Free Open Access issue published by International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems

The International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems has published an Open Access issue. All of the issue’s papers can be downloaded via the full-text links available here.

• A multi-agent collaborative framework for intelligent storyboarding and script generation of micro-dramas
• FedST-KG: federated multimodal spatiotemporal data fusion and mining via contrastive learning and knowledge graphs
• Design and implementation of an intelligent evaluation system for professional voice training in broadcasting and hosting based on artificial intelligence
• Deep learning-driven intelligent clinical review and early warning for complete blood count tests
• Deep learning-based forecasting of rural revitalisation policy outcomes: an automated model integrating big data and socio-economic analysis

Research pick: It's a wrap - "Study on detection method for harmful chemical residues in regenerated cellulose food packaging materials"

A technique for detecting potentially harmful metals in regenerated cellulose food packaging is discussed in the International Journal of Environment and Pollution. The new tool can be used for safety assessments of materials increasingly used as alternatives to conventional plastics.

The method measures cadmium, chromium, lead, and titanium in one pass. These metallic elements might be present in processed packaging after manufacture or remanufacture and, under certain conditions, could leach into food contained in the packaging. Tests on five commercially available packaging samples showed that none of these elements were above safety thresholds, but the researchers point out that this might not always be the case and that improved detection methods are needed to strengthen routine monitoring and allow regulatory standards to be applied across the industry.

The new technique uses microwave digestion with heated acidic reagents to break down a sample and release any metallic elements present. The resulting sample is then analysed with inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES). This type of analysis heats the sample to form a high-temperature plasma and identifies any metallic elements present based on the characteristic light they emit. It is essentially a high-tech version of the school-lab flame test for metals, where the colour of the flame reveals the presence of a given element.

While regenerated cellulose is at the forefront of environmentally friendly packaging, its manufacture can involve chemical additives and other substances requiring safety assessment. The new method could help manufacturers and regulators identify potential contamination more reliably, improving quality control and so the safety of this kind of packaging.

Wang, X., Chen, X., Liu, D. and Geng, H. (2026) ‘Study on detection method for harmful chemical residues in regenerated cellulose food packaging materials’, Int. J. Environment and Pollution, Vol. 76, No. 9, pp.1–19.

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Free sample articles newly available from Journal of Business and Management

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• Navigating the digital frontier: thriving in remote work through AI and human connection
• Engineering of a proactive stakeholder culture
• Does employee engagement buffer the relationship between occupational self-efficacy and organisational citizenship behaviour?
• The intersection of gender and generation: new insights into drivers of job satisfaction
• Authentic leadership, gender, and emotional labour: a study

New Open Access article available: "The development of disaster management governance in Indonesia: a legal and regulatory review"

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Free Open Access issue published by International Journal of Information and Communication Technology

The International Journal of Information and Communication Technology has published an Open Access issue. All of the issue’s papers can be downloaded via the full-text links available here.

• Analysis of tourism flow network based on digital footprints
• Music preference prediction and personalised track recommendation via machine learning
• Measuring non-stationary semantic correlation in the dissemination effectiveness of mainstream ideology
• A temporal word embedding framework for matching degree computation between digital economy and green policies
• Product styling design generation using an improved generative adversarial network

New Open Access article available: "Mapping the nexus: a bibliometric review of psychological distress and leadership research"

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Research pick: Big data, small change? - "Data-driven retail service operations: big data analytics capability, market orientation, innovation and marketing capabilities in Thailand’s retail sector"

A study of 500 Thai retailers has found that businesses with stronger big data analytics capabilities tend to be better at identifying market needs, innovating, and executing effective marketing strategies. Moreover, large retailers report higher capability levels than smaller firms, according to research in the International Journal of Services and Operations Management.

The research looked at how some 500 retailers turned customer, transaction, and sales-channel data into practical business capabilities. The findings suggest that the adoption of digital technology is not sufficient to improve outcomes, companies need big data analytics capability to make the most of that technology. Indeed, the research shows that having the ability to process and interpret large volumes of information to make better decisions was closely tied to market orientation, customer needs, and changing market conditions.

The team explains that their findings highlight the importance of integrating data analysis into everyday operations. This is particularly important as companies have to coordinate bricks-and-mortar outlets with their online presence. Better integration, the team suggests, could help businesses adapt services and respond more consistently to changing demand.

