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| Minutes of Section Editors's Meeting |
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| 1. |
Opening Remark and Adoption of Agenda
Prof. In K. Han Editor-in-Chief(EC), thanked the participants
for attending the meeting and proposed an agenda for the meeting,
which was unanimously accepted. The EC then gave a brief description
of the current situation of AJAS and the purpose of this meeting.
The EC requested Prof. Ha to provide a more detailed description
of current editorial policy and the financial status of AJAS. |
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Agenda
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Opening of the meeting and adoption of Agenda |
| 2) |
Briefing on general aspects of AJAS publication |
| 3) |
Minutes of 9th AAAP council meeting, AAAP Statutes and
By-laws related to AJAS publication |
| 4) |
AJAS Editorial and Business Report presented at Editorial
Meeting and AAAP Council Meeting on July 3, 1998 |
| 5) |
Expansion program for AJAS Publication |
| 6) |
Discussion on future development of AJAS |
| 7) |
Conclusion |
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| 3. |
Attendance
1) Dr. E. Sato (Tohoku University, Japan)
2) Dr. T. Ishibashi (Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University,
Japan)
3) Dr. Yoshiyuki Sasaki (Kyoto University, Japan)
4) Dr. Liang-Chou Hsia (National Pingtung Polytech Institute,
R. O. China)
5) Dr. S. W. Walkden-Brown (The University of New England, Australia)
6) Dr. In K. Han (Seoul National University, Korea)
7) Dr. In Kee Paik (Chung-Ang University, Korea)
8) Dr. Hoon Taek Lee (Kon-Kuk University, Korea)
9) Dr. Jong Kyu Ha (Seoul National University, Korea)
10) Ms. Un N. Choi (Seoul National University, Korea)
11) Miss Hyun J. Jung (Seoul National University, Korea)
12) Mr. Won T. Cho (Seoul National University, Korea) |
| 4. |
Briefing on General Aspects of AJAS
Publication
Prof. Ha explained the objectives and history of AJAS, composition
of the current editorial board, Purina Outstanding Research
Award, current editorial and review policy, guide for authors,
and finally the responsibilities of Section Editors, and the
Management Committee. The EC emphasized the importance of the
functions of the new Section Editors. The following points were
then agreed upon after discussion :
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Section editors wishing to invite review papers from
areas other than their major field may request the EC
to issue an invitation letter noting the recommendation
of the SE. |
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Manuscripts with a split referees decision. Will be
sent to the responsible SE along with copies of the earlier
referee's reports. |
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If a SE passes a manuscript on to a specialist for review
the SE is responsible for collecting the report and submitting
it to the EC. |
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Candidates for the Purina award will be recommended
by each SE and may come from corresponding authors who
submit original papers (not review papers) to AJAS. |
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| 5. |
Minutes of 9th AAAP Council Meeting,
AAAP Statutes and By-laws Related to AJAS Publication
Prof. Ha explained to the participants decisions made in relation
to AJAS publication at 9th AAAP Council meeting held on October
15, 1996 in Chiba/Tokyo, Japan. |
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AJAS Editorial and Business Reports
Presented at Editorial Meeting and AAAP Council Meetingon July
3, 1998.
The report to and decisions by AJAS editorial and AAAP Council
Meeting on July 3, 1998 in Seoul, Korea were presented to Section
Editors by Prof. Ha. |
| 7. |
Expansion Program for AJAS Publication
Prof. Han, EC of AJAS, explained the proposed expansion program
for AJAS publication for the period of 1998∼2002.
The following items were presented
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Move of AJAS from current Suweon address to Kwachon-City
from April 1, 1999. |
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Editorial matters
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Publication frequency will be increased from current
6 to 12 issues per year. |
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Effort is required to improve the efficiency of
the review process and to boost the citation frequency
of AJAS. |
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| 3) |
Move of AJAS from current Suweon address to Kwachon-City
from April 1, 1999.
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Subscription rate increase for some countries
(Category A) |
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Reprint charge increase for some countries (Category
A) |
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Increasing the number of subscriptions …… The
current and target numbers for 1999 were presented
together with plan for free copy distribution. |
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| 8. |
Discussion on Future Development
of AJAS
The followings are decisions/suggestions made in the section
editors meeting.
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Restructuring editorial board
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2∼3 editors from Australia will be recommended
by Dr. Walkden-Brown |
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A few new editors from R.O. China will be added. |
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A few new editors form Japan will be added. |
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One editor from New Zealand will be added. |
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Recommended editors from non-member countries
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- Austin Lewis (Iowa State University, Protein Nutrition)
- C. Y. Lin (University of Guelph, Animal Breeding)
- John Webb (Industry in UK, Animal Breeding)
- P. Chemineau (INRA, Reproduction)
- Sandra Edward (UK, Behavior)
- W. Guenter (University of Manitoba, Poultry Nutrition)
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Some of the current editors who have shown rather poor
reviewing performance in the past will be replaced by
newly recommended editors.
The E.C will send out letters to council members of other
AAAP member countries requesting recommendations for new
editors. |
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Improving the efficiency of the review process
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A country representative in some countries may
be able to urge editors to finish the review process
in time (Dr. Hsia for R.O. China, Dr. Ishibashi
for Japan) |
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Section Editors may have to contact editors who
have overdue papers when requested by E.C |
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Response via fax or e-mail is now recommended
with the manuscript and hard copy of the report
following in the mail |
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Ways to increase subscription numbers
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Target numbers for 1999 were set at 999 by the
EC. |
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Section editors (Ishibashi, Walkden-Brown, Hsia)
expressed their willingness to work for increased
subscribers in their countries (Targets : Japan
- 180, Australia - 30, R.O.China - 30) |
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More institutions should be asked to take out
subscription. |
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All senior authors will be requested to subscribe
to AJAS. |
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Creation of an AJAS Home-page was recommended. |
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AJAS promotion through member societies journals
was recommended, and a draft will be sent to respective
societies of R.O.China, Australia, Japan, and other
member countries |
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Fund raising for senior authors from developing countries
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The EC proposed that funds be sought to provide
free subscriptions for 3 years for senior authors
from developing countries in anticipation of their
continuing the subscriptions after this period.
Overall the target for additional free subscriptions
was 100 free copies comprising 20 copies each for
(India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan), 5-10 copies for
other countries and 20 copies to major institutions. |
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Targets for meeting this objective by country
were identified as follows :
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Korea (Han) : 50 copies |
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R.O. China (Hsia) : 10∼20 copies |
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Australia (Walkden-Brown) : 5 copies |
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Thailand : Request C. Charan for arrangement |
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US$ 1,000 from Purina Outstanding Research
Award (EC will contact Purina Korea Personnel
soon in this regard) |
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EC will send letter to AAAP headquarters
and other member countries for fund-raising. |
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Ways to improve citation frequency
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Increase the number of subscribers |
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Distribute free copies to leading university libraries
or Institutes in western countries |
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Invite review papers from well-known scientists. |
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Distribute 10 reprints of each paper to key scientists.
The list can be obtained from contributing authors.
It was also recommended that reprint charge be waived
for authors in category B countries allowing 25
free reprints. |
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Encourage authors to cite AJAS papers. |
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Publish AAAP proceedings as an AJAS supplement. |
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English Editor
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It was agreed that the hiring of an English Editor
be proceeded with. |
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Section editors will decide whether papers need
to be improved by English Editor at the point when
authors submit revised paper. |
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A possible candidate would be Dr. John Corbett
of Australia. |
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Dr. Walkden-Brown will contact Dr. Corbett to
determine his willingness. A maximum US$ 2,000∼3,000
can be offered for the editing of 50∼60 papers per
year, together with formal recognition of his services
in the Journal. |
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| 7) |
Numbers of Purina Award in the future
It was recommended that 3∼4 awards be made annually with
prize money of US$ 250∼500 depending on funding from Purina
and the allocation of some Purina fund to the first author
subscription scheme. |
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Prof. In K. Han's AAAP Award - Prof. Han expressed his
intention to create an award program with the award hopefully
being presented at the AAAP conference. |
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AAAP News
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A new section entitled `AAAP News' will be printed
in AJAS two times a year. |
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News items may include activities of AAAP member
countries and OC of the AAAP Animal Science Congress. |
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Dr. Walkden-Brown accepted the position of News
Editor until the 9th AAAP. |
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Advertisement in AJAS
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The current prices for 1 page advertisement in
a single issue are
- Color : US$ 500
- B/W : US$ 300 |
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Drs. Hsia, Ishibashi and Walkden-Brown promised
to look for one advertise in R.O.China, Japan and
Australia, respectively. |
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Future Section Editors Meetings
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2nd : R.O.China in November, 1999 |
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3rd : Australia in May, 2000 |
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| 9. |
Conclusion and Closing Remarks
Prof. Han, EC, expressed his thanks to all the participants
for their full cooperation during the session, and closed the
1st Section Editors Meeting of AJAS. |
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November 28-30, 1999, National Pingtung
University of Science & Technology, Pintung, Rep. of China
Attendance
1) Prof E. Sato (TohokoUniversity, Japan)
2) Prof. T. Ishibashi (Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University,
Japan)
3) Prof. Y. Sasaki (Kyoto University, Japan)
4) Dr. S. W. Walkden-Brown (The University of New England, Australia)
5) Prof. L. C. Hsia (National Pingtung University of Science &
Technology, ROC)
6) Dr. T. S. Yang (Pig Research Institute Taiwan, ROC)
7) Prof. In K. Han (Seoul National University, Korea)
8) Prof. I. K. Paik (Chung-Ang University, Korea)
9) Prof. H. T. Lee (Kon-Kuk University, Korea)
10) Prof. J. K. Ha (Seoul National University, Korea)
11) Mr. W. T. Cho (Seoul National University, Korea)
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Opening Remark and Adoption of Agenda
Prof. In K. Han, Editor-in-Chief (EC), opened the 2nd Section
Editors' (SE's) Meeting by thanking the participants for attending
the meeting and their continuous service for AJAS. Deep appreciation
to Prof. L. C. Hsia for his hosting of this meeting was also
expressed. The EC then proposed an agenda for the meeting, which
was unanimously accepted.
| 1) |
Opening remarks, adoption of agenda and introduction
of participants. |
| 2) |
Minutes of the first SE's meeting. |
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Progress report and future expansion program. |
| 4) |
Selection of awardees of AJAS Purina Outstanding Research
Award. |
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Formation of biographic sketch committee. |
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Publication of special issues in Vol. 13 (2000).
= Proceedings of 9th AAAP Animal Science Congress.
= Proceedings of 2000 International Symposium on Recent
Advances in Animal Nutrition. |
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Future joint publishing society. |
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Date and venue for the 3rd Section Editors' Meeting. |
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Closing remarks. |
He then gave a brief description of the current situation of
AJAS highlighting the following progress made since the last
meeting in Seoul in 1998.
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Increase in publication of issues from 6 to 8 and pages
published from 780 to 1,332 from 1998 to 1999. |
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Completion of a guide to authors and a guide to reviewer
to improve manuscript quality. |
| 3) |
Creation of a permanent publication office for AJAS
in Kwachon, Korea (provided by Prof. Han). |
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Creation of the AJAS homepage (647 hits to date from
all over the world). |
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Successful introduction of an English Editing service
provided by Dr. John Corbett. This was functioning very
well. |
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Donation of back issues of AJAS to 299 libraries, institutions
or individuals. |
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Donation of AJAS subscriptions to 43 senior authors
in Southeast Asia. |
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Sponsored donation program by Agribrands Purina Korea
Inc. to 180 libraries in AAAP member countries and P.R.
