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The journal  Research , was launched in 2018 as the first journal in the  Science Partner Journal (SPJ) program .  Research  is distributed by the  American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)  in association with Science and Technology Review Publishing House, the publishing house under the leadership of  China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) . As with all participants in the Science Partner Journal (SPJ) program,  Research  is editorially independent from the Science family of journals and CAST is responsible for all content published in the journal. To learn more about the Science Partner Journal program, visit the  SPJ program homepage .

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The China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and AAAS/Science are proud to be publishing the first batch of articles in Research, the inaugural Science Partner Journal. Research will publish fundamental research in the life and physical sciences as well as important findings or issues in engineering and applied science. The journal will initially publish original research, reviews, and editorials. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, biology and life sciences, micro- and nano-science, artificial intelligence and information science, new energy studies, mechanical science and engineering, environmental science, emerging materials research, and robotics and advanced manufacturing.

The goal of Research is to publish high-quality papers on cutting-edge topics and to establish an international platform for academic exchange, collaboration, and innovation. We expect these published papers to make significant impact in the research community. Outside of the pages of this journal, CAST is also planning to organize an annual international conference on topics relevant to Research, first occurring in China and then moving to other countries in future years. With leading experts invited to be keynote speakers, scientists from all over the world will gather together at this conference to disseminate and exchange their new research achievements.

The editorial board of Research , led by Professor Tianhong Cui from the University of Minnesota as the international Editor in Chief, was established together with fifty-five experts from ten countries spread across the disciplines that the journal hopes to cover. The editorial board members are all leading experts in their research domain, including Charles Lieber from Harvard University, John A. Rogers and Yonggang Huang from Northwestern University. The Editor in Chief and the editorial board members will be responsible for a high-quality peer review of submitted articles. A group of four managing editors from CAST in Beijing along with individuals from the AAAS/Science Office of Publishing aid in the daily peer review process, production coordination, and marketing efforts for this new journal.

As the product of international collaboration itself, we know that the success of Research will be the result of the global community of scientists who read, cite, and work with this new journal as authors, editors, and reviewers. We hope that you enjoy reading these articles and future content, and consider submitting your paper to the journal. Please also reach out to the journal's Editorial Office at [email protected] if you would like to learn more about becoming a reviewer or being involved in the editorial board.

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• Nature and the Nature journals are diversifying their presentation of performance indicators. Nature . Time to remodel the journal impact factor , July 2016
• The journal impact factor is a much-criticized yet still-used number. As with any metric, it should not be used uncritically and without an understanding of what it measures. Nature Methods . On Impact , August 2015.
• Use these ten principles to guide research evaluation, urge Diana Hicks, Paul Wouters and colleagues. Nature . Bibliometrics: The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics , 22 April 2015.
• The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), an initiative spearheaded by the American Society for Cell Biology, aims to reform research assessment. Nature Cell Biology . Ending the tyranny of the impact factor , January 2014.
• In deciding how to judge the impact of research, evaluators must take into account the effects of emphasizing particular measures — and be open about their methods. Nature . The maze of impact metrics , 17 October 2013.
• As the journal's first impact factor is released, it is time to reflect on journal metrics and how Nature Climate Change has been making its mark. Nature Climate Change . Having an impact , July 2013.
• Citation analyses can condense scholarly output into numbers, but they do not live up to peer review in the evaluation of scientists. Online usage statistics and commenting could soon enable a more refined assessment of scientific impact. Nature Materials . Measuring impact , July 2011.
• The classic impact factor is outmoded. Is there an alternative for assessing both a researcher's productivity and a journal's quality? Nature Immunology . Ball and chain , October 2010.
• Nature Metrics special , June 2010. The value of scientific output is often measured, to rank one nation against another, allocate funds between universities, or even grant or deny tenure. Scientometricians have devised a multitude of 'metrics' to help in these rankings. Do they work? Are they fair? Are they over-used? Nature investigates.
• Transparency, education and communication are key to ensuring that appropriate metrics are used to measure individual scientific achievement. Nature . Assessing Assessment , 17 June 2010.
• Research assessment rests too heavily on the inflated status of the impact factor. Nature . Not-so-deep impact , 23 June 2005.

