OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Learned Publishing is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Anonymous editorials in biomedical research journals: Few in number but potentially problematic	106
De Gruyter name change policy: Case study for learned publishing	82
The past, present and future of publishing: Observations to celebrate ALPSP's 50th year	80
Beyond borders: Examining the role of national learned societies in the social sciences and humanities	75
Obvious artificial intelligence‐generated anomalies in published journal articles: A call for enhanced editorial diligence	75
Evolution and adoption of contributor role ontologies and taxonomies	50
Recycling Research Without (Self‐)Plagiarism: The Importance of Context and the Case of Conference Contributions	46
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On building community in scholarly publishing: Modern ambitions and actions inspired by ancient wisdoms	30
Scaling up open access publishing through transformative agreements: Results from 2019 to 2022	29
‘Death of the Journal’: An editor's view	28
Multilingual Scholarly Journal Publishing in Iran	26
The stock characters in the editorial boards of journals run by predatory publishers	25
Using online machine translation in international scholarly writing and publishing: A longitudinal case of a Chinese engineering scholar	23
Tips for writing plain language summaries of medical journal publications	22
Where are the carrots? A proposal to start crediting peer reviewers for their contribution to science	21
Assessing the Societal Impact of Academic Research With Artificial Intelligence ( AI ): A Scoping Review of Business School Scholarship as a ‘Force f	19
Systematic examination of post‐ and pre‐citation of Indian‐authored retracted papers	19
Issue Information	18
Editorial actions taken to reduce publishing references from predatory sources: A case study	17
Collaborating for growth: Insights from Publisherspeak UK 2024, a scholarly publishing community gathering – part 1	17
Why Not Use the Power of Artificial Intelligence to Encourage the Reading of Scientific Articles?	16
Article processing charges for open access journal publishing: A review	16
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Chinese humanities scholars' reading of academic E‐books: A survey on reading strategies and tasks	13

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Beyond PRISMA 2020 and AMSTAR 2: Further Actions Are Needed to Deal With Problematic Meta‐Analyses	12
Investigation of potential gender bias in the peer review system at Reproduction	12
Implementing a diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility strategy: Lessons learned at five scholarly communications organizations	12
A technology‐based, financially sustainable, quality improvement intervention in a medical journal for bilingualism from submission to publication	12
Where predatory and mainstream journals differ: A study of language and linguistics journals	11
Perceptions regarding open science appraised by editors of scholarly publications published in Spain	11
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Clinical Evidence Behind a Paywall: An Analysis of Randomised Clinical Trials Included in Cochrane Reviews	11
Scholarly Publications: Criteria, Types, and Recognition From the Researchers' Perspective	10
Small Is Sexy: Rethinking Article Length in the Age of AI	10
Perceptions on the prevalence and impact of predatory academic journals and conferences: A global survey of researchers	10
Towards a DOI ‐First Referencing Model: Opportunities, Limitations and Implications for Scholarly Publishing	9
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Family Medicine editors collaborate towards antiracist publishing	9
Do you still need to make that trip?	8
University presses and societal challenges: Practical steps for change	8
Correction to “ DeepGreen —A Data Hub for the Distribution of Scholarly Articles From Publishers to Open Access Repositories in Germany”	8
The ‘long and winding road’ for digital accessibility	8
Lessons learned from an evolving DEI programme within a global publisher	8
Unravelling Citation Rules: A Comparative Analysis of Referencing Instruction Patterns in Scopus‐Indexed Journals	8
The rise of a mega‐journal in public health publishing	8
From being disrupted to being a disruptor: How university presses are helping to drive positive change	8
Moving Open Repositories out of the Blind Spot of Initiatives to Correct the Scholarly Record	8
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Alternatives to English only in scholarly publishing: Emerging trends of language policies among non‐Anglophone journals?	7
Beyond the Map: Considering Reporting Quality to Strengthen Scoping Reviews	7
Lessons learned from ORCID DE—A project‐driven initiative to promote author identification in Germany	7
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Creating Onomastic Social Network Maps of Books Using Their Indexes. Case Study: ‘Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World’	7
Nurturing an ‘ethic of collaboration’: Dispatches from a case study on Jindal Global Law Review	7
An analysis of publishing studies journals: An insight into the structure of the field based on publications	7
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Analysing overlay journals: The state‐of‐the‐art in 2021 and possible perspectives	7
Promotion and caution in research article abstracts: The use of positive, negative and hedge words across disciplines and rankings	7
Initial insight into three modes of data sharing: Prevalence of primary reuse, data integration and dataset release in research articles	6
From Connections to Citations: Assessing the Influence of Academic Social Networking ( ASN ) Sites on Scholarly Impact in Bangladesh	6
Rates of editor‐authored manuscripts among urology journals using blinded or non‐blinded review	6
Authors publishing repeatedly in predatory journals: An analysis of Scopus articles	6
Purchase and publish: Early career researchers and open access publishing costs	6
Analysis of predatory emails in early career academia and attempts at prevention	6
Editing a journal at the semiperiphery: Ambivalence of juniority and meaningfulness of publishing	6
Enhancing Consistency in Peer Review: A Statistical Analysis of Discrepancies and Proposals for Improvement	6
Risks of abuse of large language models, like ChatGPT, in scientific publishing: Authorship, predatory publishing, and paper mills	6