China. |
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Improvement in the financial status of the journal with
return of the Korean economy to health and resultant increase
in advertising revenue (currently 5 advertisers compared
to 1 at the time of the last meeting). |
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Minutes of the 2000 Editorial Board
Meeting
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences (AJAS)
July 4, 2000, University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia
Attendance
Prof. In K. Han (Korea), Prof. J. K. Ha (Korea), Dr. Chaeyong Lee
(Korea), Prof. T. Ishibashi (Japan), Prof. E. Sato (Japan), Prof.
H. Yano (Japan), Dr. M. Wanapat (Thailand), Prof. L. C. Hsia (ROC),
Dr. T. S. Yang (ROC), Dr. S. W. Walkden-Brown (Australia), Dr. D.
Masters (Australia), Dr. J. Corbett (Australia), Dr. S. Abulrazak
(Japan), Dr. Defa Li (PRC), Dr. Sang Jip Ohh (Korea), Dr. Won T. Cho
(Korea) and Mr. T. G. Ko (Korea).
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| 1. |
Opening Remarks and Adoption of Agenda
Prof. In K. Han, Editor-in-Chief (EC), opened the Editorial
Board (EB) Meeting by welcoming those present and thanking the
current organizers of the AAAP-ASAP conference for their assistance
in arranging a meeting venue, facilities and food for those
attending. He also thanked the conference organizers for publishing
the proceedings as a supplement to the AJAS, something that
had been talked about from many years, but has taken until now
to become a reality. The EC then proposed an agenda for the
meeting, which was unanimously accepted.
1) Opening remarks and adoption of agenda
2) List of AAAP council members
3) Minutes of the 10th Editorial Board and Council Meeting
4) Donation of Proceedings of the 9th AAAP/23rd ASAP meeting
to AJAS subscribers
5) Progress report of the AJAS (1997-2000)
5.1 Summary
5.2 Business aspects
5.3 Editorial matters
6) Activities of biographic sketch committee
7) List of AJAS-Purina Outstanding Research Awardees (1990-2000)
8) Co-publishing member society
9) Initiation of technical prereview system
10) Replacement of Editorial Board Members
11) Extension of page charge policy
12) Publication of brief history of AAAP in Vol 13, No 12
13) Date and venue for the next meeting
14) Closing remarks |
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List of AAAP Council Members
A complete list of current AAAP council members and contact
details was included in the report to EB members for the future
reference of EB members. |
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Adoption of the Minutes of the 10th
AAAP Council Meeting
These minutes (incorporating an editorial report on AJAS by
Prof. J. K. Ha) were included in report to EB members and adopted
unanimously. |
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Donation of Proceedings of the 9th
AAAP/23rd ASAP Meeting to AJAS Subscribers
The EC, on behalf of AJAS once again expressed his appreciation
to the Sydney Organizing Committee for the joint 9th AAAP/23rd
ASAP conference for deciding to publish the proceedings of the
conference as a supplement to AJAS. This would provide considerable
additional exposure for the Journal, and it is to be hoped that
this precedent will be continued in the future. He also expressed
thanks to the committee for donating 280 copies of the printed
proceedings for distribution free of charge to institutional
subscribers to AJAS and for donating 680 copies of the proceedings
on CD-ROM for distribution to individual subscribers to AJAS. |
| 5. |
Progress Report of the AJAS (1997-2000)
The EC handed over to Prof. J. K. Ha to summarize the detailed
Progress Report of AJAS (1997-2000) which was included in the
report to EB members. Prof. Ha highlighted the following aspects
of the report.
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Over the period 1997-1999 there had been increases in
the frequency of publication (6 v. 8 issues per year),
the number of pages published (686 v. 1332), the number
of manuscripts received (176 v. 270), the number of original
papers published (98 v. 140) and the number of review
papers published (4 v. 49). Over the same period the overall
manuscript rejection rate was reduced from 33% to 20.4%.
These trends are set to continue in 2000, with 12 issues
to be published this year. |
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Important additional developments on editorial issues
included:
Completion of a comprehensive Guide to Authors in 1999;
Appointment of an English Editor (Dr. J. Corbett) in late
1999. This has been very successful with 45 manuscripts
reviewed by the EE in 1999 and 77 to date in 2000;
Opening of a permanent office of AJAS in Kwachon on 21
August 1999;
Development of an AJAS homepage (http://www.ajas.snu.ac.kr)
in 1999;
Increase in Editorial Board Members from 75 in 1997 to
84 in 2000;
Decline in average reviewing time from 3.1 months in 1997
to 1.3 months in 1999;
Increase in the average number of manuscripts reviewed
by Editorial Board Members from 4.6 in 1997 to 5.4 in
1999; and
Increase in the rate of electronic submission of manuscripts
(diskette or email) from 15% in 1997
to ;99% in 2000. |
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Financial matters
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Increase in the total number of AJAS subscribers
from 204 (158 complimentary) in 1997 to 680 (255
complimentary) in 2000. There had been major increases
in both personal and institutional ; subscribers
from both AAAP and non-AAAP member countries. Prof.
Han highlighted the contribution of Agribrands Purina
Korea in meeting the subscription costs for 180
subscribers in member and non-member countries,
and expressed the sincere appreciation of AJAS for
this. |
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Increase in subscription fees and page charges.
In 2000 annual subscription fees had increased to
US$ 70 and US$ 50 for individual subscribers in
Category A and B countries, respectively. Institutional
subscription rates had increased to US$ 120 and
US$ 70 for Category A and B countries, respectively.
Category A countries were charged a page fee of
US$ 100 per 5 pages (introduced in 1999) while category
B countries were currently not levied page charges. |
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Increase in number of permanent advertisers. The
number of advertisers in the journal is currently
8, the highest ever. |
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Total income for the journal had increased from
US$ 33,120 in 1997 to US$ 132,084 in 1999 while
expenditures had also increased over the same period
(US$ 28,569 v. US$ 90,766). The journal was now
on a sound financial footing with revenues and net
income expected to increase in 2000 again. |
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Editorial matters in detail
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Manuscript submissions. In the period 1997-2000
from AAAP member countries were greatest from Korea
(133), Japan (126) and India (122) while scientists
from Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines
had not submitted a single manuscript during this
period. Prof. Hancommented on this latter point,
requesting EB members to do whatever is in their
power to encourage submission of manuscripts from
these countries. |
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Reviewing efficiency. While efficiency had increased
overall as evidenced by reduction in reviewing time
from 3.1 months in 1997 to 1.3 months currently,
and increase in manuscripts reviewed per editor
from 4.6 in 1997 to 5.4 in 1999, a number of reviewers
were inefficient and this was an important issue
for the journal (see item 10 below). |
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Time from manuscript submission to printing.
This had remained around 11 months from 1997 to
2000 despite the reduced time to acceptance of manuscript
(from 6.6 months to 3.5 months). This was because
time taken in proof and printing had increased from
4.4 to 7.6 months due to the additional steps involved
in the editorial process (review by Section Editor
and possibly English Editor). |
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Rejection rate had fallen from 33% in 1997 to
20.4% in 1999, possibly due to improved author guidelines
and manuscript quality, and increased options for
Editors to recommend revision and re-submission
of manuscripts. |
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Manuscript publication by disciplinary area. Since
its inception in 1988, ruminant nutrition and forage
utilization (47% of papers) and non-ruminant nutrition
and feed processing (19% of papers) have been the
major disciplinary areas followed by animal reproduction
and physiology (10% of papers) and animal breeding
and genetics (9% of papers). |
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Citation frequency. Prof Han reported that the
citation frequency of the journal was now increasing
possibly due to the policy of having invited reviews
and of requesting authors to cite other work in
the journal where appropriate. Listing of AJAS with
major abstracting bodies was also assisting in this
process. |
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Activities of the Biographic Sketch
Committee
It was noted that this committee had been established under
the Chairmanship of Prof. I.K. Paik (Korea) but to date had
not received any nominations. It was also noted that this issue
had been discussed at the the 3rd Section Editors meeting two
days earlier with the following resolutions:
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The AAAP council would be urged to get member societies
to nominate distinguished deceased scientists to the Biographic
Sketch Committee. |
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That such submissions include a photograph and approximately
2 page description of the contributions and life of the
nominee. |
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That the criteria for nomination simply be a deceased
distinguished Animal Scientist from a member country who
has made a major contribution to his/her member society
and preferably also to AAAP. |
In response to a query by Dr. Wanapat it was agreed that nominations
should be first endorsed by the Member Society of the relevant
country before submission to the Biographic Sketch Committee.
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| 7. |
List of AJAS-Purina Outstanding Research
Awardees (1990-2000)
A full list of AJAS-Purina Outstanding Research Awardees from
1990 to 2000 was tabled. This would be included in the proposed
brief history of AAAP to be published in AJAS (see item 12 below).
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Co-publishing Member Society
The EC noted that until August 1998 AJAS had been published
solely by AAAP and then jointly with the Korean Society of Animal
Nutrition and Feedstuffs until June 2000. Since the latter society
has merged with 3 other Korean societies to form the Korean
Society of Animal Sciences and Technology (KSAST), the Journal
will be jointly published by AAAP and KSAST from Vol. 13 No.
7. |
| 9. |
Initiation of Technical Prereview
System
The EC noted that some editorial board members had suggested
this method to reduce the load on the Editor-In-Chief (EC) who
currently checks manuscripts for style and editorial policy
before initiating the review process. It was agreed that the
idea had merit, but that it may lead to additional costs and
possibly further delays in manuscript publication so a decision
on introduction of this system should be deferred until a later
date. |
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Replacement of Editorial Board Members
As noted in the AJAS report, some editorial board members are
less efficient in performing their duties than others, perhaps
due to illness or factors outside the Editor's control. It was
noted that the recent Section Editors' Meeting had suggested
that a resolution be put to the AAAP Council Meeting to have
the term of Editorial Board Members reduced from the current
3 years to "2-3 years at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief".
This was endorsed by the EB members and Dr. Walkden-Brown was
asked to frame a resolution to this effect for presentation
at the 11th AAAP Council meeting. |
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Extension of Page Charge Policy to
Category B Countries
Prof. Han noted that while AJAS papers from both Category A
and B countries had increased steadily between 1996 and 2000,
the relative increase was greatest in Category A countries (Cat.
A, 45 to 92 v. Category B. 48 to 66). This was despite the introduction
of page charges to Category A countries in 1999. While some
scientists from Category B countries had requested that page
charges be applied uniformly for all countries, it was agreed
that this may compromise the growth in manuscript subscriptions
from Category B countries so the page charges for category B
countries should be waived for a further 2 years. |
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Publication of Brief History of AAAP
in Vol. 13 No. 12
Professor In K. Han (EC) noted that no complete history of the
AAAP has been compiled to date with some AAAP Council Meeting
Minutes recorded and some not and some Proceedings published
and one not. He suggested that now is the time to make a permanent
record of the history to date and publish it in AJAS with a
target of publication in Vol. 13 No. 12. He proposed that the
history contain:
Birth of the AAAP and Minutes of Council Meetings.
Sketch of Previous AAAP Animal Science Congresses
Creation of AJAS as the Official Journal of AAAP
AAAP Animal Science Awards
Establishment of a Permanent Office for AAAP
He noted that the recent Section Editors meeting had endorsed
this proposal and proposed the following to bring it to reality.
