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Open access is working – but researchers in lower-income countries enjoy fewer benefits9 July 2024Open-access publishing facilitates the flow of academic research, particularly benefiting researchers in resource-poor settings. However, scientists in low-income countries face challenges, such as power imbalances and limited visibility, which prevent them from fully benefiting from open access.
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AI Shaming: The Silent Stigma among Academic Writers and Researchers9 July 2024AI shaming involves criticizing individuals or organizations for using AI to generate content or perform tasks, emerging recently in academia. This paper examines AI shaming's characteristics, causes, and effects, noting that it often dismisses AI-assisted work as deceitful, lazy, or less valuable.
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There is no easy fix to peer review but paying referees and regulating the number of submissions might help9 July 2024The peer review process, vital to scientific dissemination, faces challenges like being slow, biased, and overloaded. Reforms, including paid professional reviewers, are proposed to address inefficiencies and incentivize participation.
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Guideline for reporting systematic reviews of outcome measurement instruments (OMIs): PRISMA-COSMIN for OMIs 20249 July 2024This article introduces the PRISMA-COSMIN 2024 guideline, an extension of the PRISMA 2020 guideline, to improve the reporting of systematic reviews of outcome measurement instruments (OMIs).
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Tobacco funded research: how even journals with bans find it hard to stem the tide of publications9 July 2024In this paper published in BMJ, the authors highlight how tobacco companies are increasingly investing in pharmaceutical and medical products, complicating the efforts of researchers and journals to distance themselves from the industry.
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Causal Inference About the Effects of Interventions From Observational Studies in Medical Journals9 July 2024Many medical journals, including JAMA, restrict causal language to randomized clinical trials (RCTs). However, RCTs are not always feasible due to costs, duration, or ethical concerns...
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The Lancet and colonialism: past, present, and future1 July 2024This analysis of historical colonialism in publications calls for debate on the practices that lead to legitimizing specific perspectives in health and medicine.
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Structured peer review: pilot results from 23 Elsevier journals25 June 2024EASE Peer Review Committee Chair Mario Malički and Vice-President Bahar Mehmani analyze the impact of introducing Structured Peer Review on over 250 Elsevier journal reviewer performance.
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Quality and safety of artificial intelligence generated health information23 May 2024Generative AI is rapidly advancing and holds significant promise for improving health, but it also poses substantial risks that need effective oversight.
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ACCORD (ACcurate COnsensus Reporting Document): A reporting guideline for consensus methods in biomedicine developed via a modified Delphi23 May 2024Gattrell and colleagues developed the ACCORD reporting guideline to improve transparency and accuracy in reporting consensus methods in biomedical research.
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Enhancing Research Integrity and Publication Ethics: An Analysis of the Latest International Committee of Medical Journal Editors Recommendations23 May 2024Maintaining integrity and ethics in publications is crucial as research output grows. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) provides guidelines for ethical conduct, covering authorship, conflict of interest disclosure, and data sharing.
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How to use podcasts in neurology23 May 2024Podcasts are popular for their informal and conversational tone and they can offer flexible, free, and on-demand access to educational content.