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B – Promoting scientific standards16 June 2010Alberts B. Editorial. Promoting scientific standards. Science 2010;327(5961):12(doi: 10.1126/science.1185983) Journals such as Science occupy a special place in the maintenance of scientific standards to help make science as productive as […]
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B – Peer review delay and selectivity16 June 2010Pautasso M, Schaefer H. Peer review delay and selectivity in ecology journals. Scientometrics 2009;84(2):307-15(doi: 10.1007/s11192-009-0105-z)Relationships among journal reputation, rejection rate, number of submissions received and time from submission to acceptance […]
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B – Number of reviewers and editors’ rejection rate16 June 2010Schultz DM. Are three heads better than two? How the number of reviewers and editor behavior affect the rejection rate. Scientometrics 2009;84(2):277-92(doi: 10.1007/s11192-009-0084-0) Five hundred manuscripts submitted to Monthly Weather […]
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B – Putting gender on the agenda15 June 2010Editorial. Putting gender on the agenda. Nature 2010;465:665 (10 June 2010)(doi:10.1038/465665a) Biomedical reserach continues to use many more male subjects than females in both animal studies and human clinical trials. […]
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B – New journal models15 June 2010Cassella M, Calvi L. New journal models and publishing perspectives in the evolving digital environment. IFLA Journal 2010;36(1):7-15(doi: 10.1177/0340035209359559) Open access combined with 2.0 tools is fast changing the traditional […]
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N – Library outsources proofreading8 June 2010“Real” libraries are struggling for survival in the digital age – but some are fighting fire with fire. The National Library of Wales, for example, is scanning in all its […]
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B – Open access biomedical journals in Greece31 May 2010Vlachaki A, Urquhart C. Use of open access journals in biomedicine in Greece. Library Management 2010; 31(1/2):19-26(doi:10.1108/01435121011013368) The impact of open access initiatives on biomedical scientific publishing and scholarly communication […]
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B – Highly cited articles in LIS: analysis of content and authorship31 May 2010Blessinger K and Hrycaj P. Highly cited articles in library and information science: an analysis of content and authorship trends. Library & Information Science Research 2010; 32(2):156-62(doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2009.12.007) Thirty-two high impact […]
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N – Science papers in South Africa31 May 2010Since the end of apartheid in 1994, South Africa has increased its research output and its scientific collaboration with other countries, says an article in Science Watch(http://sciencewatch.com/ana/fea/10mayjunFea/). In March 1995, […]
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B – Does a Hierarchy of the Sciences exist?27 May 2010Fanelli D. “Positive” results increase down the hierarchy of the sciences. PLos ONE 2010;5(4):e10068(doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010068) The hypothesis of a Hierarchy of the Sciences with physical sciences at the top, social sciences […]
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B – Are editorial peer reviewers’ recommendations reliable?27 May 2010Kravitz RL, Franks P, Feldman MD et al. Editorial peer reviewers’ recommendations at a general medical journal: are they reliable and do editors care? PLoS ONE 2010; 5(4):e10072 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010072) The […]
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N – Publication awards25 May 201014 June 2010 is the closing date for applications for 2010 ALPSP Awards for significant achievement in the field of learned and professional publishing. The awards are for publishing innovation; […]