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That the proposal be put to the AAAP council and member
societies be requested to furnish the required information. |
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That Prof. J. K. Ha and Dr Syed Jalaludin be made co-chairmen
of a committee with responsibility to compile the history.
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These proposals were endorsed by the EB members present.
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Other Business
Dr. Corbett passed on a request from Dr. Frank Nicholas, President
of the Australian Society of Animal Production, that several
papers presented at the current AAAP-ASAP conference which had
not met the publication deadline, be published in a later volume
of AJAS. After some discussion on details this was agreed to,
with Dr. Corbett to send the relevant papers to Prof. Han. |
| 14. |
Date and Venue for the Next Editorial
Board Meeting
Prof. Han noted that this would ultimately be determined by
which country was awarded the 10th AAAP Animal Science Congress.
Currently India, Malaysia and Republic of China had all made
bids to host the Congress and the issue would be resolved at
the AAAP Council Meeting the next day. |
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Conclusion and Closing Remarks
Prof. Han, EC, thanked those present for their attendance and
contribution to AJAS. He noted that the Journal is making good
progress, being listed by ever more abstracting agencies and
having an increasing impact factor, rising from negligible in
the past to around 0.2-0.3 presently. He stressed the need for
all present to cite the Journal in their own writing, and suggested
that the decision to publish more review papers (made at the
10th AAAP Council Meeting) had contributed to increasing the
impact factor. He noted that apart from the proceedings of the
current AAAP-ASAP conference, AJAS had also recently published
the proceedings of the 2000 International Symposium on Recent
Advances in Animal Nutrition as a Special Issue and hoped that
the Journal would publish more such supplements in the future.
He thanked the English Editor, Dr. John Corbett for contributing
to a large increase in the quality of papers in AJAS. In closing
he drew the attention of EB members to the considerable workload
of the Editor-in-Chief of AJAS, and the probability that he
would be retiring from this position in a years time. He encouraged
members to consider suitable applicants for the position in
the future and tabled a draft position description for the job.
With these words of encouragement he declared the meeting closed.
Prepared by Dr. S. W. Walkden-Brown (Australia) and Prof. J.
K. Ha (Korea). |
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Minutes of the Third Section Editors'
Meeting
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences (AJAS)
July 2, 2000, University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia
Attendance
1) Prof. In K. Han (Seoul National University, Korea)
2) Prof. In Kee Paik (Chung-Ang University, Korea)
3) Prof. Jong Kyu Ha (Seoul National University, Korea)
4) Dr. Won T. Cho (Assistant Editor, Korea)
5) Mr T. G. Ko (Assistant Editor, Korea)
6) Prof. E. Sato (Tohoku University, Japan)
7) Prof. Yoshiyuki Sasaki (Kyoto University, Japan)
8) Prof. Liang-Chou Hsia (National Pingtung University of Science
& Technology, ROC)
9) Dr. T. S. Yang (Pig Research Institute, Taiwan, ROC)
10) Dr. D. Masters (CSIRO Animal Industries, Perth, Australia) Participants
for 3rd Section Editors' Meeting
11) Dr. J. Corbett (English Editor, Australia)
12) Dr. S. W. Walkden-Brown (The University of New England, Armidale,
Australia)
13) Dr. M. Wanapat (Editorial Board Member, Thailand)
14) Dr. C. Lee (Editorial Board Member, Korea)
|
| 1. |
Opening Remarks and Adoption of Agenda
Prof. In K. Han, Editor-in-Chief (EC), opened the 3rd Section
Editor's (SE) Meeting by welcoming those present, in particular
Dr. D. Masters attending his first Section Editors meeting,
Dr. J. Corbett the English Editor and past and current awardees
of the AJAS-Purina Outstanding Research Award in attendance.
He also thanked the current organizers of the AAAP-ASAP conference
for their assistance in arranging a meeting venue and facilities,
in particular Dr. Peter Wynn. The EC then proposed an agenda
for the meeting, which was unanimously accepted.
| 1) |
Opening remarks, adoption of agenda and introduction
of participants |
| 2) |
Minutes of the Second SE's Meeting |
| 3) |
Donation of Proceedings of the 9th AAAP/23rd ASAP meeting
to AJAS subscribers |
| 4) |
Progress report of the AJAS (1997-2000)
4.1 Summary
4.2 Business aspects
4.3 Editorial matters |
| 5) |
Activities of biographic sketch committee |
| 6) |
List of AJAS-Purina Outstanding Research Awardees (1990-2000) |
| 7) |
Co-publishing member society |
| 8) |
Initiation of technical prereview system |
| 9) |
Replacement of Editorial Board Members |
| 10) |
Extension of page charge policy |
| 11) |
Publication of brief history of AAAP in Vol 13, No 12. |
| 12) |
Date and venue for the 4th Section Editors' Meeting. |
| 13) |
Closing remarks. |
|
| 2. |
Adoption of the Minutes of the 2nd
SE Meeting
The SEs were referred to the tabled minutes of the 2nd SE Meeting
at Pingtung, ROC and asked for corrections or modifications.
The minutes were adopted unaltered. |
| 3. |
Donation of Proceedings of the 9th
AAAP/23rd ASAP Meeting to AJAS Subscribers
The EC, on behalf of AJAS expressed his sincere and deep appreciation
to the Sydney Organizing Committee for the joint 9th AAAP/23rd
ASAP conference for deciding to publish the proceedings of the
conference as a supplement to AJAS. This would provide considerable
additional exposure for the Journal, and it is to be hoped that
this precedent will be continued in the future. He also expressed
thanks to the committee for donating 280 copies of the printed
proceedings for distribution free of charge to institutional
subscribers to AJAS and for donating 680 copies of the proceedings
on CD-ROM for distribution to individual subscribers to AJAS. |
| 4. |
Progress Report of the AJAS (1997-2000)
The EC handed over to Prof. J. K. Ha to summarize the tabled
Progress Report of AJAS (1997-2000). Prof. Ha highlighted the
following aspects of the report.
| 1) |
Over the period 1997-1999 there had been increases in
the frequency of publication (6 v. 8 issues per year),
the number of pages published (686 v. 1332), the number
of manuscripts received (176 v. 270), the number of original
papers published (98 v. 140) and the number of review
papers published (4 v. 49). Over the same period the overall
manuscript rejection rate was reduced from 33% to 20.4%.
These trends are set to continue in 2000, with 12 issues
to be published this year. |
| 2) |
Important additional developments on editorial issues
included:
Completion of a comprehensive Guide to Authors in 1999;
Appointment of an English Editor (Dr. J. Corbett) in late
1999. This has been very successful with 45 manuscripts
reviewed by the EE in 1999 and 77 to date in 2000;
Opening of a permanent office of AJAS in Kwachon on 21
August 1999;
Development of an AJAS homepage (http://www.ajas.snu.ac.kr)
in 1999;
Increase in Editorial Board Members from 75 in 1997 to
84 in 2000;
Decline in average reviewing time from 3.1 months in 1997
to 1.3 months in 1999;
Increase in the average number of manuscripts reviewed
by Editorial Board Members from 4.6 in 1997 to 5.4 in
1999; and
Increase in the rate of electronic submission of manuscripts
(diskette or e-mail) from 15% in 1997 to 99% in 2000. |
| 3) |
Financial matters
| a) |
Increase in the total number of AJAS subscribers
from 204 (158 complimentary) in 1997 to 680 (255
complimentary) in 2000. There had been major increases
in both personal and institutional subscribers from
both AAAP and non-AAAP member countries. Korea is
the major AAAP member country for both forms of
subscriber (217 and 48, respectively) while amongst
the non AAAP member countries the P.R. China is
the major source of institutional subscriptions
(104) and the USA the major source of individual
subscriptions (21). Sincere thanks were expressed
to Agribrands Purina Korea for meeting the subscription
costs for 180 subscribers in member and non-member
countries. |
| b) |
Increase in subscription fees and page charges.
In 2000 annual subscription fees had increased to
US$ 70 and US$ 50 for individual subscribers in
Category A and B countries, respectively. Institutional
subscription rates had increased to US$ 120 and
US$ 70 for Category A and B countries, respectively.
Category A countries were charged a page fee of
US$ 100 per 5 pages (introduced in 1999) while category
B countries were currently not levied page charges. |
| c) |
Increase in number of permanent advertisers. The
number of advertisers in the journal is currently
8, the highest ever. This compared with the lowest
level of 1 advertiser reached in 1998. Of the current
advertisers 6 are from Korea and 2 from the USA,
provided projected advertising revenue of US$ 22,400
in 2000. |
| d) |
Total income for the journal had increased from
US$ 33,120 in 1997 to US$ 132,084 in 1999 while
expenditures had also increased over the same period
(US$ 28,569 v. US$ 90,766). The journal was now
on a sound financial footing with revenues and net
income expected to increase in 2000 again. |
|
| 4) |
Editorial matters in detail
| a) |
Manuscript submissions. In the period 1997-2000
from AAAP member countries were greatest from Korea
(133), Japan (126) and India (122) while scientists
from Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines
had not submitted a single manuscript during this
period. Submissions from non-AAAP countries were
greatest for USA (36) and P.R. China (33). |
| b) |
Reviewing efficiency. While efficiency had increased
overall as evidenced by reduction in reviewing time
from 3.1 months in 1997 to 1.3 months currently,
and increase in manuscripts reviewed per editor
from 4.6 in 1997 to 5.4 in 1999, a number of reviewers
were inefficient and this was an important issue
for the journal. |
| c) |
Time from manuscript submission to printing. This
had remained around 11 months from 1997 to 2000
despite the reduced time to acceptance of manuscript
(from 6.6 months to 3.5 months). This was because
time taken in proof and printing had increased from
4.4 to 7.6 months due to the additional steps involved
in the editorial process (review by Section Editor
and possibly English Editor). |
| d) |
Rejection rate had fallen from 33% in 1997 to
20.4% in 1999, possibly due to improved author guidelines
and manuscript quality, and increased options for
Editors to recommend revision and re-submission
of manuscripts. |
| e) |
Manuscript publication by disciplinary area. Since
its inception in 1988, ruminant nutrition and forage
utilization (47% of papers) and non-ruminant nutrition
and feed processing (19% of papers) have been the
major disciplinary areas followed by animal reproduction
and physiology (10% of papers) and animal breeding
and genetics (9% of papers). |
| f) |
Citation frequency. Prof. Han reported that the
citation frequency of the journal was now increasing
possibly due to the policy of having invited reviews
and of requesting authors to cite other work in
the journal where appropriate. Listing of AJAS with
major abstracting bodies was also assisting in this
process. |
|
| 5) |
Discussion of the AJAS report and resolutions
| a) |
Low manuscript submission rate from some member
countries. It was agreed that at the next AAAP Council
Meeting, members from Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New
Guinea and the Philippines be urged to encourage
their scientists to submit manuscripts to the journal. |
| b) |
Dr. Corbett expressed his thanks to Mr. Won Tak
Cho for his help with English Editing and stated
that he hoped his editing had retained the original
message of the manuscript in all cases and had not
caused offence to authors. |
|
|
| 5. |
Activities of the Biographic Sketch
Committee
Prof. I. K. Paik, the Chairman of the Biographic Sketch Committee
reported that the committee had not been very active to date
and had not received any nominations.
