance use (SU) is substantial, with tobacco use and excessive drinking leading as causes of death in the USA. To address this growing epidemic, governments have implemented a range of SU-related policies. The NIH's Clinical & Translational Science Awards (CTSA) program, which aims to accelerate translation of research findings into health impact, may advance translation through its impact on the policy literature that informs policymakers, health professionals, and the public. Using innovative bibliometric tools, this study evaluates how CTSA-supported research published from 2006-2023 has influenced SU-related policy literature.
METHOD: The authors identified 135K publications that acknowledged CTSA support. Those publications were queried in the Overton Policy database, which indexes references to research publications in global policy literature.
RESULTS: Thus far, CTSA-supported publications have been cited in 3,451 policy documents identified as SU-related according to Overton's Topics field. SU-related Topics were classified into top categories of: Tobacco, Opioids, Cannabis, Alcohol, and General/Other SU. Policy documents came from 321 organizations across 49 countries- often governments, health agencies, or political think tanks, including the World Health Organization, Guidelines in Pubmed Central, and the RAND Corporation. The authors present case illustrations of individual research publications that have had notable influence on SU policy.
CONCLUSIONS: By elucidating ways that supported publications are applied outside academia, bibliometrics offer a useful avenue for evaluating the translational impact of programs on specific areas of policy. Our findings showcase the impact that CTSA research has had on SU-related policy literature, a critical area of health policy.

Keywords:  Bibliometrics; CTSA; Policy; Substance Use; Translation

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.25-00069
Odontology. 2025 Dec 10.

Odontology (2005-2025): historical perspectives and publication trends based on a metric-based analysis.

Aurélio de Oliveira Rocha, Lucas Menezes Dos Anjos, Juliana Lopes Jarces, Bruno Henriques, Mariane Cardoso.

  Odontology is a prominent journal in the field of dentistry. This study aimed to analyze articles published in odontology through a bibliometric and altmetric review. A search was conducted in Scopus in August 2025. The following data were extracted: number and density of citations, year of publication, language, access type, document type, study design, research area, financing agency, country, institution, authorship, and keywords. VOSviewer was used to generate collaboration maps, while dimensions provided altmetric data. Google trends was consulted to assess the popularity of search interest related to odontology. Spearman's correlation was applied to evaluate the relationship between citations and publication year. A total of 1257 articles were included. Citation counts ranged from 0 to 432, and publications spanned from 2005 to 2025. Research articles were the most common document type (n = 1110). The majority of studies were laboratory-based (n = 871), most frequently associated with oral diagnosis (n = 263). Japan led in the number of publications (n = 396), and The Nippon Dental University was the most prolific institution (n = 183). Endo T was identified as the most productive author (n = 19). VOSviewer visualizations indicated international and author-level collaborations. A high level of engagement was observed among mendeley readers and X (formerly twitter) users. Odontology has experienced a steady growth in publications over the past two decades. Most studies were laboratory-based, with a strong focus on oral diagnosis. Social interest was particularly evident among users of mendeley and X.

Keywords:  Altmetric review; Bibliometric review; Odontology; Social interest; Trends

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10266-025-01282-3
J Assist Reprod Genet. 2025 Dec 12.

Persistent gender disparities in research productivity among U.S. reproductive endocrinologists: a cross-sectional analysis.

Elisheva Knopf, Shalakha Bonthu, Pranav Meka, Elana Eisenreich, Leah Roberts, Michele Retrouvey.

   PURPOSE: To assess gender-based differences in career trajectories among reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI) physicians in the United States, focusing on leadership, research productivity, and professional involvement.
METHODS: This was a cross-sectional comparative study of demographic, professional, and research metrics stratified by gender. Practicing REI physicians were identified through the ASRM directory. Physician gender was evaluated as a variable influencing career outcomes. Main outcome measures included practice setting, geographic distribution, research productivity (h-index, publications, citations), academic leadership, journal editorial board, and society board positions. Mann-Whitney U and Chi-square tests were performed.
RESULTS: Among 767 REI physicians, 55% were male and 45% female. Slightly more females worked in academic settings (33.3% vs. 25.1%), while more males were in private practice (70.4% vs. 66.7%). Leadership representation was comparable between genders. Female physicians had marginally greater representation on editorial (7.8% vs. 7.1%) and society boards (5.8% vs. 4.3%). Males, however, had significantly higher research productivity (mean h-index: 16.44 vs. 10.94; publications: 52.53 vs. 26.72; citations: 2216.69 vs. 1155.28; all p < 0.001).
CONCLUSION: Despite near parity in leadership representation, gender disparities persist in research productivity among REI physicians. These discrepancies may reflect systemic inequities in academic support, promotion criteria, and institutional culture. Structural barriers such as inequitable research resources, gendered service loads, and family-building or domestic responsibilities may further constrain women's ability to engage in sustained scholarly productivity and advancement. Future efforts can prioritize inclusive data practices, equitable promotion policies, and targeted interventions to support diversity within reproductive medicine.

