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Parker University has a research incentive program of cash awards to non-research faculty, staff and students for their involvement in research. The program is designed to encourage participation in research and help shape the research culture of the University.

Faculty, administration, students, and staff of the University (who are not dedicated research personnel) are eligible for participation in the program. Co-authors who are not from Parker are not eligible.

 

To be considered for an award, participants must submit an application (**Applications can be submitted online at: https://redcap.parker.edu/surveys/?s=WYWPK8C4AH **). Awards will vary with the level of difficulty associated with the work as follows:

 

Peer reviewed journal publication:

Eligible journals include only professional scientific or biomedical peer-reviewed indexed journals. To check your journal’s indexing status, search the NLM Catalog and look for the “Current Indexing Status” field. It would not include trade journals like the association journals or lay professional magazines. Where the issue of peer-review or indexed is subject to some interpretation of question, the Director of Research will make the final determination. Authors are encouraged to communicate with the Director of Research before submitting the paper for publication.

  • To qualify the work must acknowledge Parker University.
  • The publication must be in a peer-reviewed research journal (works like Dynamic Chiropractic, Chiro-online.com, trade journals, etc., are not eligible).
  • The publication must have an official acceptance letter from the journal editor.
  • Faculty and staff may only apply within twelve months after publication.
  • Persons external to Parker University are not eligible.
  • Only one bonus is paid per publication / research project.
  • The University recognizes any Parker University author (not just the primary author) may submit a research paper for bonus award consideration. If multiple authors (within or outside Parker University) collaborated on the publication, the bonus will be distributed between authors as they determine with only are eligible Parker employees receiving the incentive.

 

   

Funding Criteria

 

Original Data Reports

(i.e., explanatory, observational, and experimental research, both quantitative and qualitative, systematic reviews and meta-analysis)

Descriptive Reports

(i.e., case study, case series,

Narrative or scoping literature review, etc.)

Medline Journals

$ 3,000*

$ 1,500*

Non-Medline, Peer-Reviewed/ Referred Journals

$ 1,000*

$ 500*

 

* All research incentive awards are subject to payroll taxes

**Applications can be submitted online at: https://redcap.parker.edu/surveys/?s=WYWPK8C4AH **

In order to highlight research endeavors at Parker University, the Research Center is requesting that faculty, staff and students who have accepted works at conferences provide the final product (i.e., poster, video recordings) for placement on the RC website. Those who have accepted live oral presentation will be asked to work with Parker production team to record their presentations for placement on the RC website. We will reposit all accepted and published journal manuscripts there as well.

Predatory Publishing

Predatory Publishing...What is it??

 

Predatory publishers are those who charge a fee for the publication of material without providing the publication services an author would expect such as peer review and editing. Missing out on these important steps can undermine the final product, perpetuate bad research, and it manipulates the Open Access publishing model.

A group of stakeholders (publishers, funders, researchers, policymakers, academic institutions, patients, and caregivers) published the following consensus definition:

“Predatory journals and publishers are entities that prioritize self-interest at the expense of scholarship and are characterized by false or misleading information, deviation from best editorial and publication practices, a lack of transparency, and/or the use of aggressive and indiscriminate practices.” (Grudniewicz et al., 2019)

Dr. Kent Stuber, Assistant Professor and Clinician Scientist and Tina Berumen, Director of Library Sciences at Parker, put together an informative presentation on Predatory Publishing. You can view that presentation here.

Also, here are Tips for Ensuring a Journal is Trustworthy

Predatory journals masquerade as trustworthy ones. There are some steps you can take to help ensure a journal is reliable.  Before you submit, take time to investigate:

  1. Did you receive an unsolicited email to publish? Predatory journals aggressively solicit articles by sending blast emails to academics. The emails may have misinformation, for example, assume someone has a PhD who does not. Also, spelling errors, poor grammar, and odd language are characteristic of these solicitations.
  2. Is the journal published in a well-known database? If you dig around and cannot find past issues of a journal, it may be a sign that it is predatory. Check databases such as Web of Science, Scopus, or MEDLINE for past articles. (FYI: Make sure you are searching MEDLINE and not PubMedCentral (PMC). PMC allows publishers to freely add articles and so, some predatory journal articles are included in PMC.)
  3. Is the journal listed in Scimago? If no, beware. If yes, this free online database provides more details to help you assess if the journal is legit.
  4. Is this publisher affiliated with other scholarly publishers? Look for the journal on sites such as the Association of American Publishers (AAP), Committee on Publishing Ethics (COPE), International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers (STM), and Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)?
  5. Does the journal adhere to industry standards? Check to see if the journal is ISSN registered and the journal articles have Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs).
  6. Does the publication demonstrate that it follows quality editorial standards? Predatory publications do not spend the money to ensure thorough editing. Misspellings, typos, and other grammatical errors are common in the articles they publish.
  7. Is the peer review process genuine? Predatory journals often falsely claim that they employ a full peer review process. However, they typically streamline the process and offer to move manuscripts through review in very quickly. Bottom line, a promise to fast track your article is often a sign that the journal is predatory.
  8. Is information about the author’s rights/publication agreements posted? If not, beware!
  9. Does the website contain misleading information? Predatory journal sites may misrepresent their editorial boards to appear more credible. Check to see if those listed include the journal on their CVs. Instead of an impact factor, they may use the abbreviation Scientific Journal Impact Factor (SJIF) or similar misleading language.
  10. Does the journal have a published code of conduct? Good quality journals adhere to the code of conduct from publishing organizations such as those from the Committee on Publication Ethics, the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association, and the International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers. Make sure the journal website states that they comply with a code of conduct from one of these publisher associations and are listed on the association’s website among their list of members.