In discussions on the issue the following was resolved:
| 1) |
The AAAP Council would be urged to get member societies
to nominate distinguished deceased scientists to the Biographic
Sketch Committee. |
| 2) |
That such submissions include a photograph. |
| 3) |
That the criteria for nomination simply be a deceased
distinguished Animal Scientist from a member country who
has made a major contribution to his/her member society
and preferably also to AAAP. |
|
| 6. |
List of AJAS-Purina Outstanding Research
Awardees (1990-2000)
A full list of AJAS-Purina Outstanding Research Awardees from
1990 to 2000 was tabled and is shown in full below. The presence
of Dr. M. Wanapat (1992 awardee) and Dr. C. Lee (2000 awardee)
at the meeting was noted.
| [ List
of AJAS-Purina Outstanding Research Awardees (1990∼2000)
] |
| Name and Titles of Awarded Paper
|
Year & Venue |
| K. Goto (Japan) : (1) Pregnancy
in Cattle after Transfer of Bisected Blastocysts
Obtained from In Vitro Fertilization of Oocytes
Matured In Vitro. AJAS. 1(3):153-156. (2) Normalities
of Calves Obtained from the Transfers of Blastocysts
Produced by Totally In Vitro Techniques. AJAS. 2(4):591-594.
(3)Co-Culture of Bovine Embryos with Cumulus Cells.
AJAS. 2(4):595-598. |
First
1990. Taipei, ROC
(5th AAAP) |
M. Wanapat (Thailand) : (1)
The Influence of Selected Chemical Treatments on
the Ruminal Degradation and Subsequent Intestinal
Digestion of Cereal Straw. AJAS. 3(2):75-84. (2)
Utilization of Roughage and Concentrate by Feedlot
Swamp Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis). AJAS. 3(3):195-204.
Susanto Prawirodigdo (Indonesia) : (1) Evaluation
of Techniques for Estimating Milk Production by
Sows. 1. Deuterium Oxide Dilution Method for Estimating
Milk Intake by Piglets. AJAS. 3(2):135-142. (2)
Evaluation of Techniques for Estimating Milk Production
by Sows. 2. Estimating the Milk Consumption of Piglets
by the Deuterium Oxide Dilution and Weigh-Suckle-Weigh
Methods. AJAS. 3(2):143-148. (3) Evaluation of Techniques
for Estimating Milk Production by Sows : 4. A Comparison
of Two Weigh-Suckle-Weigh Techniques (Offspring
and Maternal) for Estimating Milk Production. AJAS.
4(2):165-168. |
Second
1992. Bangkok, Thailand
(6th AAAP) |
|
| |
| Name and Titles of Awarded Paper
|
Year & Venue |
M. Salah Uddin (Bangladesh)
: Effect of Dietary Protein and Energy Levels on
the Performances of Starcross Layers. AJAS. 5(4):723-731.
Angel L. Lambio (Philippines) : Egg Shell Parameters
in Philippine Native Chickens and Their Upgrades.
AJAS. 6(1):1-4. |
Third
1994. Bali, Indonesia
(7th AAAP) |
| J. Y. Han (Korea) : (1) Gene
Transfer by Manipulation of Primordial Germ Cells
(PGCs) in the Chicken. AJAS. 7(3):427-434. (2) Primordial
Germ Cells in Aves. AJAS. 7(4):459-466. (3) Migration
of the Primordial Germ Cells and Gonad Formation
in the Early Chicken Embryo. AJAS. 8(6):557-562.
|
Fourth
1996. Chiba, Japan
(8th AAAP) |
C. Lee (Korea) : Sire Evaluation
of Count Traits with a Poisson-Gamma Hierachical
Generalized Linear Model. AJAS. 11(6):642-647.
P. Palta (India) : Interrelationships between Follicular
Size, Estradiol-17β, Progesterone and Testosterone
Concentrations in Individual Buffalo Ovarian Follicles.
AJAS. 11(3):293-299.
Y. J. Ru (Australia) : Sward Characteristics and
Nutritive Value of Two Cultivars of Subterranean
Clover. AJAS. 12(8):1192-1199.
T. F. Lien (ROC) : The Effect on the Lipid Metabolism
of Tsaiya Ducks When High Levels of Choline or Methionine
are Added to the Duck Diets. AJAS. 12(7):1090-1095.
D. F. Li (P. R. China) : A Comparison of the Intestinal
Absorption of Amino Acids in Piglets when Provided
in Free Form or as a Dipeptide. AJAS. 12(6):939-943.
A. Koga (Japan) : Thermoregulatory Responses of
Swamp Buffaloes and Friesian Cows to Diurnal Changes
in Temperature. AJAS. 12(8):1273-1276. |
Fifth
2000. Sydney, Australia
(9th AAAP) |
|
|
| 7. |
Co-publishing Member Society
The EC noted that until August 1998 AJAS had been published
solely by AAAP and then jointly with the Korean Society of Animal
Nutrition and Feedstuffs until June 2000. Since the latter society
has merged with 3 other Korean societies to form the Korean
Society of Animal Sciences and Technology (KSAST), the Journal
will be jointly published by AAAP and KSAST from Vol. 13 No.
7 as approved at the last SE Meeting. |
| 8. |
Initiation of Technical Prereview
System
The EC noted that manuscripts are currently checked for style
and editorial policy by the EC before commencing the review
process. This was a big load for a voluntary position and consideration
should be given to finding an alternative, particularly as the
current EC may retire from July 1, 2001. It was suggested that
this role could be taken by the Section Editors in preference
to appointing someone else to perform the task. This would also
avoid adding an extra step to the review process. |
| 9. |
Replacement of Editorial Board Members
As noted in the AJAS report, some editorial board members are
less efficient in performing their duties than others. While
it was recognized that many cases of inefficiency were due to
illness or factors outside the Editors control it was agreed
that a resolution be put to the AAAP Council Meeting to have
the term of Editorial Board Members reduced from the current
3 years to 2-3 years at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief. |
| 10. |
Extension of Page Charge Policy to
Category B Countries
Discussion took place on the nomenclature of Category A and
B countries which could be construed to imply a hierarchy, and
of the issue of applying page fees to category B countries.
Despite several suggestions it was agreed to retain the present
nomenclature. It was also resolved that page fees for category
B countries are not necessary at present and should be waived
for a further 2 years. |
| 11. |
Publication of Brief History of AAAP
in Vol. 13 No. 12
Professor In K. Han (EC) noted that no complete history of the
AAAP has been compiled to date with some AAAP Council Meeting
Minutes recorded and some not and some Proceedings published
and one not. He suggested that now is the time to make a permanent
record of the history to date and publish it in AJAS with a
target of publication in Vol 13 No. 12. He proposed that the
history contain:
Birth of the AAAP and Minutes of Council Meetings.
Sketch of Previous AAAP Animal Science Congresses
Creation of AJAS as the Official Journal of AAAP
AAAP Animal Science Awards
Establishment of a Permanent Office for AAAP
The meeting endorsed this proposal and proposed the following
to bring it to reality.
| 1) |
That the proposal be put to the AAAP Council and member
societies be requested to furnish the required information.. |
| 2) |
That Prof. J. K. Ha and Dr. Syed Jalaludin be made co-chairmen
of a committee with responsibility to compile the history. |
|
| 12. |
Date and Venue for the 4th Section
Editors' Meeting
Dr. E. Sato kindly agreed to host the 4th AJAS section Editors
meeting at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan on the 2nd and 3rd
of December 2001. He noted that he plans to hold a Scientific
Symposium in association with the meeting and will be in touch
with the Section Editors regarding their contributions to such
a Symposium. |
| 13. |
Other Business
Dr. Walkden-Brown noted that AJAS does not appear in searches
of Current Contents and that this is a problem of the Journal
in countries such as Australia where Australian Universities
have a joint arrangement for access to electronic searches of
Current Contents, making it one of the most popular scientific
abstracting sources. The EC noted that previous approaches to
Current Contents had not resulted in action and he urged individual
SE to contact them requesting inclusion of AJAS in their service. |
| 14. |
Conclusion and Closing Remarks
Prof. Han, EC, thanked those present for their attendance and
contribution to the meeting, and the AAAP conference organizers
for providing the venue and deciding to publish the proceedings
as a supplement to AJAS. He closed the 3rd Section Editors Meeting
on a positive note, declaring that we could look forward continued
growth and improvement in the Journal.
Prepared by Dr. S. W. Walkden-Brown (Australia) and Prof. J.
K. Ha (Korea). |
|
|
|
 |
Minutes of the Fourth Section Editors' Meeting
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences (AJAS)
December 2, 2000, Mitsui Urban Hotel, Sendai, Japan
Attendance
1) Prof. J. K. Ha (Seoul National Univ., Korea)
2) Prof. E. Sato (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
3) Prof. S. Sato (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
4) Prof. H. Sasada (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
5) Prof. Y. Sasaki (Kyoto Univ., Japan)
6) Prof. J. Okumura (Nagoya Univ., Japan)
7) Prof. A. Hosono (Shinshu Univ., Japan)
8) Prof. L. C. Hsia (National Ping Tung Univ. of Science & Technology,
ROC)
9) Dr. J. Corbett (Univ. of New England, Armidale, Australia)
10) Dr. D. Masters (CSIRO Animal Industries, Perth, Australia)
11) Dr. S. W. Walkden-Brown (Univ. of New England, Armidale, Australia)
|
| 1. |
Opening Remarks and Adoption of Agenda
Prof. Jong Kyu Ha, Editor-in-Chief (EC), opened the 4th Section
Editor's (SE) Meeting by welcoming those present, and thanking
in particular Prof. Emei Sato for hosting the meeting and organizing
the International Symposium on "New Challenges for Animal
Science in a New Century" to run for two days following
the meeting. Prof. Ha also paid tribute to his predecessor Prof
In K. Han who was the founding EC and who had also done much
to invigorate the journal in recent years in his second period
as EC. Prof. Han had initiated the concept of having Section
Editors and regular meetings of these editors. Prof. Ha referred
those present to an upcoming comprehensive review of the publication
record of the journal prepared by Prof. Han (AJAS, 2002 15:124-144).