Keywords:  Academic disparities; Gender; Leadership; Reproductive endocrinology; Research productivity

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-025-03761-6
BMJ. 2025 Dec 11. 391 e086941

How recent is recent? Retrospective analysis of suspiciously timeless citations.

Alejandro Díez-Vidal, Jose R Arribas.

OBJECTIVE: To quantify the time lag between biomedical articles and the studies they describe as "recent," a term widely used to imply timeliness despite rarely reflecting the actual age of the cited evidence.
DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of suspiciously timeless citations based on a structured PubMed search of 20 predefined "recent" expressions.
SAMPLE: 1000 English language, full text biomedical articles in which a "recent" expression is directly linked to a citation.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Time lag in years between citing articles and their referenced "recent" studies.
RESULTS: The age of the cited "recent" studies varied widely. The citation lag ranged from 0 to 37 years (mean 5.53 years, median 4 years, interquartile range 2-7). The most frequent lag was one year (n=159, 15.9%), and 177 references (17.7%) were at least 10 years old. Citation patterns varied across medical specialties: critical care, infectious diseases, genetics, immunology, and radiology showed shorter median lags (around two years), while nephrology, veterinary medicine, and dentistry displayed substantially longer lags (ranging from 8.5 to 14 years). Among expressions, "recent approach," "recent discovery," and "recent study" were linked to older references, whereas "recent publication" and "recent article" had much fresher citations. The citation lag was similar across world regions and gradually decreased over time, with the most recent publications showing the shortest lags. Journals with high impact factors (≥12) cited more up-to-date work.
CONCLUSIONS: This playful analysis suggests that "recent" is applied with striking elasticity across biomedical literature. While some authors cite genuinely recent work, others stretch the definition to decades. Readers and reviewers should take "recent" claims with a grain of chronological salt.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2025-086941
Data Brief. 2025 Dec;63 112285

Iranian Scientometrics; Dataset on universities, professors and articles.

Mohmmad Shafei, Parsa Zahedi, Rojiar Pirmohamadiani.

  This research introduces a comprehensive dataset of academic publications and professorial metrics from Iranian universities, systematically collected from Google Scholar using Python-based tools such as Selenium and BeautifulSoup, validated through expert review. articles.csv was kept raw except for exact duplicate removal, while a four-step Data Refinement Process (governmental affiliation, ≥ 100 citations, author-article verification, 2020-22 window) produced final_articles.csv for analysis. The dataset includes over 1.5 million records of articles scraped from various categories, providing detailed information on each article's title, citations, authorship details, and institutional affiliations, all curated through an intricate web scraping process. It spans multiple interlinked files with attributes including article metadata, professor profiles, and institutional details, We then applied a temporal filter (2020-2022) in conjunction with institution and author-level criteria, restricting to governmental universities and professors exceeding our citation threshold, and excluded records missing essential metadata (specifically, entries without titles or with removed/invalid Google Scholar links), yielding a focused cohort primed for downstream analytical pipelines. These attributes enable in-depth exploration of academic productivity, collaboration networks, and institutional performance across disciplines. The dataset provides a significant foundation for developing domain-specific models and theories related to academic impact and network analysis, with potential applications in social network analysis, trend identification in research disciplines, and benchmarking within the academic landscape. Additionally, it may support the development of machine learning and deep learning models for classifying research outputs and analysing scholarly trends, driving innovation in understanding academic ecosystems and informing data-driven strategies to enhance research excellence. This dataset is intended for use by scientometricians conducting citation and network analyses, university administrators performing institutional benchmarking, policymakers evaluating research strategies, and academic researchers exploring disciplinary trends. To remain fully compliant while capturing the complete corpus, we throttled requests far below Google Scholar's implicit limits and deliberately distributed the crawl over a three-month window, trading speed for a policy-conformant, loss-minimised harvest. In short, we rate-limited requests, avoided circumvention, and did not bypass access controls; we acknowledge Google's ToS restrict automated queries.

Keywords:  Bibliometrics; Google scholar; Institutional research; Scientometrics; Web scraping

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.112285
Med Ref Serv Q. 2025 Dec 09. 1-22

Retractions due to ethical violations or lack of approval in medical and allied sciences: an analysis.

Biju V V, Franklin J, Sanjo Jose, Rima Joseph.

