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This study diachronically investigates the trend of the “open access” in the Web of Science (WoS) category of “communication.” To evaluate the trend, data were collected from 184 categories of WoS from 1980 to 2017. A total of 87,997,893 documents were obtained, of which 95,304 (0.10%) were in the category of “communication.” In average, 4.24% of the documents in all 184 categories were open access. While in communication, it was 3.29%, which ranked communication 116 out of 184. An Open Access Index (OAI) was developed to predict the trend of open access in communication. Based on the OAI, communication needs 77 years to fully reach open access, which undeniably can be considered as “crisis in scientific publishing” in this field. Given this stunning information, it is the time for a global call for “open access” by communication scholars across the world. Future research should investigate whether the current business models of publications in communication scholarships are encouraging open access or pose unnecessary restrictions on knowledge development.

Current development in the usage of media and the Internet proved that community members are increasingly exposed to various gadgets and media applications, which undoubtedly can have positive and negative impacts on their lives. Yet, despite interest in and the emergence of examples of inspirational community engagement and the increasing usage of media among citizens, relatively little is known about the scale as well as the ecosystems of the emerging media literacy of Malaysian rural citizens. The objective of this research is to identify the important elements in conducting community engagement on media literacy programs in the rural community. A program which is called “Community Engagement on Media Literacy” (CE: ML) has been designed to assist the community members in utilizing the media in their daily lives. This program is a collaboration between faculty members and students of a university and committee members of a mosque in the northern district of Malaysia. The community selected is one large community area in the northern state containing about 3,000 members. This area is unique since it covers rural and sub-urban areas containing seven villages and five structured residential areas of low-to-middle-income families. Researchers were directly involved with the media literacy program, hence get a better chance to observe the processes of CE: ML. The program took two months to be completed, from February until April 2019. Altogether, 18 activities have been conducted, which mostly involved school children and youth ranging from 6 to 18 years old. Based on observation method, 15 elements of CE: ML ecosystem have been identified, namely Coordination, Communication, Contents Creation, Stakeholders Support, Location, Supporting Facilities, Targeted audience and their willingness to participate, Funding and Costing, Risk, Scheduling, Spirit of Volunteerism, Development of Soft skills, Multi-racial and International Unity, Training of trainers and Visibility and promotion of programs. At the time of the implementation, CE: ML was designed on double helix collaboration, merging two actors – university and the local community. Hence, based on the actual experience, CE: ML program can be improved to be extended to “quintuple helix” collaboration involving the university, government, private sector, local community, and the environment.

Background: Physician-patient interactions are a complex process and inappropriate communication can become a problem. Due to the importance of this issue, this study was conducted to identify the relationship between physician ethics and patient satisfaction and provide an effective communication-cultural model. Methods: The research method used in this study was descriptive - correlation and using the calculated correlation coefficients, a structural model was developed. The statistical population of the present study was all patients admitted to medical centers affiliated to Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences and Health Services in 1398 and the sample size was selected based on Cochran's formula equivalent to 171 people. Necessary information was collected through two questionnaires: standard questionnaire of communication with patient Vakili et al. In order to assess interpersonal communication skills and a researcher-made questionnaire of observance of physician's medical ethics and patient satisfaction taken from the patient rights charter approved by the Ministry of Health. Results: The findings indicate that the patriarchal model has been able to predict patient satisfaction. The results also showed that there is a significant relationship between the informative model and patient satisfaction. Also, based on the results, it was found that the interpretive model, bilateral participation model and instrumental model could not predict patient satisfaction. The results also show that the contract model has been able to predict patient satisfaction with an effect factor of 0.33 and a significant level of P < 0.01. Finally, there is a significant relationship between the contract model and patient satisfaction. Conclusions: Based on the analysis of the obtained data, the most type of model approved by patients was the paternal model, in which there is much less interaction between the patient and the physician than other communication models.

This study diachronically investigates the trend of the “open access” in the Web of Science (WoS) category of “communication.” To evaluate the trend, data were collected from 184 categories of WoS from 1980 to 2017. A total of 87,997,893 documents were obtained, of which 95,304 (0.10%) were in the category of “communication.” In average, 4.24% of the documents in all 184 categories were open access. While in communication, it was 3.29%, which ranked communication 116 out of 184. An Open Access Index (OAI) was developed to predict the trend of open access in communication. Based on the OAI, communication needs 77 years to fully reach open access, which undeniably can be considered as “crisis in scientific publishing” in this field. Given this stunning information, it is the time for a global call for “open access” by communication scholars across the world. Future research should investigate whether the current business models of publications in communication scholarships are encouraging open access or pose unnecessary restrictions on knowledge development.

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