The EC then proposed the following agenda for the meeting, which
was unanimously accepted.
| 1) |
Opening remarks, adoption of agenda and introduction
of participants |
| 2) |
Minutes of the third SE's meeting |
| 3) |
Progress report of the AJAS (1997-2001)
3.1 Summary
3.2 Business aspects
3.3 Editorial matters |
| 4) |
Activities of biographic sketch committee |
| 5) |
Selection of AJAS-Purina Outstanding Research Awardees
(2002) |
| 6) |
Page Charge Policy for Non-AAAP member countries |
| 7) |
Increase in subscription fee and page/reprint charges
from 2003 (20-30%) |
| 8) |
Date and venue for the 5th Section Editors' meeting
and 2002 Editorial Board meeting |
| 9) |
Other matters |
| 10) |
Closing remarks. |
|
| 2. |
Adoption of the Minutes of the 3rd
SE Meeting
The Editor-in-Chief (EC), Prof. J.K. Ha, briefly reviewed the
tabled minutes of the 3rd SE meeting in Sydney, Australia and
asked for corrections or modifications. The minutes were adopted
unaltered. |
| 3. |
Progress report of the AJAS (1997-2001)
Prof. J.K. Ha summarized the tabled Progress Report of AJAS
(1997-2001) as follows.
| 1) |
Summary
| a) |
Over the period 1997-2000 there had been increases
in the frequency of publication (from 6 to 12 issues
per year), the number of pages published (from 686
to 1802), the number of manuscripts received (from
176 to 289) the number of original papers published
(from 98 to 222) and the number of review papers
published (from 4 to 30). Over the same period the
overall manuscript rejection rate was reduced from
49.2% to 26.8%. The impact factor of the journal
increased from 0.257 in 1999 to 0.446 in 2000. |
| b) |
For 2001 there had been a sharp increase in manuscripts
submitted (356 to Sept 23, 2001) but only a slight
increase in the rejection rate to 29.4%. This meant
that a number of manuscripts will need to be carried
over into 2002. |
| c) |
In financial terms income and expenditure for
2001 were likely to be at similar levels as for
2000 ($US68,156 and $66,294 respectively as at Sept
23, 2001). Thus the accumulated balance of $45,344
at the commencement of 2001 will be preserved or
slightly increased. |
| d) |
Total paid subscriptions to the journal were down
from 680 in 2000 to 577 in 2001 due mainly to a
reduction in personal subscriptions. Complimentary
subscriptions in 2001 were similar to those in 2000
(265 v. 255). |
|
| 2) |
Business aspects
| a) |
Of a total income of $US144,693 in 2000, the sources
of income were the accumulated balance (23.3%),
advertising (20.4%), subscriptions (16.1%), page
charges (13.8%), other support (13.4%), reprint
charges (12.7%) and bank interest (0.3%). |
| b) |
Of a total expenditure of $US99,349 in 2000,
the breakdown was printing costs (49.4%), salary
and allowance (23.5%), postage and handling (17.1%)
and other costs (10%). |
| c) |
Advertising revenue has grown steadily with a
projected income in 2001 of $US31,608 up from $22,400
in 2000. There are currently 7 Korean and 2 US firms
advertising in the Journal. There are 9 advertisers
booked for the whole of 2002. The EC noted the perennial
requirement to increase advertising revenue beyond
Korea to other AAAP countries. |
| d) |
Currently there are 577 regular subscriptions
to the Journal (399 from AAAP and 178 from non-AAAP
member countries) with 265 complimentary subscriptions
(139 from AAAP and 126 from non-AAAP member countries).
Of the 577 regular subscriptions, Agribrand Purina,
Korea provide 179 and individual donors from Korea
provide an additional 44 subscriptions. This means
that only 354 individuals or institutions are paying
their own subscription fees. |
| e) |
The largest numbers of regular subscribers from
AAAP countries are from Korea (139), Japan (82)
and India (38), while the largest numbers of regular
subscribers from non-AAAP countries are from P.R.
China (112, mainly donated) and the USA (18). The
journal is currently sent to over 80 countries. |
|
| 3) |
Editorial matters
| a) |
The EC noted that to date 420 manuscripts had
been submitted to the Journal in 2001 (compared
with a total of 289 in 2000). Only 274 had been
published in Vol 14 of the Journal meaning that
there would be a substantial carry-over of papers
for the next volume. With the current budget it
is not possible to publish more than about 23 papers
per issue and a total of around 1,800 pages for
the 12 issues per year. |
| b) |
The rejection rate in 2001 had increased to 29.4%
from a low of 25.6% in 1999, but is still well below
historical highs of up to 49.2% in 1997. |
| c) |
Manuscript numbers have increased steadily for
most AAAP member countries with the major sources
in 2000 being India (61), Korea (57) and Japan (47).
The main non-AAAP countries providing manuscripts
in 2000 were P.R. China (12), USA (9) and Sweden
(7). |
| d) |
The time from submission to printing has reduced
steadily in recent years, falling to 7.8 months
for Vol 14 (2001), down from 10.4 months the previous
year. This is comprised of 3.5 months between receipt
and acceptance and 4.3 months between acceptance
and printing. |
| e) |
Between 1988 and 2001 (Vols 1-14) a total of 1333
manuscripts have been published in the AJAS with
75.7% coming from AAAP member countries. The major
countries of origin of these published papers were
Japan (397), Korea (275), India (160), Bangladesh
(111), Pakistan (85) and Australia (71). |
| f) |
In terms of animal science discipline, Animal
Nutrition continues to be the dominant subject area
published by the journal with Ruminant Nutrition
and Forage Utilization accounting for 44.4% of published
manuscripts to date and Monogastric Nutrition for
a further 18.8%. The next most important subject
areas were Animal Reproduction and Physiology (11.5%)
and Animal Breeding and Genetics (8.6%). |
|
| 4) |
Discussion of the AJAS report, and resolutions arising.
| a) |
Dr. Corbett thanked the EC for a very comprehensive
report and noted that 7.8 months from receipt to
printing was a very impressive achievement by the
editorial staff. |
| b) |
In response to a question by Dr. Walkden-Brown,
the EC noted that approximately 50% of referees
reports are now received via email or fax. |
| c) |
Prof. Sato commented favorably the large increase
in Impact Factor. Dr. Masters circulated a recent
list of impact factors confirming the improving
status of the Journal which now sits in the mid
range of Animal Science journals, above some well
known journals such as Small Ruminant Research.
The EC felt that the efforts of Dr. Corbett, the
English language Editor had contributed significantly
to the improvement in Impact Factor. |
| d) |
The EC noted that some editorial board members
and reviewers were performing poorly in terms of
timing and quality of their reports. After much
discussion it was resolved that non-performing editors
would be removed and replaced with new members.
This would be coordinated by the EC. It was agreed
that efforts should be made to recruit more editors
from non-AAAP countries (eg, Europe, UK, Americas);
their membership of the Board could help to increase
circulation of AJAS in those areas. Nominees for
new editorial board positions should be forwarded
to the EC. Nominations should include name, contact
details and disciplinary area. Reviewers in the
areas of animal nutrition were the most needed.
|
| e) |
Following discussion of an incident when a paper
contained the unacknowledged work of others, it
was agreed that a new Author's declaration form
be designed to accompany all manuscripts. Guidelines
would also need to be incorporated into the Guide
for Authors. |
|
|
| 4. |
Activities of the Biographic Sketch
Committee
In the absence of Prof. I.K. Paik, the Chairman of the Committee,
the EC noted that there appeared to be no activity from this
committee and that it had received no nominations. Dr Sato noted
that he had submitted a proposal for the late Prof. Nishikawa
but that he had received no response from the Japanese Committee.
Dr. Hsia noted that he planned to work up a proposal for the
late Prof. F.K. Koh of the Republic of China. The EC, once again
urged members to consider potential nominees and to forward
the proposals to Prof. Paik. The criteria are available in previous
minutes of the Section Editor's meetings. |
| 5. |
Selection of AJAS-Purina Outstanding
Research Awardees (2002)
The EC noted that a sum of $US3,000 was available for this award.
After much discussion on the issue of this award, the following
were agreed upon.
| a) |
The selection for 2002 would be determined by a sub-committee
comprising Drs. Hsia, Sasaki and Masters. |
| b) |
The criteria for the award should be definitively established
so that there is no ambiguity. Currently the award is
for a young (<40 years) scientist from an AAAP member
country who has produced an outstanding paper. |
| c) |
In future, the Reviewer's Report Form will contain a
box for ticking to indicate whether the reviewer feels
that the paper should be nominated for this award or not. |
|
| 6. |
Page Charge Policy for Non-AAAP Member
Countries
It was agreed that papers originating from all non-AAAP countries
be charged page fees, irrespective of the development status
of the country. Dr. Walkden-Brown queried whether country of
origin was determined by the nationality of the lead author
or the lead institution where the work was carried out. The
EC confirmed the latter as the AJAS policy. |
| 7. |
Increase in Subscription Fee and
Page/Reprint Charges from 2003
Dr. Sato queried whether this was necessary given the apparently
sound financial position of the Journal. Dr. Corbett suggested
increasing advertising revenue and nominated CABI as a candidate
advertiser who he was prepared to approach. The EC asked whether
it was felt that the journal contained too much advertising
already, but the consensus was that this was not a major problem,
and it enabled the journal to achieve a much wider distribution
than would otherwise be possible. In the end it was resolved
that the EC would study the budget projections closely and decide
whether a 20% increase in fees was required. If so, a resolution
to this effect would be put to the AAAP council meeting in New
Delhi next year. |
| 8. |
Date and venue for the 5th Section
Editors' meeting and 2002 Editorial Board meeting
This was preceded by a brief discussion on the role of Section
Ediotrs meetings and the possibility of using video-conferencing
as a means of reducing costs. However it was agreed that the
meetings serve an important function in maintaining contact
between Editors and a means of generating change for the Journal,
and so should be maintained wherever possible.
It was proposed that the next meeting take place on Sept. 22
or 23 in the Ashok Hotel, New Delhi in association with the
10th AAAP conference.
It was noted that there has been little recent publicity about
the conference or a call for papers. It was agreed that notices
on the upcoming conference be included in the Journal, much
as the for the last conference. Notices would also be included
on the AAAP homepage (www. aaap. or. kr) and the AJAS homepage
(www.ajas.). |
| 9. |
Other Business
| 1) |
Dr J.K. Ha noted the long and distinguished service
of his predecessor Prof. In K. Han as EC of the Journal.
Prof. Han has been elevated to the Presidency of the Korean
Academy of Science and Technology but retains a strong
interest in the Journal. It was therefore proposed that
Prof. Han be invited to become an honorary Editor-in-Chief
of the Journal. A motion to this effect was proposed by
Dr. Corbett and seconded by Drs. Hsai and Sato. It was
supported by all present. |
| 2) |
Dr. Corbett proposed that the Journal maintain a section
on announcements of forthcoming conferences, including
the AAAP conference. Dr. Walkden-Brown suggested that
it could also include notes on other AAAP activities or
reports and that Dr. Corbett, the Secretary of AAAP and
the EC of the Journal could coordinate these reports. |
| 3) |
Dr. Corbett noted that the Journal required indexing
and suggested that the first 14 volumes be indexed and
placed on a CR-ROM. He suggested that it may cost around
$US1,500 if done within house, based on previous experience
with the Australian Society of Animal Production. It was
agreed that the EC would progress this issue in liaison
with Dr. Corbett. |
| 4) |
Dr. Masters noted that many journal subscriptions and
access are now totally electronic and many journals are
associated with companies which provide pay-per download
for access to individual papers. Given that all AJAS papers
are processed electronically, it may not be too difficult
to begin investigating possibilities along these lines. |
| 5) |
Dr. Hsia indicated his willingness to organize the 2003
Section Editors meeting in Republic of China. |
| 6) |
Dr. Walkden-Brown noted that AJAS papers still did not
appear in searches of Current Contents, one of the preferred
abstracting sources for Australian Universities. The EC
agreed to follow this up with Current Contents. |
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| 10. |
Conclusion and Closing Remarks
Prof. J.K. Ha, the EC, thanked those present for their attendance
and contribution to the meeting, and noted that there would
be opportunities for further discussion over dinner. He once
again thanked Dr. Sato for hosting the meeting and the special
symposium in Sendai and declared the meeting closed.
Prepared by Dr. S.W. Walkden-Brown (Australia) and Prof. J.K.
