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N – Non-sexist job titles in Guardian style22 February 2010Mind your languageThe editor of the Guardian style guide on … playing doctors and doctresseBy David MarshHell hath no fury like a man scorned, as the proverb doesn’t go (but […]
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B – The introduction of the 5-year impact factor: does it benefit statistics journal?22 February 2010van Nierop E. The introduction of the 5-year impact factor: does it benefit statistics journals? Statistica Neerlandica 2010;64(1):71-6(doi:10.1111/j.1467-9574.2009.00448.x) Impact factors for statistics journals are low compared with those in other […]
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N – Winners of US publishing awards19 February 2010Among the 40 winners of the 2009 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) are these science related publications: multivolume reference: Wiley Encyclopedia of Chemical Biology (John […]
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B – Q&A: Carl Zimmer on writing popular-science books19 February 2010Jones N. Q&A: Carl Zimmer on writing popular-science books. Nature 2010;463:737(doi:10.1038/463737a) Second in a series of five interviews with authors who write science books, Carl Zimmer – with his eight […]
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B – Guidance for submission of raw clinical data for publication19 February 2010Hrynaszkiewicz I, Norton ML, Vickers AJ, Altman DG. Preparing raw clinical data for publication: guidance for journal editors, authors, and peer reviewers. BMJ 2010;340:c181. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/340/jan28_1/c181 Many journals and funding bodies […]
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B – Q&A: Peter Atkins on writing textbooks19 February 2010Opinion. Q&A: Peter Atkins on writing textbooks. Nature 2010;463:612 An interview to Peter Atkins, who wrote the classic textbook Physical Chemistry, first published in 1978. It is the first of […]
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B – Are you an honest scientist? Truthfulness in science should be an iron law, not a vague aspiration18 February 2010Editorial. Are you an honest scientist? Truthfulness in science should be an iron law, not a vague aspiration. Medical Hypotheses 2009;73:633-5(doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2009.05.009) In the last 20 years there has been a […]
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B – Bibliometrics, impact factors and manual therapy: balancing the science and the art15 February 2010Smith DR, Rivett DA. Bibliometrics, impact factors and manual therapy: balancing the science and the art. Manual Therapy 2009;14(4):456-9(doi:10.1016/j.math.2008.11.004) History of bibliometrics is presented and description of the most widely […]
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B- Ethical issues in publishing.10 February 2010Price R. Editorial. Ethical issues in publishing. Radiography 2009;15(2):95-6(doi:10.1016/j.radi.2009.03.001) Research involving human subjects and including identifiable human material and data (images, photographs, names, initials, hospital numbers) should comply with the […]
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B – The development of a ranking tool for refereed journals in which nursing and midwifery researchers publish their work10 February 2010Crookes PA, Reis SL, Jones SC. The development of a ranking tool for refereed journals in which nursing and midwifery researchers publish their work. Nurse Education Today. In press(doi:10.1016/i.nedt.2009.09.016) Publication […]
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B – Publishing in accounting journals: a fair game?10 February 2010Moizer P. Publishing in accounting journals: a fair game? Accounting, organizations and society 2009; 34(2):285-304(doi:10.1016/j.aos.2008.08.003) In social sciences authors, reviewers and editors adopted the criterion that a quality researcher publishes […]
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B – Successful publishing: how to get your paper accepted.10 February 2010Audio RA, Stahel RA, Aapro MS et al. Review. Successful publishing: how to get your paper accepted. Surgical Oncology 2009;18(4):350-6(doi:10.1016/j.suronc.2008.09.001) Starting from an historical perspective, ethical issues in publishing are […]