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AAAS announces first Science Partner Journal, Research, indexed in Web of Science: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is pleased to announce that the first journal in its Science Partner Journal (SPJ) program,   Research ,   is now indexed in   Web of Science: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE). The journal is expected to receive its first Journal Impact Factor in the June 2022 release of the Journal Citation Reports.

The journal was previously included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and after 3 years of publishing high-quality content, it will move into SCIE. This is a significant milestone for the journal, which is published in association with the Science and Technology Review Publishing House, under the leadership of the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST). The inclusion of   Research   in SCIE highlights the journal’s commitment to publishing high-quality and high-impact Open Access content. In addition to SCIE,   Research   is also indexed in   CAS, CNKI, CSCD, DOAJ, Ei Compendex, Inspec, PMC and Scopus.

Research   was launched in 2018, publishing its first content in August of that year. The journal publishes original multidisciplinary work reflecting innovative discoveries and important issues in the life and physical sciences and in engineering and applied science. Papers published since its launch have covered   tunable/reconfigurable metasurfaces ,   wearable/implantable electronics ,   COVID-19 meta-analysis , and   face masks perspectives . As a continuation of AAAS’ commitment to open access publishing, the journal’s content is published under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), on a continuous basis.

“We are thrilled that   Research , the first Science Partner Journal, has been accepted for inclusion in the Multidisciplinary Sciences category of SCIE,” said Bill Moran, Publisher of the Science family of journals at AAAS. “The partnership between AAAS and CAST has produced a journal that publishes impactful research for all to read and we are excited to see the growing recognition of   Research   and its high-quality content. We look forward to the continued success of the journal under the leadership of Editors-in-Chief Tianhong Cui and Wei Huang.”

“This is wonderful news that our journal will now be indexed in SCIE. It is a huge milestone for   Research ,” said Editor-in-Chief Tianhong Cui. “On behalf of the Editorial Board of   Research   I would like to thank all the authors, reviewers, readers, and academic editors for their great support. We also give special thanks to all the managing editors and staff from CAST and AAAS. We will continue to make our efforts to better serve the research community globally.”

About the Science Partner Journal program

The Science Partner Journal (SPJ) program was   launched   by AAAS in 2017 and features high-quality, online-only Open Access publications produced in collaboration with international research institutions, foundations, funders and societies. Through these collaborations, AAAS expands its efforts to communicate science broadly and for the benefit of all people by providing top-tier international research organizations with the technology, visibility and publishing expertise that AAAS is uniquely positioned to offer as the world’s largest international science society.

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The American Association for the Advancement of Science ( AAAS ) is the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal   Science , as well as   Science Translational Medicine ;   Science Signaling ; a digital, open-access journal,   Science Advances ;   Science Immunology ; and   Science Robotics . AAAS was founded in 1848 and includes more than 260 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals.   Science   has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world. The nonprofit AAAS is open to all and fulfills its mission to “advance science and serve society” through initiatives in science policy, international programs, science education, public engagement and more.

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The China Association for Science and Technology ( CAST ) is the largest non-governmental organization of scientific and technological professionals in China, serving as a bridge that links the Chinese government to the science and technology communities in China. Through its 210 national member societies and local branches all over the country, CAST maintains close ties with millions of Chinese scientists, engineers and other professionals working in the fields of science and technology.

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Correlation between impact factor and public availability of published research data in Information Science and Library Science journals

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Scientists continuously generate research data but only a few of them are published. If these data were accessible and reusable, researchers could examine them and generate new knowledge. Our purpose is to determine whether there is a relationship between the impact factor and the policies concerning open availability of raw research data in journals of Information Science and Library Science (ISLS) subject category from the Web of Science database. We reviewed the policies related to public availability of papers and data sharing in the 85 journals included in the ISLS category of the Journal Citation Reports in 2012. The relationship between public availability of published data and impact factor of journals is analysed through different statistical tests. The variable “statement of complementary material” was accepted in 50 % of the journals; 65 % of the journals support “reuse”; 67 % of the journals specified “storage in thematic or institutional repositories”; the “publication of the manuscript in a website” was accepted in 69 % of the journals. We have found a 50 % of journals that include the possibility to deposit data as supplementary material, and more than 60 % accept reuse, storage in repositories and publication in websites. There is a clear positive relationship between being a top journal in impact factor ranking of JCR and having an open policy.