Ha (Korea). |
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Minutes of the fifth Section Editors' Meeting
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences (AJAS)
September 22, 2002, Ashok Hotel, New Delhi, India
Attendance
1. Dr. I. K. Han (Korean Academy of Science and Technology)
2. Prof. J. K. Ha (Seoul National Univ., Korea)
3. Prof. E. Sato (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
4. Prof. I. K. Paik (Chung-ang Univ., Korea)
5. Prof. S. S. Lee (Gyeongsang National Univ., Korea)
6. Dr. D. G. Masters (CSIRO, Australia)
7. Dr. T. S. Yang (Animal Technology Inst., ROC)
8. Dr. Y. Y. Kim (Seoul National Univ., Korea)
9. Dr. S. J. Ohh (Kangwon National Unvi., Korea)
10. Dr. J. L. Corbett (Univ. New England, Australia)
11. Mr. T. G. Ko (Seoul National Univ., Korea)
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| 1. |
Opening Remarks, Introduction of
Participants, and Adoption of Agenda
Professor Jong Kyu Ha, Editor-in-Chief (EC), welcomed those
present at the 5th Section Editors’ (SE) Meeting held on 22
September after the conclusion on that day of the 2nd International
Symposium on Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition. The Symposium
was sponsored by Hans’ Animal Science Foundation and the Chairman
of its Organizing Committee was Prof. J.K. Ha. The Tenth International
Congress of the AAAP, also at the Ashok Hotel, commenced on
23 September and concluded on 27 September.
The SE were pleased that Dr In K. Han, founding EC and now Honorary
Editor-in?Chief, was present.
The Agenda was adopted unanimously. |
| 2. |
Minutes of the Fourth Section Editors’
Meeting
The Minutes of this Meeting held in Sendai, Japan, December
2, 2001 (AJAS, 15:454-458) were adopted unaltered. |
| 3. |
Progress Report of the AJAS (1997-2002)
Prof. J.K. Ha guided the SE through his detailed report on the
publication record and business aspects of the AJAS. |
| 4. |
Publication Record
As of July 31, 2002 it appears that during the whole of this
year the numbers of manuscripts received and of pages published
will be about the same as the numbers for 2001, which were 482
and 2033 respectively. As in 2001, the AAAP Member Country that
has submitted the largest number of manuscripts is India (63
of 206 received so far from 13 countries). The largest number
from a Non-Member Country has, for the second year, been submitted
by P.R.China (34 of 68 from 14 countries). Ruminant Nutrition
and Forage Utilization continues to be the most common subject
of papers submitted (44.9% during 1988-2002), with 18.5% on
Non-Ruminant Nutrition and Feed Processing, 11.7% on Animal
Reproduction and Physiology, and 9.3% on Animal Breeding and
Genetics.
There has been an increase in rejection rate. In 2001 rejections
were 120 which, with 362 accepted, was 24.8% of all submissions.
In 2002 the present number of manuscripts accepted is 98 and
of rejections is 44, which is 31% of the total 142 papers that
so far have been examined by referees. It was understood that
care for the quality of the AJAS will result in a rejection
rate that may be quite high.
There has been a small increase in the average time interval
between submission of a paper and its appearance in print, from
7.8 months in 2001 to 8.6 months in 2002. This was principally
due to an increase from average 3.5 to 4.2 months in the time
taken by referees to report and advise acceptance. Proofing
and printing time increased by a negligible 0.1 month. It remains
a continuing problem to identify referees who are competent
and who will not take a long time to make their report, which
not only increases the average time to printing but also displeases
the authors of papers thus delayed. A related problem is to
avoid overburdening referees who do report quickly, and not
to take advantage of their rapid responses by increasing the
number of manuscripts sent to them for examination.
It was noted that the Impact Factor (IF) of AJAS which increased
from 0.257 in 1999 to 0.466 in 2000 had decreased to 0.268 in
2001. Dr. Masters explained that this fall reflected the manner
by which the IF is calculated: it is the total number of citations
of papers published by a Journal in a two-year period divided
by the total number of papers that it published during those
years. The years used for the calculation of the 2001 IF were
1999 and 2000, and owing to the publication in AJAS of all papers
and short communications presented at the 9th AAAP Congress
in Sydney in 2000 (498, compared with 189 published in 1999)
there was a very large increase in the divisor for the IF. While
AJAS was ranked 35th among Journals in the area of Agriculture,
Dairy and Animal Science it was ranked 15th on the basis of
actual number of citations; that number showed an increase on
previous years. |
| 5. |
Business Aspects
Prof. Ha stated that the financial support given to AJAS in
previous years by the Korean government (US$14,333 in 2001)
had now come to an end. He wished to ensure that there would
continue to be financial reserves of at least US$40,000. In
2002 the balance carried forward was US$53,562, an increase
of US$8,218 over 2001. As of July 31 the income this year has
been US$51,048 and expenditure US$60,811. Printing costs remain
the largest single item of expenditure (45.3% of present year
total). An additional (9th) advertiser, the Daesang Feed Co.,
Korea, has given some increase in income (presently 15.5% of
total from that source). There are 14 more subscribers than
in 2001 (total 591), the increase coming mainly from AAAP Member
Countries; Korea has the most subscribers (155) followed by
Japan (88). There are 179 subscribers in 31 Non-Member Countries
and complimentary copies are sent to numerous other countries.
Agribrand Purina Korea, is the donor of 179 subscriptions and
there are 44 donations from individuals in Korea. With the 277
complimentary subscriptions the total circulation of AJAS is
868. |
| 6. |
Other Matters, Recommendations, and Resolutions
| a) |
Two major matters were of concern during discussion
of the Progress Report: (i) AJAS Impact Factor, and (ii)
Separation from AJAS of publication of the 10th AAAP Congress
Proceedings.
| (i) |
Prof. Ha urged those present to cite AJAS papers
as often as possible in their publications, and
to encourage other authors to do that. He finds
that citations to AJAS in manuscripts submitted
are highly variable in number, being most common
in nutrition papers but seen much less in those
on genetics.
Prof. Ha considered that Review papers of quality
would also promote an increase in citations and
consequently in the IF. He pointed out that there
was no page charge for reviews and that, in addition,
the author(s) received 50 free reprints. He hoped
that all present would help to generate an increase
in the number of Reviews published. The possibility
that in some instances the author(s) could be paid
an honorarium was left for further discussion at
a future EC meeting, as was the possibility that
authors of all papers should receive some free reprints
to distribute and, therefore, promote wider awareness
of AJAS. |
| (ii) |
Prof. Ha expressed his great disappointment that
the organizers of the 10th AAAP Congress regarded
the Abstracts volume and Proceedings as independent
publications not connected with AJAS. He regretted
that the Abstracts did not show any association
with AJAS and that this would also be so with the
Proceedings. The AJAS is the Official Journal of
the AAAP as stated in Statute VI(5) of the Association
: “AAAP shall publish an official journal named
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences”.
After discussion which emphasized the desirability
of maintaining the traditionally close association
which resulted in AJAS publishing AAAP proceedings
in some form, Dr Corbett undertook to prepare a
submission to the AAAP Council. The submission would
aim to clarify and re-affirm the relationship between
AJAS and AAAP.
[The AAAP Council at its meeting on September 23,
2002 agreed unanimously to revise Statute VI(5)
by adding the following: “The Proceedings of each
AAAP Congress comprising the invited and all other
papers shall be published by the Organizers of each
Congress in a format that is agreed with the Editor-in-Chief
of the Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences”.
With this amendment the Organizers of each Congress
are still responsible for the financial costs of
publishing the Proceedings, funded by the registration
fees. The EC may decide to publish all communications
as a special issue of AJAS which would have an adverse
effect on the Impact Factor (see above) or, to minimize
that effect, publish only selected papers in the
Journal]. |
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| b) |
Prof. Ha reported that James Testa, the Director of
the Journal Selection Team of the ISI, had replied on
4 September to his request that AJAS be classified as
an SCI Journal. While noting that AJAS is covered in the
CC/ABES and in the SCIE, he wrote that he was “taking
… into consideration” that request for the SCI Journal
classification. |
| c) |
Dr Masters recommended that moves should be made to
publish AJAS in electronic form.
Scientists now routinely make an electronic search for
publications related to their interests and those in AJAS
will not be found because it is published only as hard
copy; electronic publication would be likely to increase
its IF. Prof. Ha said that serious consideration was being
given to this
matter. |
| d) |
Prof. Ha confirmed that short communications (eg, 2
pages) can be published in AJAS.
The criterion for acceptance is the quality, not the length,
of the paper. |
| e) |
There had been an incident when AJAS published a paper
containing the work of others without their knowledge
or permission, and two other papers with the same fault
had been detected before publication. The SE agreed that
all authors, or the corresponding author with the full
knowledge of the co-authors, must sign a Declaration Form,
thereby affirming:
| = |
That each author has seen and approved the content
of the submitted manuscript. |
| = |
That the paper presents original work not previously
published in similar form and not currently under
consideration by another Journal. |
| = |
That if the paper contains material (data or information
in any other form) that is the intellectual property
and copyright of any person(s) other than the author(s)
then permission of the copyright owner(s) to publish
that material has been obtained. |
| = |
That the copyright material is clearly identified
and acknowledged in the text of the paper. |
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| f) |
It was agreed that Referees should be encouraged to
nominate papers for consideration for the AJAS-Purina
Award. Because this Award is for authors not more than
40 years old, and Referees would not know if this condition
were met, it was also agreed that the Author Declaration
form (see above) should include the following for information,
and signature if applicable:
“A cash prize is awarded each year to a scientist in an
AAAP Member country less than 40 years old who has written
an outstanding paper that has been published in the AJAS.
If you are in an AAAP Member country and less than 40
years old and are the sole author of this paper, or are
the senior author and have had a primary responsibility
for the planning and execution of the work described,
do you wish to be considered for the award?” |
| g) |
The continuing need for competent and reliable referees
was noted. Nominations with contact details and area(s)
of expertise are welcomed by the EC. |
| h) |
The SE are appointed initially for a three year period.
The EC raised the possibility of a small increase in their
number from the present 11 by appointments from additional
countries. It was agreed that a nomination for one appointment
as SE be invited from both India and P.R.China.
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| 7. |
Biographic Sketch Committee
It was noted, with regret, that no biographies had been submitted.
There was consideration of whether the Guidelines that “The
nominee must be … from an AAAP member country [and] an active
member of AAAP” were too restrictive and might be relaxed. It
was decided that for the present these guidelines remain and
that further efforts be made to obtain biographies. |
| 8. |
Date and Venue for the 6th SE Meeting
Dr Hsia was unfortunately unable to be present at this 5th Meeting
and so it was not possible to confirm that the next Meeting
would be held in the Republic of China.
It was agreed that there would be a meeting of SE during the
11th AAAP Congress which will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
in September 2004. |
| 9. |
Conclusion and Closing Remarks
The SE recognized Prof. Ha bore a great burden as Editor-in-Chief
and expressed their gratitude to him for his work for AJAS.
Prof. Ha thanked those present for their attendance and contributions
to the meeting, which he then declared closed. |
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Minutes of the Combined Section Editors’ and Editorial Board
Meeting
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences (AJAS)
September 6, 2004 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Attendance
| David Masters (Australia) |
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Mosenthin, R. H. (Germany) |
| Kunio Sugahara (Japan) |
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Junichi Okumura (Japan) |
| Eimei Sato (Japan) |
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Jong K. Ha (Korea) |
| Hoon Taek Lee (Korea) |
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Yoo Yong Kim (Korea) |
| Jongsoo Chang (Korea) |
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Man K. Song (Korea) |
| In K. Paik (Korea) |
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In K. Han (Korea) |
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| 1. |
Opening Remarks, Introduction of
Participants and Adoption of Agenda
Professor Jong Kyu Ha, Editor-in-Chief welcomed those present
at the 6th Section Editors’ Meeting and welcomed members of
the Editorial Board to this combined meeting on September 6,
2004. The meeting was held during the 11th International Congress
of the AAAP which was also held at the Hotel Nikko, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
Professor Ha paid a tribute to the contribution made by the
former English editor Dr John Corbett and explained how he had
continued to support the journal up until a short time before
he died in December 2003. His position as English Editor has
now been taken over by Dr Ian Barger.