The gap between large and smaller retailers, however, raises questions about unequal access to digital expertise, technology investment, and managerial resources. Smaller and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) perhaps need targeted support to develop the skills and organisational routines required to turn data into useful decisions.

Supapon, S. and Sukhawatthanakun, K. (2026) ‘Data-driven retail service operations: big data analytics capability, market orientation, innovation and marketing capabilities in Thailand’s retail sector’, Int. J. Services and Operations Management, Vol. 55, No. 5, pp.1–23.

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Free Open Access issue published by International Journal of Information and Communication Technology

The International Journal of Information and Communication Technology has published an Open Access issue. All of the issue’s papers can be downloaded via the full-text links available here.

• Deep learning-based deformation monitoring of transmission towers using SAR time-series data
• Affective dynamics rendering and simulation for musical theatre arias via diffusion models
• Predicting chronic care needs based on a reinforcement learning model
• A hierarchical semantic network and contrastive reinforcement algorithm for automatic English essay grading
• Hierarchical aggregation with weighted fusion for digital art virtual reconstruction

Free Open Access issue published by International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems

The International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems has published an Open Access issue. All of the issue’s papers can be downloaded via the full-text links available here.

• The construction of an English smart classroom oral interaction model by multimodal feature fusion, coupled coordination, and adaptive recommendation
• Application of stele restoration based on multibranch adversarial network and spatiotemporal attention algorithm
• Big data measurement and optimisation of data element allocation efficiency in the digital economy
• Evaluation of the optimal start-up scheme of pumped storage units based on actual machine test-entropy weight method
• Blockchain technology-based institutional framework and optimisation path for emergency rescue management

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business

The following sample articles from the International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business are now available here for free:

• Unveiling the evolution of early internationalisation research: a bibliometric-systematic literature review
• Exploring the dynamics of resource interaction in international coopetitive relationships during global crises: a case study between European SMEs and Chinese larger firms of the automotive industry
• Exploring the destination support of SME exporters by export associations in Ghana's non-traditional export sector
• Institutional entrepreneurship: territorial intervention strategies in the development of low-density cross-border territories through a Triple Helix lens
• Navigating the digital age: how Colombian tourism SMEs leverage digitalisation for strategic planning and decision-making

Free Open Access issue published by International Journal of Information and Communication Technology

The International Journal of Information and Communication Technology has published an Open Access issue. All of the issue’s papers can be downloaded via the full-text links available here.

• Data mining for English learning pattern analysis: insights into student behaviour on digital platforms
• Causal inference and traceable reasoning for ESG performance in digital supply chains
• Expressive music performance generation from symbolic scores via conditional variational autoencoders and performance context embeddings
• A data mining-based early warning system for identifying at-risk students in higher vocational education
• An intelligent tutoring system for the implementation and evaluation of adaptive vocational education

Research pick: Hunting down the fake news - "Automatic fake news detection using an optimised transformer with deer hunting optimisation algorithm"

Researchers have developed an automated system for detecting fake news that achieved accuracy rates above 98% in tests on two datasets; in other words missing just one or two fake news items in every 100. They provide details of their approach in the International Journal of Information and Computer Security.

The new system uses a transformer encoder, an artificial intelligence (AI) model that identifies relationships between words and their context. This is combined with a deer-hunting optimisation algorithm (DHOA), a computational technique for finding effective model settings, based on modelling the way in which human hunters track and pursue prey. The researchers removed web addresses, punctuation, and common, or “stop”, words before applying their analysis to the text. The DHOA component automatically fine-tunes the model's settings rather it requiring manual selection and calibration.

Automated detection could accelerate manual fact-checking, which is often expensive and time-consuming, allowing social media platforms to screen out misleading claims quickly to avoid their rapid spread.

The next step will be to test the system on real-world social media content to see whether it can distinguish between deceptive material closely resembling legitimate reporting. As it stands, the approach is limited to text, rather than checking for the manipulation of images, deepfake videos or inconsistencies between text and visual evidence. Future work might explore how those different media types might be processed and analysed as well as looking for relationships between content and the users who post it as important clues as to whether a given item is fake news or not.

Jonnala, Y.D. and Devi, J.S. (2026) ‘Automatic fake news detection using an optimised transformer with deer hunting optimisation algorithm’, Int. J. Information and Computer Security, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp.24–48.

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Free Open Access issue published by International Journal of Economics and Business Research

The International Journal of Economics and Business Research has published an Open Access issue. All of the issue’s papers can be downloaded via the full-text links available here.

