Reaching Structurally Vulnerable Populations Using Low-Barrier COVID-19 Testing Clinics Co-Created with Community-Based Organizations.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected people from structurally vulnerable communities. There was a need to improve COVID-19 testing in these communities to reduce viral spread and connect to treatment.

Objective: We created a partnership between an academic medical center and three community-based organizations (CBOs) to offer low-barrier COVID-19 walk-up testing clinics in Portland, Maine.

An examination of retracted articles in nursing literature.

Introduction: The output of scholarly publications in scientific literature has increased exponentially in recent years. This increase in literature has been accompanied by an increase in retractions. Although some of these may be attributed to publishing errors, many are the result of unsavory research practices.

Research on Predatory Publishing in Health Care: A Scoping Review.

Background: Predatory publishers and their associated journals have been identified as a threat to the integrity of the scientific literature. Research on the phenomenon of predatory publishing in health care remains unquantified.

Purpose: To identify the characteristics of empirical studies on predatory publishing in the health care literature.

A Bibliometric Analysis of Review Types Published in the Nursing Scientific Literature.

Reviews in the nursing scientific literature have steadily expanded in scope and range. This has resulted in a variety of terms used to describe these reports found in bibliographic databases, creating confusion. This study investigated the status of reviews in the published nursing literature, including: (1) number of reviews; (2) conventions related to naming and description; (3) publication location; and (4) areas of clarity and inconsistency.

How to identify predatory journals in a search: Precautions for nurses.

Nursing journals offer important content on new practices and approaches to care. Unfortunately, predatory journals that use unsavory publication practices have emerged. This article shares guidance to help nurses effectively appraise information and their sources, distinguish predatory from legitimate journals, and conduct due diligence.

Passive breath monitoring of livestock: using factor analysis to deconvolve the cattle shed.

Respiratory and metabolic diseases in livestock cost the agriculture sector billions each year, with delayed diagnosis a key exacerbating factor. Previous studies have shown the potential for breath analysis to successfully identify incidence of disease in a range of livestock. However, these techniques typically involve animal handling, the use of nasal swabs or fixing a mask to individual animals to obtain a sample of breath.

Exploring the Accuracy of Cited References in a Selected Data Set of Nursing Journal Articles.

Accuracy of cited references in scholarly publications gives credit to original authors and offers information for readers to access sources for additional review. Errors in this foundational information can, at a minimum, create confusion and additional burden for consumers; at worst, these errors can make it impossible to locate the original work. For systematic and other types of reviews, finding relevant studies is critical for comprehensiveness and accuracy.

Publishing in Predatory Journals: Guidelines for Nursing Faculty in Promotion and Tenure Policies.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the extent to which academic promotion and tenure (APT) criteria and guidelines in schools of nursing recognize predatory publishing. This assessment included an analysis of APT documents looking specifically for guidance about predatory publications by faculty in schools of nursing.

Design: This study used a cross-sectional, descriptive design and was conducted in 2020.

Associations between weather-related data and influenza reports: A pilot study and related policy implications.

Aim: The purpose of this retrospective, correlational pilot study was to explore the relationship between historical weekly weather data including temperature, dew point, humidity, barometric pressure, visibility, and cloud cover compared to weekly influenza-like illness reports over a four year period.

Background: Climate and weather-related conditions may affect the viral activity and transmission of influenza, although this relationship has not been widely studied in nursing. Some research suggests that there are causal links between cold temperatures, low indoor humidity, minimal sun exposure, and influenza outbreaks.

Knowledge for Nursing Practice: Beyond Evidence Alone.

Objective: For the past 30 years there has been a growing emphasis on evidence as the primary or exclusive basis for nursing practice.

Methods: Critical examination of literature related to evidence-based practice from the 1990s to the present.

Results: This review of the nursing literature from the 1990s to the present reveals that in the midst of the movement to promote evidence-based practice as the gold standard, there have been persistent expressions of concern.

Addressing Nursing Scholarship: A Framework for Currency and Number of References.

Background: Timeliness and number of references in written work is often a topic of controversy. Decisions about choice of references become complex when there is little recent published information or a great deal of important historical work on a topic.

Purpose: The study aim was to develop a framework to guide authors to determine the number and currency of references to support their writing.

Integrity of Databases for Literature Searches in Nursing: Avoiding Predatory Journals.

The quality of literature used as the foundation to any research or scholarly project is critical. The purpose of this study was to analyze the extent to which predatory nursing journals were included in credible databases, MEDLINE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), and Scopus, commonly used by nurse scholars when searching for information. Findings indicated that no predatory nursing journals were currently indexed in MEDLINE or CINAHL, and only one journal was in Scopus.

Recognizing Excellence in Knowledge Dissemination: The Nursing Journal Hall of Fame.

Nursing knowledge and innovations are disseminated primarily through peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals. At the present time, there are approximately 250 journals in the profession of nursing, representing all specialties and an international, global focus. Of this group, 25 have been honored by induction into the Nursing Journal Hall of Fame, which was established by the International Academy of Nursing Editors in 2018.

Analysis of Citation Patterns and Impact of Predatory Sources in the Nursing Literature.

Purpose: This study was undertaken to learn how predatory journal articles were cited in articles published in legitimate (nonpredatory) nursing journals. The extent of citation and citation patterns were studied.

Design: A two-phase approach was used.

A bibliometric analysis of articles identified by editors as representing excellence in nursing publication: Replication and extension.

Aims: To analyse subsequent citations of 91 articles identified by editors as reflecting excellence in nursing literature and in a companion dataset of 82 other articles from the same journals; and to compare the concepts of reach, persistence, and dissemination in these two datasets.

Design: A quantitative bibliometric analysis and qualitative thematic analysis were done between February-June 2019.

Data Sources: In all, 91 articles nominated by editors comprised the first dataset.

Citations of articles in predatory nursing journals.

Background: Nursing journals from predatory publication outlets may look authentic and seem to be a credible source of information. However, further inspection may reveal otherwise.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze publication and dissemination patterns of articles published in known predatory nursing journals.

An analysis of nursing citations and disciplinary characteristics in 79 articles that represent excellence in nursing publication.

Development of the knowledge base for a profession depends on research and scholarship that builds on the insights and work of scholars within the discipline and is disseminated through the literature. The purpose of this study was to examine a unique collection of 79 articles selected by editors as representative of their nursing journals. Articles were assessed for congruence with long-standing values and conceptual definitions of nursing, and the extent to which they built on prior literature published in nursing.

Plagiarism in Predatory Publications: A Comparative Study of Three Nursing Journals.

Purpose: This study compared three known predatory nursing journals to determine the percentage of content among them that was plagiarized or duplicated. A serendipitous finding of several instances of plagiarism via duplicate publications during the random analysis of articles in a study examining the quality of articles published in predatory journals prompted this investigation.

Design: The study utilized a descriptive, comparative design.

A bibliometric analysis of 81 articles that represent excellence in nursing publication.

Aim: To analyze publication patterns of 81 articles included in a "virtual journal."

Background: From May-July 2017, editors submitted articles from their journals representing distinction in nursing research, education, or practice. Brief responses explained their rationale for article selection.