As part of his introduction, Professor Ha announced that the
journal had purchased a new office and had moved in February
2004. This was seen as a positive step for the journal.
The Agenda was adopted unanimously. |
| 2. |
Minutes of the Fourth Section Editors’
Meeting
The minutes of this meeting held in New Delhi, India on September
22, 2002 were adopted unaltered. |
| 3. |
Minutes of the previous Editorial
Board Meeting
The minutes of this meeting held in New Delhi, India on September
24, 2002 were adopted unaltered. |
| 4. |
Progress Report of the AJAS (1997-2004)
The progress of the journal over the past 2 years was presented
to the meeting in a comprehensive report.
Publication
Record
In 2003, 456 manuscripts have been submitted to the journal.
This is similar to the two previous years. The rejection rate
was 27% and this is considered acceptable. The journal published
1800 pages in 2003.
There are some trends in submission, with a decline from AAAP
member countries (Japan in particular) and an increase in submissions
from non-AAAP countries. The highest proportion of papers published
continues to be in ruminant nutrition. The journal will investigate
the possibility of increasing the Editorial Board representation
from countries outside Korea and outside of AAAP.
The time between submission and printing is currently about
9 months and this is considered too long. Professor Ha outlined
some changes to the submission and management of manuscripts
that will streamline the submission process and reduce the time
to printing. This will be facilitated through the application
of a new Article Management System. The Article Management System
will allow for tracking of the review process, electronic submission,
improved indexing and statistics, the issuing of invoices and
certificates and sorting of AJAS publications. A commercial
company (Aninet, Korea) has been engaged to establish the web-based
system. It is expected the system will be developed by the end
of the year and operational by July 2005. These changes were
endorsed by the meeting.
There followed some general discussion about various ways the
Article Management System could contribute to improvements in
efficiency in journal production. In addition to submission
and review, it was agreed the journal should consider:
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An electronic manuscript template to assist authors
to conform to journal formatting standards |
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A submission form that includes the need to make the
following declarations
| o |
The manuscript has been approved for submission
by all authors |
| o |
The manuscript has not been simultaneously submitted
to any other journal |
| o |
The author does or does not wish to be considered
for an award (this will include conditions such
as a need for the senior author to be under 40 years
old) |
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It was also agreed that if the authors failed to make the above
declarations, the manuscript would not be considered for publication.
During the transition to electronic processing, the above information
could be submitted with hard copies of each manuscript.
There is some uncertainty over the continuation of the Outstanding
Research Award with a change in operations by the major sponsor.
Sponsorship from a new company will be sought if necessary.
The Impact Factor of the journal has shown improvement over
the past 2 years from 35th to 24th within the Agriculture, Dairy
and Animal Science journal category. Total citations have also
increased from around 400 in 2001 to nearly 700 in 2003. To
improve the citation rate, the journal has established a Technical
Committee. The members of this committee will represent the
5 major scientific areas of AJAS (Monogastric Nutrition, Ruminant
Nutrition, Breeding & Genetics, Reproduction & Physiology
and Animal Production & Applied Science). The committee
will actively work to check AJAS papers for AJAS citations and
will recommend other AJAS papers for citation. The committee
will also check revised manuscripts to determine if authors
have accommodated the reviewer’s comments.
Business
Aspects
The journal continues to maintain a financial reserve, the balance
carried forward to 2003 was $44,866, this is a $8,696 reduction
from 2002. Income from subscriptions fell from $24,453 to $16,717
while other income from reprint and page charges was stable.
The major cost continues to be printing ($41,927). There has
also been some reduction of sponsors. Professor In K. Han continues
to support the journal through donation of subscriptions. This
is greatly appreciated.
Professor Ha foreshadowed the expectation of an increase in
printing charges and also a need to pay off the purchased office
space in a short period. For this purpose he proposed a new
fee structure as follows:
| • |
Malaysia and Thailand to be moved into the category
A country list. This will mean an increase in journal
subscription costs to $70$/yr for personal and 120/yr
for institutional and an increase in page charges to $100
for a 5 page printed article and a further $30 per page
thereafter. |
| • |
Category B countries be charged $50 for up to 5 printed
pages with an additional $15 per printed page thereafter.
Previously there was no charge for category B countries. |
There was some discussion on these changes and a recognition
at the meeting that there was a need to increase income.
The possibility of an electronic version of the journal was
also discussed as an option to change the income to the journal.
While this option may decrease the income per subscription,
the point was made that many scientists now rely almost exclusively
on electronic access to journals and an electronic version offers
opportunities to increase the number of subscription, decrease
printing and postage costs and increase citations.
The meeting agreed that Professor Ha should present the new
fee structure to the AAAP Council meeting for approval
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| 5. |
Dates and venue for the next meeting
Professor In K. Han suggested that a copy of the Editorial Report
be sent to all Section Editors and members of the Editorial
Board to encourage their participation in future meetings.
The next meeting will be help during the 12th AAAP Congress
which will be held in South Korea in 2006.
Professor Ha closed the meeting and thanked those present for
their attendance.
David Masters
Minutes Secretary |
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Minutes of the 7th Section Editors’
Meeting
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences (AJAS)
September 18, 2006 in Busan, Korea
Attendance
| Jong S. Chang (Korea) |
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Inho Hwang (Korea) |
| Defa Li (China) |
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John W. Steel (Australia) |
| Eimei Sato (Japan) |
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Jong K. Ha (Korea) |
| Hoon Taek Lee (Korea) |
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Yoo Yong Kim (Korea) |
| In K. Paik (Korea) |
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Yoo Yong Kim (Korea) |
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| 1. |
Opening Remarks, Introduction of
Participants and Adoption of Agenda
Professor Jong Kyu Ha, Editor-in-Chief welcomed those present at the 7th Section Editors Meeting which was held during the 12th AAAP Animal Science Congress at BEXCO, Busan, Korea.
Professor Ha paid tribute to the contribution made by the former English Editor Mr. Ian Barger who had continued to support the journal until shortly before he died in April 2006. His position had been taken over by Dr. John Steel in December 2005.
Professor Ha mentioned that the on-line Article Management System had been introduced early in 2006 and was operating very satisfactorily, although there had been some inevitable trouble-shooting. The system was proving to be much more efficient and would achieve significant savings in manpower ultimately.
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| 2. |
Adoption of Agenda
The agenda proposed by Professor Ha was adopted unanimously |
| 3. |
Minutes of the 6th Section Editors' Meeting
The minutes of the 6th meeting held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 6th September 2004 were adopted unaltered. |
| 4. |
Progress Report of the AJAS (2000-2006)
Professor Ha presented a comprehensive report of the progress of the journal over the past two years.
Editorial
In 2005, 650 manuscripts were submitted to the journal and 518 have been received to end August 2006 so that the total is likely to be approximately 700 for this year. These figures represent a substantial increase on the previous two year period. The rejection rate was 55% in 2005 and will be similar for 2006. The journal published 281 papers and a total of 1826 pages in 2005; these numbers will be similar in 2006.
The average time of the reviewing process has declined sharply from approximately 4 months in 2005 to 1 month in 2006, and this is attributable to the introduction of the on-line system. In 2005 the average time from manuscript submission to printing was 9 months which is considered quite long. It is anticipated that the on-line system will reduce this time. There has been an increase in the number of papers requiring English editing over the past two years. Professor Ha noted that the Editorial Board, totaling 108 reviewers, contained a high proportion of Korean reviewers and that he would be trying to diversify to include greater numbers from other countries. For example, he noted that there was no one from Latin America on the Editorial Board.
Manuscript submissions from Korea have remained fairly constant at 110-115 per year but with an increasing trend evident in 2006, whereas submissions from Japan are showing a decreasing trend. There is a discernible increase in submissions from RO China and Iran. Overall, submissions from AAAP member countries have increased in the two year period and there has been a similar increase in submissions from non-AAAP countries.
The majority of papers published continues to be in ruminant and monogastric nutrition but there are increasing numbers of papers in genetics and breeding, particularly from China.
Business
The journal continues to maintain a financial reserve, the balance carried forward to 2005 was $US 41,958 and in 2006 increased to $US 58,664 partly because of increased government support in 2005 through the Korean Societies of Animal Science. AJAS expects this support in 2006 to be 50% of that received in 2005. Income from subscriptions declined from $US 37,095 in 2004 to $US 29,297 in 2005 whilst income from page charges increased from $US 21,340 to $US 28,453 for the same period. Income from reprint charges remained stable at $US 20,761 for 2005. Total income for 2005 was $US 211,905 compared to $US 198,574 in 2004.
Increased expenditure on staff occurred because of the need for extra manpower during the implementation of the on-line system, but other expenditures remained reasonably stable or declined and total expenditure for 2005 was $US 153,241 compared to $US 156,616 in 2004.
There was a decrease in the number of companies advertising in AJAS from 9 in 2005 to 7 in 2006. It is anticipated that numbers will increase in 2007.
The number of regular subscribers has remained stable over the period with 688 in 2006 compared to 680 in 2004. Numbers of regular subscriptions from AAAP and non-AAAP countries has remained stable at 485 and 203 respectively. Of the regular subscribers, 180 have been supported by donation from the Hans’ Animal Life Science Foundation, for which AJAS expresses its appreciation. 266 complimentary subscriptions have been given by the journal to AAAP and non-AAAP countries. Total subscribers were 954 in 2006 of which 292 were on-line subscribers. An increase in on-line subscribers is anticipated over the next period.
Professor Ha pointed out that current subscription fees do not include an on-line rate for institutes and that reprint and page charge rates are significantly higher for Korean authors than for authors from Category A countries.
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| 5. |
AJAS – Purina Outstanding Research Award
The eighth awards were presented at the opening ceremony of the 12th AAAP Congress to Inho Hwang from Korea and Junyou Li from Japan. |
| 6. |
Report on Journal Ranking and Citation Status
The Impact Factor of the journal has shown improvement over the past two years and ranking has increased from 24th to 18th position within the Agriculture, Dairy and Animal Science journal category. Total citations in all journals were 1091 and the impact factor was 0.854 in 2005. It is anticipated that the impact factor in 2006 will be around 0.95. The long term aim will be to maintain AJAS in the 10th to 15th position by achieving an impact factor of 0.9 to 1.0. At present 611 (56%) of the 1091 citations are in AJAS, so called “self-citation”; this should be reduced to 20-30% to achieve a higher ranking. The journal is presently classified as a Science Citation Index Expanded journal and it is aimed to achieve upgrading to the Science Citation Index (SCI) which comprises highly cited, high impact journals and includes the best regional journals.
AJAS impact factor is now good and we need to concentrate on reducing self-citation, which is difficult in a regional journal. AJAS is mainly publishing work of young scientists which tends to increase self-citation; there is a need to encourage older established scientists to publish more of their work in AJAS. Now that AJAS is on-line there should be an increase in its citation rate. Dr Steel was asked to consider approaches that could be made to SCI to achieve the upgrade from the Expanded category.
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| 7. |
AJAS Technical Committee
Professor Ha complimented the five members of the Technical Committee who have screened 650 to 700 submitted papers each year and rejected approximately 30% on technical grounds, as well as on English expression, before sending out for editorial review. They also checked all revised manuscripts to make certain authors had faithfully accommodated editorial reviewers’ comments.