  Scientific studies conducted without adhering to ethical principles or without obtaining necessary approvals may lead to retractions, thereby undermining both scientific credibility and public trust. This study examines Retractions due to Ethical Violations or Lack of Approval (REVLA) in medical and allied disciplines, analyzing the trend over time, classifying the reasons for retractions, and explaining how they are communicated. REVLA published between 2003 and 2022 were identified using Web of Science and Scopus. Reasons for retraction were extracted from the Retraction Watch Database (RWD). A total of 969 articles meeting the criteria were identified. Original research and clinical studies accounted for over 95% of REVLA. The number of retractions increased substantially in the last decade. 37.67% of REVLA are either under a paywall or unavailable on the journal pages. Papers on clinical practice constitute 57.79% of REVLA, followed by biological sciences (20.02%) and cancer research (15.69%). The analysis shows that no publishers or journals are immune to REVLA. Strengthening institutional review boards (IRB), imparting education on research and publication ethics, and ensuring public access to retraction notices and articles are essential to uphold research integrity. Stricter editorial vigilance and peer review are crucial to prevent the publication of ethically compromised studies, thereby reducing the need for future retractions.

Keywords:  Ethical violations; Library and Information Science; institutional review board; lack of approval; medical retractions; retraction

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2025.2588222
Account Res. 2025 Dec 07. 2587576

Conflict of Interest and financial disclosure policies of journals that publish weather and climate research.

Jessica Weinkle, Esika Savsani, Elise Colby, Min Shi, David B Resnik.

  Weather and climate research is an area of science in which private companies, government agencies, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have substantial interests at stake, but little is known about how academic journals address these interests. The primary aim of this study was to help address this question by analyzing the content of funding disclosure polices of journals that publish research on weather and climate. We reviewed and analyzed policies from 100 journals that focus on weather and climate research and found that most of them have comprehensive policies for disclosing conflicts of interest (COIs) and funding sources. 98% of the journals require disclosure of COIs; 91.8% require funding disclosure; 87.9% require disclosure of non-financial COIs; 86.9% define COIs, 80.8% provide examples of COIs, and 65.7% policies that apply to reviewers and editors, and 55.6% have enforcement mechanisms for violations of COI policies. Several of the policies were positively associated with a higher journal impact factor. Although most journals that publish research on weather and climate research have comprehensive COI and funding disclosure policies, additional research is needed to determine the extent to authors, reviewers, and editors understand and follow these policies.

Keywords:  Conflict of interest; climate; journals; policies; weather

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2025.2587576
Soc Stud Sci. 2025 Dec 12. 3063127251386080

Troubling the canon: Language, geography, and the politics of STS publishing in five decades of journal publications.

Maurizio Meloni, Ayuba Issaka, Sam Cadman, Benjamin Hegarty, Luca Chiapperino, Tessa Moll.

  STS is now a global endeavour, with journals, scholars, and associations in a wide range of regions, languages, and transnational networks of knowledge. Building on recent debates about decolonizing research, we contribute to debates about epistemic injustice and asymmetries in the discipline by analysing a large sample of articles in 17 STS journals, published between 1976 and 2023. Our goal is to understand the multiplicity of factors that shape processes that lead to hegemony and canonization. Drawing on a database of 12,045 articles, we describe the language of publication and geography of authorship, in addition to the language policy of the journals and location of their editorial offices. We then analyse the 350 most cited articles (ca. 3%) in our sample and focus our analysis on the 40 most cited publications, looking at the processes of canon-formation in the discipline. We argue that while STS has always emphasized the situatedness of knowledge and promoted epistemic pluralism, there is still significant work to be done to analyse how asymmetries in publishing and circulation of knowledge take place. To address epistemic injustice, more needs to be done to undo the processes through which canon formation takes place, moving the field further away from the Euro-American networks of knowledge and power in which it is still primarily embedded.

Keywords:  STS canon; citational justice; decolonizing; epistemic pluralism; internalized symmetry

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1177/03063127251386080
Biol Proced Online. 2025 Dec 08.

Listening to the Past, Shaping the Future: A Data-mining Based and Visual Analysis of Five Decades of Gastric Carcinogenesis Research.

Tai Zhang, Xudong Tang.

   BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer remains a major global health concern with approximately one million new cases annually. Despite five decades of extensive research, comprehensive analysis mapping gastric carcinogenesis research evolution and emerging therapeutic frontiers remains limited. This study aims to systematically analyze the intellectual landscape, research trends, and future directions in gastric carcinogenesis research.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed 11,527 scientific publications on gastric carcinogenesis from 1970-2024 using advanced scientometric tools including CiteSpace and VOSviewer for co-citation analysis, collaboration network mapping, and keyword co-occurrence analysis.
RESULTS: Publication output demonstrated exponential growth, peaking at 547 publications in 2022. Asia leads research productivity with China, Japan, and South Korea contributing 37.50% of total publications, while the United States exhibits highest collaborative influence with betweenness centrality of 0.45. Seven distinct research clusters emerged encompassing Helicobacter pylori pathogenesis, molecular mechanisms, precancerous lesions, autoimmune gastritis, and therapeutic interventions. Five emerging trends were identified: stromal microenvironment interactions in carcinogenesis progression, gastric organoid models for disease modeling, artificial intelligence-enhanced endoscopic detection technologies, biomarker development for early diagnosis, and traditional herbal medicine applications for chemoprevention.
CONCLUSIONS: Research gaps persist in autoimmune gastritis pathways and clinical translation of molecular discoveries. Emerging research directions encompass advanced modeling systems, molecular diagnostics, and technological applications, though their clinical impact remains to be established through future validation studies.

Keywords:  Dysplasia; Gastric cancer; Gastric carcinogenesis; Helicobacter pylori; Metaplasia

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12575-025-00316-y
BMC Med Educ. 2025 Dec 13.

Academic outcomes of geriatric medicine theses in internal medicine residency: a 25-year nationwide review in Türkiye.

Mert Tokatlı, Cafer Balcı.

   BACKGROUND: This nationwide study evaluated the research topics, methodological characteristics, institutional distribution, and publication outcomes of geriatric medicine-related internal medicine residency theses in Türkiye between 1998 and 2022.
METHODS: A total of 234 geriatric medicine-related theses registered in the Turkish Higher Education Council Thesis Center were retrospectively analyzed. Data included thesis design, research topic, institution type (university vs. training and research hospital), and publication metrics (publication status, indexing, publication delay, and authors' current specialties).
RESULTS: Cross-sectional design was the most common (63.7%). The overall publication rate was 47.4%, with a median publication delay of 2 years (IQR 1-4). Publication rates were higher in university hospitals than in training and research hospitals (51.4% vs. 32.7%, p = 0.002). Methodological theses showed higher publication success (p = 0.019). Publication rates declined from 59.2% in 1998-2014 to 42.3% in 2015-2022 (p = 0.018). Theses authored by future geriatricians had higher publication rates (78.8% vs. 43.3%, p < 0.001). Despite an increase in geriatric syndrome thesis topics, no significant association was found between publication status and thesis categories.
CONCLUSIONS: Geriatric medicine has gained increasing academic visibility in internal medicine training in Türkiye. However, declining publication rates and institutional shifts highlight the need for stronger mentorship and structured research support in residency programs.

Keywords:  Geriatric research; Medical thesis; Scientific publication

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-08442-7
Am J Surg. 2025 Nov 25. pii: S0002-9610(25)00572-0. [Epub ahead of print]252 116749

Confronting inequality: The Stark disparity of female representation in surgical oncology journals' editorial boards.

Brenda Feres, Sofia Wagemaker Viana, Gabriele Eckerdt Lech, Yasmin Biscola Da Cruz, Mecker G Möller.

   BACKGROUND: Inequitable representation on journal editorial boards (EB) may hinder females' career advancement in leadership positions.
METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study analyzing gender representation in EB of surgical oncology journals. Members were classified as "editor-in-chief", "senior editorial leadership", "board and advisory members", and "editorial management and support", with first names used to predict female representation.
RESULTS: We included 24 surgical oncology journals and analyzed 2097 names. Females held 33.1 % (694/2097) of EB positions (p < 0.001). A chi-square analysis revealed a significant difference in gender representation across editorial roles (p < 0.001). Females held fewer editor-in-chief roles (17.9 %, 5/28) compared to board and advisory members (30.1 %, 473/1574). Overall, 4/24 journals had a statement about diversity/equity on the EB, despite none showing equal proportion.
CONCLUSION: Female surgeons remain underrepresented in leadership positions, underscoring the need to improve equity and females' advancement.

Keywords:  Academic journals; Editorial boards; Gender representation; Surgical oncology; Women in leadership

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2025.116749
Cureus. 2025 Nov;17(11): e96314

Exploring the Multifaceted Role of Scientific Paper and Poster Presentations: A Narrative Review.

Sayem A Mulla, Amit Patil, Sheetal Mali, Himmat Jaiswal, Hitesh R Sawant, Pooja Shah, Vyshnavi Mundada.

