Open data facilitate resilience in science during the COVID-19 pandemic

Toward the advancement of equity in scientific publishing

Peer review represents the foundation and gatekeeper to scientific dissemination, making it among the most important points to improve the representation of members of diverse gender, racial/ethnic, and other sociodemographic groups. The American Psychological Association (APA) highlights equity, diversity, and inclusion among its guiding principles. APA journals publish a large volume of cutting-edge psychological research (processing 20,000 + submissions per year) and reach a wide audience and have the unique opportunity to contribute to APA's mission by disseminating data on the diversity of those involved in the production of psychological science. In this commentary, we highlight recommendations for actionable steps to promote greater equity in the peer review process. While our recommendations are not exhaustive, we hope that they are steps in the right direction and will contribute to conversations that have already begun regarding actions to address underrepresentation in the scientific process. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

Contributions of Industry 4.0 to resilience achievement in the context of COVID-19 pandemic

In the totally unprecedented context of the COVID-19 health crisis, the widespread adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies, and the great interest in resilience, have been stronger than ever. Within this framework, the present paper outlines the involvement of technologies emerging from the fourth industrial revolution in the fight against the epidemic expansion, and the results of this implication in terms of strengthening and achieving resilience in diverse fields. In order to gain a fuller understanding of these points, fourteen resilience domains related to the COVID-19 pandemic are defined. On the other hand, the third section of this paper digs into the literature to expose a variety of Industry 4.0 solutions developed to cope with the sanitary crisis. Afterwards, a fuzzy cognitive map is elaborated, using mental modeler, in order to emphasize the causal links between Industry 4.0 technologies and resilience domains. Subsequently, a simulation of this model is performed to evaluate the contribution of an optimized joint use of Industry 4.0 core technologies in the achievement of resilience in its different dimensions during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to discuss how the identified gaps or weaknesses can be addressed.