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AAAS announces Science Partner Journal, Plant Phenomics, accepted to Web of Science

Journal accepted in Science Citation Index Expanded

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is pleased to announce that Plant Phenomics , the second journal launched as part of the Science Partner Journal (SPJ) program, has been accepted for inclusion in Web of Science: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE). The journal is expected to receive its first Journal Impact Factor in the June 2022 release of the Journal Citation Reports.

Inclusion in SCIE is the latest milestone for the journal, which is also indexed in CABI, CNKI, DOAJ, PMC and Scopus. SCIE evaluates a journal’s quality and influence before carefully selecting titles for inclusion, a recognition of Plant Phenomics ’ rigor and commitment to impactful research. Published in affiliation with the State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) and distributed by AAAS, Plant Phenomics was launched in 2019.

The journal publishes novel research advancing all aspects of plant phenotyping from the cell to plant population levels using innovative combinations of sensor systems and data analytics, with the aim to also connect phenomics to other science domains, such as genomics, genetics, physiology , molecular biology, bioinformatics, statistics, mathematics, and computer sciences . As a continuation of AAAS' commitment to advance science throughout the world, the journal's content is published Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), on a continuous basis.

“We are delighted that Plant Phenomics , one of the first journals launched in the Science Partner Journal program, has earned inclusion in SCIE,” said Bill Moran, Publisher of the Science family of journals at AAAS. “A testament to the dedicated partnership between AAAS and NAU, this success will enable the journal’s impactful research to reach new audiences, and we look forward to continued success under the leadership of Editors-in-Chief Seishi Ninomiya, Frédéric Baret and Zong-Ming Cheng.” Zong-Ming Cheng, an Editor-in-Chief for the journal, noted, "I am pleased that the collaboration between Nanjing Agricultural University and AAAS, in cooperation with the enormously hard work of the journal’s Editors-in-Chief, Associate Editors, authors, reviewers and editorial office staff, has led to this new journal reaching this milestone. We will continue to work hard to serve the Plant Phenomics research community and to build the journal into the next level of excellence.” Cheng concluded, “On behalf of the editorial team and the editorial staff, thank you for all the support worldwide."

As with all titles participating in the Science Partner Journal program, Plant Phenomics is editorially independent and responsible for the content published in the journal. AAAS is actively seeking new partners across scientific disciplines to join the program, which features English-language publications. Partner organizations are responsible for establishing editorial boards committed to best practices in peer review and author service. For more information about the Science Partner Journal program, please visit the program’s homepage at spj.sciencemag.org . For questions regarding the program and inquiries about the application process for becoming a partner organization, contact [email protected] .

About the American Association for the Advancement of Science

The American Association for the Advancement of Science ( AAAS ) is the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science , as well as Science Translational Medicine ; Science Signaling ; Science Advances , a digital, open-access journal; Science Immunology ; and Science Robotics . AAAS was founded in 1848 and includes more than 260 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. Science has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world. The nonprofit AAAS is open to all and fulfills its mission to "advance science and serve society" through initiatives in science policy, international programs, science education, public engagement and more.

About Nanjing Agricultural University

As one of China's oldest and most prestigious universities of agricultural sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) is a pioneer of modern agricultural education, research, and the four-year bachelor program in higher agricultural education in China and now has expanded to a comprehensive university, offering BS, MS and PhD degrees in agriculture, arts and science, engineering and business. Over the course of its century-long history, NAU has committed to the values of "integrity, simplicity, diligence and benevolence" and pursued the approach of "putting students first, upholding moral standards, promoting scholarship, and contributing to the community." NAU currently maintains partnerships with over 150 universities and research institutes in over 30 countries or territories through joint education programs, academic exchanges and collaborative research programs. See http://english.njau.edu.cn/ .

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