• The effect of e-tax adoption on tax payment: unravelling the moderating role of taxpayer demographics
• External debt, broad money growth and macroeconomic performance in the GCC economies: a panel regression approach
• Managing consumer trust in e-commerce: evidence from a central European economy during digital transformation

New Open Access article available: "Study on detection method for harmful chemical residues in regenerated cellulose food packaging materials"

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Free Open Access issue published by International Journal of Information and Communication Technology

The International Journal of Information and Communication Technology has published an Open Access issue. All of the issue’s papers can be downloaded via the full-text links available here.

• AI-assisted learning environments: a mixed-methods study of student performance and metacognitive development for chemistry
• Research on multimodal information visualisation framework in augmented reality-based cultural experience applications
• Intelligent customer service system in digital trade platforms: application of large language models based on retrieval-augmented generation
• Collaborative filtering for personalised learning experience development using higher education assessment data
• Research on dynamic optimisation of grammatical structures in Chinese-English translation of financial texts based on the Fama factor model

Free Open Access issue published by International Journal of Information and Communication Technology

The International Journal of Information and Communication Technology has published an Open Access issue. All of the issue’s papers can be downloaded via the full-text links available here.

• Distribution characteristics and key influencing factors of transmission line galloping in Hubei Province
• The research on the drowning personnel detection based on the improved Yolov8
• A user preference evaluation system for traditional elements in games by AHP and a weighted model
• Hydraulic physics-guided contrastive temporal change-point learning for early friction transition detection in Kaplan turbine SCADA systems
• Computational affective modelling for dynamic music genre preference generation in streaming recommender systems

Research pick: You can bank on it - "Cyber-savvy or cyber-sloppy? Exploring Indian e-banking users’ security behaviour"

A study of electronic banking users has found that cybersecurity depends not only on knowledge of digital threats but also on attitudes, memory, and the user’s relationship with technology. Details are published in the International Journal of Information and Computer Security. The researchers looked at how customers translate cybersecurity knowledge into behaviour. The work addresses a gap in this area of research, which has previously focused largely on employees rather than customers.

The team used structural equation modelling, a statistical technique for testing relationships between variables, to analyse survey data from 772 electronic banking users in India. The survey asked questions about the users’s extended knowledge, attitude, and behaviour. The resulting framework shows what people know and what they believe influences their actions.

Perhaps obviously, the team found that a bank’s efforts to educate customers with regard to cybersecurity as well as the initiatives of customers themselves, help build overall knowledge. Customers with a positive attitude towards security, who can recall relevant information and have greater knowledge of the risks and how to avoid them, were like to exhibit safer online behaviour.

However, the more technically minded a customer, the more likely there were to have a positive attitude towards their banking security, but the more likely they were to take risks, assuming their familiarity and confidence would protect them from scams and malicious third parties.

Prasanna, S., Mariappan, V., Pradeepa, S.P.N., Mani, R. and Saravanan, S. (2026) ‘Cyber-savvy or cyber-sloppy? Exploring Indian e-banking users’ security behaviour’, Int. J. Information and Computer Security, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp.1–23.

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Free sample articles newly available from Latin American Journal of Management for Sustainable Development

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• Increasing the validity of organisational researches: proposal for a fuzzy system that replicates the summative aggregation of the Likert-type scale
• Analysis of factors associated with ESG performance of Brazilian cities
• Sustainability reports in the automotive industry: a comparative analysis of the Argentinean sector
• Reverse logistic of rejected plastic: the circularity and resilience of waste pickers in the supply chain
• Optimising contract types for infrastructure projects in emerging economies: a fuzzy logic approach for sustainable development

New Open Access article available: "Creative implementation and technology orientation: associations with perceived performance in Saudi dental practices"

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Free Open Access issue published by International Journal of Information and Communication Technology

The International Journal of Information and Communication Technology has published an Open Access issue. All of the issue’s papers can be downloaded via the full-text links available here.

• Construction and teaching application of knowledge graph of historical figures based on machine learning
• Construction of an English smart teaching platform integrating fuzzy systems and improved CF algorithm
• Transformer models in English vocabulary learning path planning
• Contextual communication modelling in WeChat networks: analysing symbolic imbalance and language inflation using media context theory
• Modelling the acceptance of AIGC technology in information literacy education: an empirical study based on the UTAUT framework