  In order to improve education, foster professional growth, and facilitate the dissemination of research, scientific publications and poster presentations are crucial elements of academic communication. Their diverse responsibilities are particularly important given how higher education and interdisciplinary research are developing. A qualitative synthesis of the literature gathered from databases such as PubMed, Google Scholar, and Scopus was used to perform this narrative review. To glean thematic insights on the functions and advantages of scientific writing and presentations, pertinent English-language publications over the last 20 years were examined, including guidelines, academic commentary, and relevant articles. Posters and scientific publications are powerful resources for academic communication, professional involvement, and in-depth study. They facilitate the dissemination and critique of research findings, encourage teamwork through multi-author contributions, support ongoing education through literature exploration and content synthesis, develop critical, creative, and technical skills, and play a crucial role in postgraduate and doctoral education. Engaging in these kinds of activities has also been connected to improved academic achievement and professional growth. Across fields, scientific articles and poster presentations are essential and interrelated to people's academic and professional development. To develop a capable, research-focused, and internationally competitive academic community, their inclusion and promotion in academic curriculum and institutional culture are essential. The aim of this paper is to investigate and clarify the many roles and effects of scientific publications and poster presentations in the fields of research, teamwork, skill development, advanced academic training, and continuing education.

Keywords:  academic communication; continued education; higher education; poster presentation; research dissemination; scientific writing; skill development

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.96314
Sci Data. 2025 Dec 10.

CrossDI: A comprehensive dataset crossing three databases for calculating disruption indexes.

Shuo Xu, Congcong Wang, Xin An, Jianhua Liu.

The Disruption Index (DI) is a significant metric for identifying research that expands scientific frontiers and pioneers new fields. Unlike readily accessible metrics like citation counts, DI requires complex analysis of citation patterns, specifically, how subsequent research that cites a given work also references its foundational predecessors, representing a paradigm shift in assessing scientific impact. Current DI studies remain largely confined to single indicators, disciplines, or databases, lacking comprehensive benchmarks to evaluate the intrinsic properties and temporal dynamics of diverse DI metrics. To bridge this critical gap, we introduce Cross-source Disruption Indexes (CrossDI) dataset, a comprehensive benchmark resource that integrates multiple established DI metrics for key articles across four fields. Curated from three major bibliographic databases (WoS, Dimensions, and OpenCitations), this dataset is designed as a reusable benchmark for the systematic evaluation and comparison of disruption indexes.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06232-w
J Sch Psychol. 2025 Dec;pii: S0022-4405(25)00063-9. [Epub ahead of print]113 101490

Investigating trends in U.S.-based empirical research on racism in school psychology.

Peter D Goldie, Dana Bincoletto, Sally L Grapin.

  School psychology scholars have historically failed to acknowledge that studying and naming racism is essential for their work. Recent calls to action have implored school psychology researchers to interrogate the field's perpetuation of and complicity in racial oppression and white supremacy through research. Building on prior work, the present study investigated the content of articles published in 10 school psychology journals between 2011 and 2021 by examining (a) how often the school psychology literature has empirically studied racism, (b) whether the number of racism-focused publications varied by year and journal, and (c) which racial groups and topics were the foci of these studies. Results indicated that 6.3 % of US-based empirical articles focused on racism, with a gradual increase in the publication of such articles over time (4.0 % in 2011, 11.2 % in 2021). There was variability in the representation of this work across journals. Black and white populations were most represented in samples, and most articles on racism focused on K-12 students' academic, social, emotional, and behavioral functioning. Our findings underscore the urgency of centering racial justice topics in school psychology research to work toward anti-colonialism in the field and better serve all youth.

Keywords:  Anti-colonialism; Metascience; Racism; white supremacy

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2025.101490
J Community Health. 2025 Dec 09.

Process and Issues with Review of Manuscripts for Health-Related Journals.

James H Price, Erica Payton.

  Magazines are periodicals characterized by their articles, pictures, and advertisements to generally inform and entertain readers on a variety of topics. In contrast, professional journals are publications that update and provide new research results for professionals in a specific field. Unlike magazines, the articles in professional journals have undergone assessments by their professional peers for validity and reliability of their content. In other words, peer review is the hallmark of professional journals informing and advancing the knowledge of a professional field. No where else is it more important than in health-related journals to have valid and reliable information. This commentary's purpose is to review the process of peer review, and the journals professional roles involved in that process.

Keywords:  Academic journals; Health-related journals; Peer review; Peer review process; Professional journals; Publishing ethics

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-025-01531-0
Res Vet Sci. 2025 Dec 02. pii: S0034-5288(25)00490-4. [Epub ahead of print]199 106016

Declining female representation with advancing academic rank in veterinary institutions from non-Western countries.

Ursula Norton, Rebecca Dunlop, Rachel Allavena, María José Navarrete Talloni, Chiara Palmieri.

