Wang JL, Li X, Fan JR, Yan JP, Gong ZM, Zhao Y, Wang DM, Ma L, Ma N, Guo DM, Ma LS. Integrity of the editing and publishing process is the basis for improving an academic journal’s Impact Factor. World J Gastroenterol 2022; 28(43): 6168-6202 [PMID: 36483155 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i43.6168]
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Lian-Sheng Ma, Founder and CEO, Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, United States. l.s.ma@baishideng.com
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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Scientometrics
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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 21, 2022; 28(43): 6168-6202 Published online Nov 21, 2022. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i43.6168
Integrity of the editing and publishing process is the basis for improving an academic journal’s Impact Factor
Jin-Lei Wang, Xiang Li, Jia-Ru Fan, Jia-Ping Yan, Ze-Mao Gong, Yue Zhao, Dong-Mei Wang, Li Ma, Na Ma, Diao-Mei Guo, Lian-Sheng Ma
Jin-Lei Wang, Xiang Li, Jia-Ru Fan, Jia-Ping Yan, Ze-Mao Gong, Yue Zhao, Dong-Mei Wang, Li Ma, Na Ma, Diao-Mei Guo, Lian-Sheng Ma, Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, Pleasanton, CA 94566, United States
Author contributions: Ma LS conceptualized and designed the study; Wang JL organized the study materials, performed the data collection and analysis, and wrote the first draft of the manuscript; and all authors reviewed and commented on each iterative version of the manuscript, and read and approved the final manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors are employees of the Baishideng Publishing Group Inc and declare that they have no other real or potential conflicts of interest to disclose.
PRISMA 2009 Checklist statement: The authors have read the PRISMA 2009 Checklist, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the PRISMA 2009 Checklist.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Lian-Sheng Ma, Founder and CEO, Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, United States. l.s.ma@baishideng.com
Received: October 8, 2022 Peer-review started: October 8, 2022 First decision: October 20, 2022 Revised: October 27, 2022 Accepted: November 10, 2022 Article in press: November 10, 2022 Published online: November 21, 2022
Core Tip
Core Tip: This study describes a statistical analysis of bibliometric factors including the 2021 Journal Impact Factor™ (JIF) released in the Journal Citation Report™ 2022, discipline rankings, received and published articles in 2019-2021, and webpage visits and downloads for seven journals published by Baishideng Publishing Group (Baishideng). This study also introduces and discusses the editing and publishing processes of Baishideng’s journals in their entirety, as they form the basis for our objective of safeguarding and bolstering integrity in academic publication. The findings from these bibliometric assessments indicate that establishing, promoting, and actively practicing processes that safeguard and bolster the integrity of the editing and publication process also help to improve the academic influence of academic journals, which itself is the cornerstone for improving JIF.
