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B – Bias in the research literature8 March 2010Young SN. Bias in the research literature and conflict of interest: an issue for publishers, editors, reviewers and authors, and it is not just about the money. Journal of Psychiatry […]
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B – Data archiving8 March 2010Whitlock MC, McPeek MA, Rausher MD, et al. Data archiving. The American Naturalist 2010;175:145-146.http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/650340 Most data in ecology and evolution are lost to science very quickly after they are collected […]
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B – Effect of oncology trial registration on published findings8 March 2010Rasmussen N, Lee K, Bero L. Association of trial registration with the results and conclusions of published trials of new oncology drugs. Trials 2009,10:116.http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/10/1/116 Registration of clinical trials was intended […]
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B – Journal editorial policies on animal welfare8 March 2010Osborne NJ, Payne D, Newman ML. Journal editorial policies, animal welfare, and the 3Rs. Amerian Journal of Bioethics 2009;9(12):55-59.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20013503 A randomized sample of editorial policies of English language peer-reviewed journals […]
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B – Publishing flow cytometry data8 March 2010Alvarez DF, Helm K, DeGregori J, et al. Publishing flow cytometry data. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2010;298:L127-L130.doi:10.1152/ajplung.00313.2009 Flow cytometric analysis is an important method for better understanding […]
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B – On the prevalence and scientific impact of duplicate publications in different scientific fields (1980-2007)8 March 2010Larivière V, Gingras Y. On the prevalence and scientific impact of duplicate publications in different scientific fields (1980-2007). Journal of Documentation 2010;66:179-90(doi:10.1108/0022041101.1023607) Duplicate publications have received a lot of attention […]
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B – Lost in translation: the challenges of global communication in medical education publishing8 March 2010Cantillon P, McLeod P, Razack S et al. Lost in translation: the challenges of global communication in medical education publishing. Medical Education 2009;43:615-20doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03383.x It is important that authors and editors […]
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B – Do scientists really need a PhD?5 March 2010Editorial. Do scientists really need a PhD? Nature 2010;464(1785)doi:10.1038/464007a In the USA and Europe students usually need to finish a multiyear programme of postgraduate training before they can fully participate […]
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N – Elsevier sets standards for sponsored content24 February 2010Elsevier announces new custom publication guidelines, sets new standards for publishing sponsored content – 24 Feb 2010STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it will publicly share its internal custom […]
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B – High-information studies: highlighting the hypotheses23 February 2010Editorial. Conclusion by exclusion. Nat Genet 2010;42:95.http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v42/n2/full/ng0210-95.html Studies of systems models and biomarkers both present large amounts of information to publishers and readers. To aid review and readability, such studies […]
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B – Are libel laws stfiling medical journals?23 February 2010Abbasi K. Keep libel laws out of science. J Roy Soc Med 2010;103:39. http://jrsm.rsmjournals.com/cgi/content/full/103/2/39 A good editor will publish articles that will upset some readers or institutions. But if the […]
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B- Quality and integrity in scientific writing: prerequisites for quality in science communication22 February 2010Roland MC. Quality and integrity in scientific writing: prerequisites for quality in science communication. Jcom 2009;08(02):A04 Standards and good practice guidelines provide criteria for maintaining quality and integrity in science. […]