  Gender equity in academic veterinary science remains underexplored outside of Western countries. This study aimed to evaluate gender representation across academic ranks within veterinary institutions in Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa. Data on academic staff were collected from 96 veterinary schools across 39 countries between September 2023 and April 2024. Gender was inferred through institutional websites, online academic platforms, and machine-learning tools, and academic ranks were standardised into four categories: Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor. Generalised linear models were used to assess the relationship between gender and academic rank in each region. Across all regions, male academics were more represented at higher academic ranks. Female representation declined significantly with increasing rank in all regions (p < 0.0001). The percentage of female academics ranged widely, from 7 % (Nepal) to 68 % (Myanmar and Peru). Asia had the lowest overall female representation (29 %), followed by the Middle East (40 %), Latin America (43 %), and Sub-Saharan Africa (44 %). The decline in female representation across ranks was steepest in Asia and the Middle East, while Sub-Saharan Africa exhibited a slower decline and was the only region where female representation increased at the Professor level compared to Associate Professor. Despite regional variation, veterinary academia in non-Western countries remains male-dominated, particularly at senior levels. However, the observed patterns in Africa and Latin America may reflect emerging progress in gender equity. Addressing structural and cultural barriers to academic advancement is essential to support the career progression of women in veterinary science globally.

Keywords:  Academia; Gender; Non-Western; Veterinary

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2025.106016
J Hand Surg Glob Online. 2025 Nov;7(6): 100823

The Impact of Leadership in Gender Diversity of Annual Meeting Speakers in the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.

Mehrdad Farrokhi, Mohammad Amin Nochian.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsg.2025.100823
Account Res. 2025 Dec 07. 2596063

Using the contributor role taxonomy (CRediT) as a tool in resolving authorship disputes at the NIH.

Kathryn Partin, Mohammad Hosseini.

  The Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT) was released in 2014 with the aim of improving the attribution of credit and responsibilities in scholarly publications. Besides encouraging researchers to use CRediT for specification of contributions in publications, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Intramural Research Program (IRP) has been using CRediT as a tool to investigate and resolve authorship disputes pre- and post-publication. In this article, we share the policies and procedures used at the NIH IRP for resolving authorship disputes, with the hope that other administrators and institutions might find value in our approach and provide feedback where necessary. The NIH IRP employs CRediT to offer a more objective and structured approach to understanding how a supervisor, complainant, or other parties involved in a dispute view the overall contributions in a project. This approach provides both the research group and the mediator or investigator with a common vocabulary to describe contributions and minimizes the likelihood of misunderstanding. Developing robust and transparent institutional mechanisms to address and resolve disputes, including guidance on how to address conflicts on authorship and authorship order, might contribute to a more productive and healthier research environment.

Keywords:  Authorship; Authorship Disputes; CRediT Taxonomy; Publication Ethics; Research Integrity

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2025.2596063
Biophys Rev. 2025 Aug;17(4): 1143-1156

Invention, innovation, and commercialisation in British biophysics.

Jack Shepherd, Mark C Leake.

  British biophysics has a tradition of scientific invention and innovation, resulting in new technologies transforming biological insight, such as rapid DNA sequencing, super-resolution and label-free microscopy, high-throughput and single-molecule bio-sensing, and bio-inspired synthetic materials. Some advances were established through democratised platforms and many have biomedical success, a key example involving the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, three UK labs made crucial contributions revealing how the spike protein targets human cells and how therapies of vaccines and neutralising nanobodies work, enabled largely through biophysical innovations of cryo-electron microscopy. Here, we discuss leading-edge innovations which resulted from discovery-led British "Physics of Life" research (capturing blends of physical-life sciences research in the UK including biophysics and biological physics) and have matured into wide-reaching sustainable commercial ventures enabling translational impact. We describe the biophysical science which led to these academic spinouts, presenting the scientific questions that were addressed through innovating new techniques and approaches. We consider these examples through the lens of opportunities and challenges for academic biophysics research in partnership with British industry. We highlight how commercial breakthroughs have emerged organically from fundamental research rather than from technology-first approaches but also discuss lessons to learn from past failures. Finally, we propose recommendations concerning future resourcing and structuring of UK biophysics research and the training and support of its researchers to ensure that UK plc punches above its weight in biophysics innovation and a need to educate the policymakers and public that an absence of basic science impoverishes innovation.

Keywords:  Academic-industry partnership; Biophysics technology; Discovery-led research; Early career researcher support; Translational impact

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12551-025-01330-w
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2025 Dec;13(12): e7330

Comparing Predictors for Leadership in Surgical Subspecialty National Organizations.