Regional spillover effect of 2022 sanctions against Russia on scholarly publications	6
Three recommended inclusive language guidelines for scholarly publishing: Words matter	6
Research assistants: Scientific credit and recognized authorship	6
‘Cracks’ in the scholarly communications system: Insights from a longitudinal international study of early career researchers	6

BioOne and SPIE: A reflection on the first 3 years of the nonprofit platform partnership	6
The Black Market of Publications in Peru: Paper Mills and Authorship for Sale	5
Review of the Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications' ‘Toolkits for Equity’	5
Toward Science‐Led Publishing	5
Publisher–Society partnerships to further image accessibility and global inclusivity in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Comparing top‐down	5
Macao's academic book publishing industry: A SWOT and PEST analysis	5
Special issues: The roles of special issues in scholarly communication in a changing publishing landscape	5
Integrity and Misconduct, Where Does Artificial Intelligence Lead?	5
When Feedback Is Missing: Rethinking Transparency in Editorial Decision‐Making	5
Three sustainability case studies in the scholarly publishing ecosystem	5
Understanding China's construction of an academic integrity system: A grounded theory study on national level policies	5
Field‐specific gold open access dynamics in the Chinese mainland: Overviews, disparities, and strategic insights	5
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ORCID identifier adoption in Spanish scholarly communication: A macro and micro level perspective	4
Correction to Publisher–Society partnerships to further image accessibility and global inclusivity in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Comparing top‐down and bottom‐up approaches	4
Peer Review at the Crossroads	4
Archiving website‐based references in academic papers: Problems caused by reference rot, potential solutions and limitations	4
Academic misconduct, fake authorship letters, cyber fraud: Evidence from the International Political Science Review	4
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Making journals more international: Language subject differences and impact performance	4
Defining the early career researcher: A study of publication‐based definitions	4
Establishing an early indicator for data sharing and reuse	4
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From Policy to Psychology: Analysing Evaluations of Journal Credibility Through Institutional and Cognitive Lenses	4
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Are we there yet? The state of accessible publishing in 2022	4
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Enhancing peer review efficiency: A mixed‐methods analysis of artificial intelligence‐assisted reviewer selection across academic disciplines	4
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Empirical analysis of factors influencing delay in article acceptance in accounting journals	3
Challenges and Opportunities of Scholarly Publishing Landscape: A Case Study From India	3
Editorial bias in top‐tier education journals: Factors influencing publishable scholarship in China	3
Can Bilingual Publishing Through Translation Increase International Authorship: An Interrupted Time Series Study of Spain‐Based Journals	3
Effects of the coronavirus 2019 pandemic on medical publishing: The sacrifice of quality for quantity?	3
Comparison of early career researchers and senior career researchers as peer reviewers: A questionnaire survey in China	3
Choosing the ‘right’ journal for publication: Perceptions and practices of pandemic‐era early career researchers	3
The promotion and implementation of open science measures among high‐performing journals from Brazil, Mexico, Portugal, and Spain	3
Publish‐Review‐Curate Modelling for Data Paper and Dataset: A Collaborative Approach	3
Development of Sci‐Tech Journals in China Stimulated by the China Sci‐Tech Journal Excellence Action Plan	3
Scientific publishing sanctions in response to the Russo‐Ukrainian war	3
Adoption and use of author identifier services: A French national survey	3
Scoping Reviews Should Describe—Not Score	3
Evaluation and publication delay in Ibero‐American scientific journals	3
Adapting peer review for the future: Digital disruptions and trust in peer review	3
Let's start talking: A reflective essay on minority students' experiences in academic spaces, publishing, and journal involvement	2
Science Behind a Paywall: Restricted Access Limits the Promise of Artificial Intelligence	2
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The motivations and criteria behind China's list of questionable journals	2
Characteristics of scholarly journals published in non‐English‐speaking countries: An analysis of Library and Information Science SCOPUS journals	2
What Are Journals and Reviewers Concerned About in Data Papers? Evidence From Journal Guidelines and Review Reports	2
Plan S and purpose: The future direction for UK learned societies	2
Legalize text recycling	2
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Outside the library: Early career researchers and use of alternative information sources in pandemic times	2
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The editor: A demanding but underestimated role in scientific publishing	2
“I Really Try to Model Good Practices”: Reflecting on Journal Article Publication From Mid‐Career	2
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AI and language change: The case of the hallucinating spellchecker	2
Patient authorship of medical research publications: An evolution, revolution, and solution?	2
How do editors use editorials to lead their journals? Insights from the field of human resource management	2
Exploring named‐entity recognition techniques for academic books	2
Artificial intelligence to support publishing and peer review: A summary and review	2
Co‐authoring with undergraduate students: An emerging process from the semi‐periphery of the world of science	2
A perpetual motion machine: The preserved digital scholarly record	2
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Expanding the Paediatric Urology Peer Review Pipeline: A Novel Panel and Facilitated Peer Mentorship Program	2
Altmetric.com or PlumX: Does it matter?	2
WhatsApp — what’s that?	2
The state of scientific PDF accessibility in repositories: A survey in Switzerland	2