Viewpoints on synergising ASEAN academic visibilities through research collaboration and the establishment of an ASEAN Citation Index Database1     

Narongrit Sombatsompop  Nongyao Premkamolnetr  Teerasak Markpin  Santi Ittiritmeechai  Chatree Wongkaew  Wutthisit Yochai  Preeyanuch Ratchatahirun  Lee Inn Beng 《Asia Pacific viewpoint》2011,52(2):207-218

This opinion article expresses two key viewpoints regarding the options for Association of South‐East Asian Nations (ASEAN) universities in pursuit of fulfilling the demand for greater research visibility and academic reputation. The first viewpoint outlines the importance of promoting research collaboration among ASEAN researchers and their international peers in increasing the visibility and impact of ASEAN research. The second viewpoint examines the ASEAN research characteristics, the challenges and existing best practices of its journal publishing landscape, the potential role of non‐ASEAN international journals in improving the profile of ASEAN research and explores the needs and benefits of establishing an ASEAN Integrated Journal Publishing Network (IJPN). It is through these combined approaches, we believe, that effective policy change, the standardisation of publishing structure, procedures, and systems to drive journal development, improvement of journal quality, and establishment of a consistent framework for measuring researcher performance will result. This article also includes a proposal for the IJPN structure and implementation plan, and highlights the key benefits of taking a collaborative approach to achieving this common goal.  相似文献   

Influence of wood species and particle size on mechanical and thermal properties of wood polypropylene composites     

Thanate Ratanawilai  Kamonchanok Nakawirot  Arsiwan Deachsrijan  Chatree Homkhiew 《Fibers and Polymers》2014,15(10):2160-2168

This study aims to investigate the effects of two types of wood flour; oil palm mesocarp flour (OMF) and rubberwood flour (RWF), and their particle sizes on mechanical, physical, and thermal properties of wood flour reinforced recycled polypropylene (rPP) composites. The composite materials were manufactured into panels by using a twin-screw extruder. The rPP composites based on RWF significantly showed higher flexural, tensile, and compressive properties (both strength and modulus) as well as hardness and thermal stability than those composites based on OMF for the same particle sizes. However, distribution of RWF in the rPP matrix was less homogeneous than that of the rPP/OMF composites. Furthermore, a decrease of the particle sizes of filler for the rPP/OMF or RWF composites increased the flexural, tensile, compressive, and hardness properties. Likewise, the thermal stability of both OMF and RWF composites were insignificantly affected by the particle sizes.  相似文献