If a paper submitted for internal review is published in a journal under the College's Journal Substantive Review (Category 1/2) [in Chinese], the applicant may provide a complete record of the peer review process as a reference for substantive review.
Incentive Award Reductions and Implementation Schedule
| Category \ Submission Period | 2024.01.01– 2024.12.31 | 2025.01.01– 2025.06.30 | Starting 2025.07.01 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Category 1 Journals: Published by MDPI, Frontiers Media, Baishideng Publishing Group, OMICS Publishing Group | No effect | Incentive reduced to 30% | No incentive awarded | | Category 2 Journals: Announced listed journals (see attached list in NCKU Hospital document No. 1120023059 dated 2023.10.26) | Incentive reduced to 50% | 1. Incentive reduced to 30% 2. New BMC journals added (see list) | Same as previous (Incentive reduced to 30%, including journals on the BMC list) |
[Category 1] MDPI, Frontiers Media, Baishideng Publishing, OMICS Publishing
[Category 2] Enhanced Substantive Review Journals (List): Journals that clearly state on their official website that acceptance is not based on the reviewer’s judgment of scientific importance. Includes ACS Omega, AIP Advances, Biology Open, BMC Journals/BMC Research Motes, BMJ Open, Cureus, Heliyon, F1000 Research, GigaScience, IEEE Access, Medicine (LWW), PeerJ, PLoS One, QScience Connect, SAGE Open Medicine, Scientific Reports, Nature Research, and The Scientific World Journal (Hindawi).
Source: National Cheng Kung University Hospital Letter dated 2024/10/17 | Letter dated 2023/10/26 [in Chinese]
Please refer to the latest university/hospital announcements for updates. If there are any changes, feel free to inform the medical library.