Jason Zhang, Narainsai K Reddy, Gabrielle C Rodriguez, Kristian Nenchev, Nikhil Sriram, Morgan Gamble, Muhammad T Hassan, Reyna A Patel, Parul Rai, Hannah Soltani, Arun K Gosain.

Background: Analyzing characteristics of national leaders in surgery can provide insight into the factors that contribute to their success.
Methods: The names of the 2024 executive board and past presidents were collected from national surgical subspecialty organizations. A cross-sectional analysis of training and leadership backgrounds was conducted from information gathered online. Logistic regression was used to analyze predictors for executive positions.
Results: A total of 871 leaders from 48 organizations were characterized, including 66 plastic surgeons. Most (84.5%) leaders completed a subspecialty-specific fellowship and had a mean of 3.6 institutional positions. The number of chief/chair positions (odds ratio [95% confidence interval] = 1.55 [1.31-1.84]) and editor positions (1.11 [1.02-1.23]) were associated with increased odds of being a national vice president/president, whereas completing multiple fellowships was associated with decreased odds (odds ratio [95% confidence interval] = 0.56 [0.35-0.88]). Plastic surgery leaders had higher rates of no fellowship training (22.7% versus 5.5%) and a lower average number of industry positions (0.1 versus 0.4) compared with those in other fields. Compared with presidents in other specialties, plastic surgery presidents had lower rates of subspecialty-specific fellowship training (72.2% versus 84.9%).
Conclusions: Experience leading at the institutional level is correlated with national surgical leadership. Our findings may help guide young plastic surgeons hoping to become involved at the national level.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000007330
Can J Exp Psychol. 2025 Dec;79(4): 347-358

The status of women cognitive scientists in Canada 6 years later: Insights from publicly available Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) funding data.

Michelle Yang, Penny M Pexman, Debra Titone.

This article examines gender disparities in the allocation of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) funding to cognitive scientists. It expands on previous work by Titone et al. (2018) with updated data from 2016 to 2023. By analyzing publicly available funding data, we assessed trends in NSERC awards distribution across different career stages. Our analyses revealed that while women receive more student research awards at the undergraduate and graduate levels, significant gender disparities persist at senior levels, where men continue to receive more Discovery Grants and higher funding amounts. With respect to changes in recent years, the postdoctoral fellowship awards showed increased gender parity. As well, early career researchers have seen a shift towards gender parity, indicating some success in the efforts to support up-and-coming researchers. Thus, while progress has been made, further actions are necessary to bridge gender gaps in research funding and to support the long-term career development of women cognitive scientists. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/cep0000384
Nature. 2025 Dec 12.

Science sleuths raise concerns about scores of bioengineering papers.

Dan Garisto.



Keywords:  Culture; Publishing

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-03870-3
An Acad Bras Cienc. 2025 ;pii: S0001-37652025001301301. [Epub ahead of print]97(suppl 4): e20241222

Patent applications in Brazil on veterinary antiparasitics.

Cecilia Caroline S Alves, Maria DA Glória A Bandeira, Alexandra M S Soares.

Brazil is an important cattle producer and the world's third-largest pet market, with the second-highest number of dogs. This makes antiparasitic drugs crucial in the animal health sector, addressing a wide range of parasites affecting livestock and pets. This study presents an analysis of patent filings concerning veterinary antiparasitic drugs in Brazil, spanning a 25-year period from 1997 to 2022. Data were extracted from the INPI (National Institute of Industrial Property) database, identifying 66 patents for antiparasitic compounds. The patents were categorized based on their status, type of applicant, and origin. The study also highlights key historical milestones in Brazilian veterinary parasitology and identifies significant global legal issues influencing the evolution of patents in this field. Findings show that companies dominate the patent landscape, with São Paulo and Goiás leading in the number of filings, while the United States is the top non-resident applicant. This study provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of innovation in antiparasitic drugs in Brazil, serving as a basis for further research and technological advancements in veterinary parasitology.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202520241222
Nurs Adm Q. 2025 Dec 10.

Are Any Top 50 Scimago Journal Rank-indexed Journals in the Nursing Category Considered "Predatory" by an AI-driven "Predatory" Journal Detector?

Jaime A Teixeira da Silva, Marilyn H Oermann.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/CIN.0000000000001396
Pediatr Res. 2025 Dec 07.

Safeguarding the integrity of scientific literature in the 21st century.

Rasheda Vereen, Brian King, Abdul Razak, Ben W Mol, Atul Malhotra.

