Favouring Responsible Publishing: A Protocol for Creating a Database of Researchers and Surveying their Knowledge, Attitudes and Opinions towards Open Access Publishing and a New Field-Specific Journal

摘要: Background: As a new publication, the Journal of Natural Health Product Research (JNHPR) sought to develop two-step protocol that (1) creates an international database natural health product (NHP) researchers and (2) surveys their perceptions, needs, preferences for legitimate, broad-based, open access scientific journal in field. This could be useful other publishers can adapted establish similarly legitimate journals within academic discipline.Methods: The will initially created using publicly available information online. A keyword-based, systematized search identify majority NHP researchers, with referrals completing process. Key research publication characteristics each person recorded. Subsequently, survey developed administered all identified individuals capture attitudes opinions on both general, as well JNHPR. Construction our researcher began early-2018 development mid-2019. is slated early 2020.Conclusion: provides process constructing aims understand community researchers’ interests needs regarding publishing field-specific journal. modified replicated purpose establishing any discipline.