Updates of"Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing"and implications for Chinese academic journals
[Purposes]The four updates of"Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing"from 2013 to 2022 are nurtured in the context of global open science publishing and may shed insight into the development of Chinese academic journals.[Methods]The first to the fourth versions of the principles were obtained through the website of the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association.Taking the individual principle as a unit of analysis,we carried out a longitudinal text analysis on the content of principles to systematically reveal their differences and development over time.Based on the principles of the latest version which were analyzed in the article,we put forward suggestions for the development of Chinese academic journals.[Findings]From 2013 to 2022,four versions of"Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing"have been published,aiming to ensure the quality and credibility of academic research by improving the transparency of academic publishing behaviors and processes.Compared with previous versions,the fourth version provides more detailed instructions on how to achieve transparency and best practices focusing on 16 principles pertaining to four dimensions:journal content,journal practices,organization,and business practices,with considerations of the practices achievable by journals in different disciplines,regions,and scales,to cope with the challenges by open science.[Conclusions]"Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing"would be helpful for the improvement of the transparency of China's publishing behaviors and processes and ensure the quality and credibility of China's academic research.Chinese academic journals should increase the awareness of and participation in open science development,work on network security maintenance and website information transparency,clearly describe copyright and licensing information in journal policies to protect intellectual property rights,and safeguard editorial independence to ensure academic value.
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