Lietuvos mokslo periodikos asociacija
The Association of Lithuanian Serials

If you think you are a rookie in writing research articles and submitting them to publishing, this lecture is right just for you. You will find out how to prepare an article so that it conforms to the requirements of research journal publishers and choose the most appropriate journal for your article by listening to a lecture “Demystifying the Publishing Process” by Victoria Babbit, Regional Publishing Manager for Scandinavia of Taylor & Francis Group.

We would like to thank all who filled in the questionnaires of the survey Aspects of Research Journal Publishing: Citation and Plagiarism. Having reviewed 167 questionnaires and a number of comments, it is clear that an argumentative live discussion is necessary. Some survey questions received equal number of identical opinions. With reference to the question on originality of the article, 62 out of 167 respondents claimed that in order to consider the manuscript original, it has to contain more than 50% of new and original information, 59 respondents answered that new material should constitute 70% of the content, whereas 36 respondents maintained that it should be more than 30%. There was almost unanimous opinion (122 out of 167) that the Lithuanian research journals should publish regulations on plagiarism and self-plagiarism as well as sign the declaration of ethics. The detailed results of the survey will be presented at the seminar where all interested in the issues of research journal publishing are invited to attend.

The conference Let’s Open the Scholarly Knowledge to the World will take place at The Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (Gedimino ave. 3, Vilnius) on October 27^th to mark an international Open Access week. The organizers of the event are The Lithuanian Research Library Consortium, The Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and The Lithuanian Research Council.

The conference is organized as part of the project Promoting Open Access in Lithuania sponsored by an international organization EIFL. The aim of the conference is to accelerate modernisation of access to scholarly information in Lithuania, familiarise the academic society with open access initiatives developed around the world and in Lithuania, seek harmonisation of legal, organisational and financial solutions.

The event is free of charge but please register here.

PROGRAMME of the conference

Thomson Reuters published research journal indicators 2010 in Journal Citation Report (JCR) on 28 June 2011. We would like to congratulate the following editors-in-chief: Zenonas Dabkevičius, Mifodijas Sapagovas and Vincentas Lamanauskas whose journals got first citation indicators – Impact Factors this year.  Congratulations for Prof. Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas whose three edited journals took leading positions in their research fields.

CrossRef, an international organization uniting academic publishers, has another member in Lithuania: Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) has joined innovative initiatives of research journal publishing. Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) was the first Lithuanian institution to become a member of CrossRef, whereas soon the Association of the Lithuanian Physicians followed VGTU steps.

We would like to let you know that Web of Knowledge as well as Web of Science databases will soon be updated.

Scopus database, one of the most prominent databases of research literature in the world which is comparable to the database of Thomson Reuters ISI Web of Science, is little known for the Lithuanian researchers and journal publishers.

What is the contemporary system and aims of publication of research content?

Are research publications easily accessible?

Do we have means to manage and affect proprietary rights of research content publication?

What influences the quality of research content and how should it be evaluated?

How does the contemporary research content peer-review system work?

Can leverage of research politics affect the quality of research content?

We would like to inform you that on 17 June 2010 JCR (Journal Citation Reports) of Thomson Reuters published citation indexes of scientific journals of 2009 (Impact Factor – IF).