The digital era has dramatically expanded scientific publishing, with journals and the annual number of publications increasing unprecedentedly. While this growth has enhanced accessibility, collaboration, and dissemination, it has also introduced significant challenges to the integrity of scientific literature. Mega-journals and open-access models, although beneficial in many respects, have contributed to inequities and facilitated the rise of predatory journals, which often publish low-quality or misleading research with minimal peer review. At the same time, the use of spin, defined as rhetorical strategies that exaggerate or misrepresent findings, has become widespread and can influence the interpretation of results by researchers, clinicians, and the public. Importantly, low-quality, misleading, and even fraudulent research is not confined to predatory outlets and can occur in well-established, high-impact journals, highlighting the limitations of relying solely on journal reputation. While critical appraisal remains central to evaluating research, traditional approaches often fail to fully address the risks of spin, predatory publishing, and fraud. This article explores these challenges, examining how such practices compromise scientific integrity, distort evidence, and affect decision-making. It also outlines practical strategies for researchers, reviewers, and clinicians to critically assess publications, safeguard reliability, and uphold the credibility of scientific literature. IMPACT STATEMENT: Researchers and clinicians now require a guide to navigate the modern landscape of scientific publishing, which is challenged by the proliferation of predatory journals, the use of "spin" to misrepresent findings, and outright fraud, which has eroded scientific integrity, leading to a need for a new level of scrutiny. This paper outlines practical strategies and tools for researchers, clinicians, and reviewers to identify unreliable evidence, emphasizing that critical appraisal must go beyond traditional methods to assess trustworthiness and integrity. By promoting these skills, all can safeguard the credibility of science and protect evidence-based practice.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-025-04647-0
Int J Surg. 2025 Dec 11.

The burden of unwanted e-mails in academic surgery: a cross-sectional study.

Unwanted E-mails in Academic Surgery Study Group Investigators

   BACKGROUND: Unwanted e-mails (UEM) constitute a futile problem for academic surgeons. However, data investigating the magnitude of this concern and its determinants are lacking.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the burden UEM in academic surgery and to identify factors associated with a high burden of UEM.
METHODS: Cross-sectional study conducted in a division of visceral surgery of a tertiary center, between May 1-31, 2024. Participants included physicians of the division; UEM received by the participants during the study period were collected and examined. Primary outcome was the absolute number of UEM. High burden of UEM was defined as participant UEM number ≥ percentile 75 of UEM number.
RESULTS: Participants included 36 physicians (13 residents, 14 fellows and 9 consultants). A total of 2934 UEM were examined; among them, 1707 (58.2%) solicited scientific contributions, including invitations to submit manuscripts (n = 910, 31%). Number of UEM per participant was heterogenous (range 0-601), with a median of 16 (0-106). The latter also showed differences between residents 0 (0-1), fellows 34 (5-70), and consultants 147 (101-402) (p<0.001). Finally, high burden of UEM was associated with surrogates of experience and research activity, such as age (OR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.04-1.41; p = 0.011), board certification in visceral surgery (OR, 11.50; 95% CI, 2.01-65.91; p = 0.006), number of peer-review publications (OR, 1.12; 95% CI, 1.01-1.24; p = 0.027) or H-index (OR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.07-1.73; p = 0.012).
CONCLUSIONS: UEM represent a major concern for academic surgeons. Exposure to UEM varies proportionally to professional experience and research activity.

Keywords:  e-mail; invitation; predatory; spams; unsolicited

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1097/JS9.0000000000004493
J Hosp Palliat Care. 2025 Dec 01. 28(4): 160-168

A Text Network Analysis of Research on the Bereaved After Sudden Death Since 2000.

Kyung-Ah Kang, Suk-Jung Han, Jiyoung Chun.

   Purpose: This study aimed to analyze research trends in those left behind after sudden bereavement in 2000, using text network analysis.
Methods: This study structured and examined keywords in the abstracts of articles extracted from a web-based database. Five major databases (PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, CINAHL, and PsycInfo) were searched for key terms associated with bereavement and grief. After the data extraction, three dictionaries (thesaurus, exclusion, and definition) were created to refine the terms. A co-occurrence matrix was constructed, and text network analysis was performed to identify and visualize the core research topics.
Results: In total, 108 studies on those left behind after bereavement were published, with <9 papers released annually. The top five words extracted from the studies on individuals left behind after bereavement were family, relationship, child, parent, and support. Cohesion analysis confirmed that the community could be divided into five categories (support by need, diseases and symptoms, changes due to bereavement, causes and processes of bereavement, and damage to the family) based on studies of individuals left behind after bereavement.
Conclusion: Research addressing those left behind after sudden death is scarce, and only 108 studies were identified. These five clusters suggest that the research topics related to sudden bereavement represent distinct grief experiences characterized by unique psychological, social, and contextual features.

Keywords:  Bereavement; Social network analysis; Sudden death

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.14475/jhpc.2025.28.4.160