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Article Management System of AJAS
Professor Ha explained the mechanism for general flow of papers through the Article Management System from receipt by the Business Manager through technical and editorial review, author revision, English editing and finally publication. As Editor-in- Chief he was able to easily check on-line at a glance the progress of papers through the system. Advantages of the system included authors knowing evaluation results in a shorter time, saving time on paper handling and other business processes, together with more exposure to potential contributors and a better chance for citation by authors. However, Professor Ha felt that time from acceptance to publication was still long and he noted that some (older) authors and reviewers were still unfamiliar with using a computer-based system.
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Recent Copyright Infringement
Professor Ha summarized a recent case of plagiarism and copyright infringement which was brought to his attention by one of the co-authors on 3 papers published in AJAS. These papers were essentially identical to papers published previously by three other journals.
The AJAS Ethics Committee reviewed the case and recommended actions to be taken by the Editor-in-Chief including: letters of apology to the three journals and to the authors of the original papers; notifying the offending authors and their institutes of the decision by AJAS to remove the offending papers from the on-line system and to permanently ban the offending authors from publishing in AJAS; and printing an erratum in the journal notifying subscribers of these decisions. Professor Ha tabled copies of the letter to offending authors and of the proposed erratum.
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AJAS Ethics Committee
Professor Ha outlined the purpose of the Ethics Committee to review and make decisions on all matters related to ethical issues for the journal and to propose future directions of journal publication to prevent possible misconduct. The membership of the committee is Jong K. Ha (Chairman), John Steel, David Masters, Eimei Sato and Y. Y. Kim.
Measures proposed by the Ethics Committee to be taken by AJAS to prevent similar misconduct in the future were considered and it was agreed to adopt the following method when a paper was received from the corresponding author through the on-line system. All listed authors on the paper would automatically receive a notification by email stating that the person had been listed as a co-author of the particular paper. A request would be made that they respond immediately confirming that permission had been given for their inclusion on the paper.
A proposal formulated by Dr. Masters for review of the editorial structure of AJAS was considered by the meeting and it was agreed that Section Editors should in future be classified as Associate Editors to more accurately reflect their role for AJAS.
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New subscription, page and reprint charge policy
It was proposed that page and reprint charges should remain the same and that a rate for on-line subscription for institutes be introduced at $US 250 for Category A and $US 150 for Category B countries. The rate for combined print + on-line subscription would be $US 330 and $US 210 for category A and B, respectively. These proposals were unanimously endorsed by the meeting.
It was proposed that the category of China be changed from B to A in light of changed economic circumstances. This proposal was enthusiastically endorsed by the meeting.
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Date and Venue for the next meeting
The next meeting of Associate Editors will be held in 2008 during the 13th AAAP Congress in Vietnam
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Other business
In discussion of the editorial review process it was agreed that English editing was best done after completion of the author’s response to editorial review and acceptance of these by the Technical Committee.
It was agreed that the primary role of Associate Editors will be to provide a third review where there is a conflict of view between the two editorial reviewers. Professor Ha indicated there was a need for an additional Associate Editor from China. There is also a need for additional editorial reviewers.
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Closing of the Meeting
Professor Ha thanked the Associate Editors for their support and attendance and closed the meeting at 4.00pm.
18 September 2006
Minutes taken by John W. Steel (Australia)
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Minutes of the 8th Section Editors’ and 9th Editorial Board Meeting
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences (AJAS)
September 22, 2008 in Hanoi, Vietnam
Attendance
| Chae, Byung Jo (Korea) |
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Lo, Ling-Ling (China) |
| Chen, Ming-Ju (Taiwan) |
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Moran, John B. (Australia) |
| Choct, Mingan (Australia) |
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Mosenthin, h.c. Rainer (Germany) |
| Choi, Chang Weon (Korea) |
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Ohh, Sang-jip (Korea) |
| Eslami, Moosa (Iran) |
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Pyun, Kyong Soon (Korea) |
| Ha, Jong K. (Korea) |
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Sato, Eimei (Japan) |
| Hsia, Liang Chou (Taiwan) |
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Sarwar, Muhamad (Pakistan) |
| Hwang, Inho (Korea) |
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Steel, John (Australia) |
| Kashiwazaki, Naomi (Japan) |
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Wanapat, Metha (Thailand) |
| Kim, Chang-Hyun (Korea) |
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Yang, Tien-Shuh (Taiwan) |
| Kim, Sung Woo (USA) |
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Yang, Ji Young (Korea) |
| Lee, HoonTaek (Korea) |
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Zhang, Ji-Kun (China) |
| Li, Defa (China) |
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Zhu, Wei-Yun (China) |
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Opening Remarks, Introduction of
Participants and Adoption of Agenda
Professor Jong Kyu Ha, Editor-in-Chief of AJAS, welcomed those present and thanked them for their attendance at the combined 8th Section Editors and 9th Editorial Board Meeting which was held during the 13th AAAP Animal Science Congress at the National Convention Centre, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Professor Ha indicated how pleased he was to see everyone here in Hanoi, particularly as it marked the 20th anniversary of the foundation of AJAS and he invited everyone to join him at a dinner to celebrate the occasion on the following evening at the Press Club, Hanoi. He drew attention to the summarised history of AJAS which showed the remarkable growth in the journal in terms of manuscripts received, papers published and, most importantly, the impact factor over the past 20 years. Notably, rejection rate was now running at 70% of 751 manuscripts received in 2007 – a further indication of a top-class journal.
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Adoption of Agenda
The agenda proposed by Professor Ha was adopted unanimously without alteration. |
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Minutes of the 7th Editorial Board Meeting
The minutes of the 8th Editorial Board meeting held in Busan, Korea on 19th September 2006 were adopted without alteration. |
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Progress Report of the AJAS (2000-2007)
Professor Ha presented a comprehensive report of the progress of the journal over the past two years. In summarising, he particularly noted that the impact factor had remained similar over the past 2 years. He also expressed his appreciation to the editors for their continued efforts in meeting the demands of the reviewing process and noted that whilst the average number of papers reviewed was between 10 and 11 per year some members were reviewing up to 15-20 papers per year
Business
The journal continues to maintain a healthy financial reserve, the balance carried forward to 2007 was US $46,976 and at the end of 2007 was US$53,584. Support of US $52,901 in the form of donations was received including 14.9M₩ from the 12th AAAP, 10 M₩ from Professor Kim Y.Y. and US$1000 from Professor Defa Li, for which Professor Ha expressed his thanks. There was a substantial increase in income from advertisements in 2007 to US$49,800. Income from subscriptions remained constant in 2006 and 2007 at approx US$20,500 whilst income from page charges increased from US$32,002 to $US39,496 for the same period. Income from reprint charges declined from US $20,761 in 2005 to US$15,135 in 2007. Total income for 2007 was US$226,940 compared to US$203,835 in 2006.
Overall expenditure increased in 2007 to US$173,356 largely due to repayment of 30 M₩ of the original bank loan of 100 M₩. The goal is to repay the loan completely during Professor Ha’s term as Editor-in Chief. There have also been sizeable reductions in 2007 on expenditure for postage and office maintenance due to the movement to on-line operations.
There were 7 companies which advertised in AJAS in 2006 and 6 in 2007.
All subscribers that did not pay in the last 2 years have been removed from the list and the number of regular subscribers to printed versions of the journal has declined from 688 in 2006 to 188 in 2007. Number of regular subscriptions from AAAP and non-AAAP countries was 145 and 43, respectively, in 2007. The number of complimentary subscriptions given by the journal to AAAP and non-AAAP countries has been reduced from 266 in 2006 to 158 in 2007. Total subscribers were 790 in 2007 of which 444 were on-line subscribers, the latter representing a substantial increase over the previous period.
Professor Ha tabled a summary of current subscription fees, page and reprint charges. It was suggested that Iran should become a Category A Country subscriber over the next four years. This was agreed to by the delegate from Iran.
Professor Ha tabled a proposal for a New Subscription and Page Charge Policy of AJAS for which the underlying drivers included the need to 1) increase the impact factor and reduce self-citation to achieve reclassification to SCI; 2) meet the global trend for free access to on-line journals; and 3) to make authors responsible for a major portion of the publication cost of their papers.
It was therefore proposed that free access be provided to the on-line journal, subscription fees for the printed journal be increased and page charges be increased to authors from Category A members and non-member countries with a minimum increase for Category B member countries. Professor Ha outlined the proposed fee increases which would generate an estimated US$12-15000 per year and the meeting endorsed the new subscription and page charges to apply from 2009.
Editorial
In 2007, 751 manuscripts were submitted to the journal and the total is likely to be similar for 2008. These figures again represent a substantial increase on the previous two year period. The rejection rate was 62.7% in 2006 and 70.2% in 2007. The journal published 264 papers and a total of 1931 pages in 2007; similar numbers are expected for 2008.
The average time of the reviewing process has been maintained at 0.6 months, attributable to the success of the on-line system, although improvement in the average time of 4.8 months from submission to acceptance is being sought so that the average time from submission to printing, the latest figure being 11.2 months for Vol 20 in 2007, might be reduced.
The number of papers requiring English editing has stayed fairly constant at 60-65 per year over the past two years.
Professor Ha noted that the Editorial Board, totalling 112 reviewers, still contained the highest number of Korean reviewers (43) and that he has continued to include greater numbers of reviewers from other countries. There are now a total of 23 countries represented on the Editorial Board.
Manuscript submissions from Korea have increased slightly at 141 in 2006 and 129 in 2007, whereas submissions from Japan showed a decreasing trend. There has been a marked increase in submissions from China which comprised 195 (26%) of the total manuscripts submitted from AAAP and non-AAAP countries in 2007. Submissions from Iran have also increased markedly to 62 in 2007.
Amongst the AAAP member countries, in 2007 the largest number (76) of published manuscripts originated from Korea closely followed by China (63). The majority of papers published by AAAP member countries from 1988 – 2007 has been in ruminant nutrition and forage utilisation (38%) followed by non-ruminant nutrition and feed processing (19%).
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Report on AJAS – CAPI Outstanding Research Award
The ninth awards were presented at the opening ceremony of the 13th AAAP Congress to Sung Woo Kim from U.S.A. and Dheer Singh from India.
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Report on Journal Ranking and Citation Status
Although total citations are increasing the Impact Factor of the journal has remained almost the same for the past three years and in 2007 was 0.857 placing its rank at 23 in the Agriculture, Dairy and Animal Science category. More than 50% of the 1381 journal citations to AJAS papers in 2007 were self-citations in AJAS, which is too high to enable AJAS to move up into the Science Citation Index (SCI). As emphasised at the previous editorial board meeting, we should aim for this to be reduced to 20-30% to achieve a higher ranking.
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Date and venue for next meeting
The next meeting of the Editorial Board will be held in 2010 during the 14th AAAP Congress in Taiwan.
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Other Business
Professor Ha tabled the report that was commissioned on the evaluation of the current situation of AJAS and its future development. This report, prepared by Hugh Dove Editorial and Consulting, Australia, contained 20 recommendations some of which are relatively straightforward or have already been implemented, whereas others require more consideration. Professor Ha asked the Editorial Board to consider the report and provide him with any feedback in due course.
Dr Moran suggested that a further consideration for AJAS might be to include plenary papers from the AAAP Congress into a special edition of the AJAS every two years. Professor Ha indicated that he would consider this in consultation with the program committee planning the next AAAP Congress in Taiwan.
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Closing of the Meeting
Professor Ha thanked the Editorial Board for their support and attendance and closed the meeting at 3.30pm.
22 September 2008
Minutes taken by John W. Steel (Australia)
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