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B – Taking Care of Digital Collections and Data3 December 2009Angevaare I. Taking Care of Digital Collections and Data: ‘Curation’ and Organisational Choices for Research Libraries. Liber Quarterly. 2009(19)1 http://liber.library.uu.nl/This article is a useful introduction to digital curation and preservation. […]
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B – Global Citation Patterns of Open Access Communication Studies Journals:Pushing Beyond the Social Science Citation Index30 November 2009Poor N. D. Pushing Beyond the Social Science Citation Index.International Journal of Communication 2009; (3):853-879.http://ijoc.org/ojs/index.php/ijoc/article/view/568 A study carried out using the statistical technique of factor analysis, principal component analysis and […]
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B – Uniform format for disclosure of competing interests in ICMJE journals30 November 2009Uniform format for disclosure of competing interests in ICMJE journalsThe Lancet; 2009 374(9699):1395-1396 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61796 Disclosure of conflict of interest by authors of articles published in biomedical journals has become common […]
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B – Should we use the mean citations per paper to summarise a journal’s impact?28 November 2009Calver MC,Bradley JS. Should we use the mean citations per paper to summarise a journal’s impact or to rank journals in the same field? Scientometrics. 2009(81)3: 611-615DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2229-y As criticism […]
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B – How Many Scientists Fabricate and Falsify Research?28 November 2009Fanelli D. How Many Scientists Fabricate and Falsify Research? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Survey Data. PLoS ONE. 2009; 4(5): e5738. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005738 The frequency with which scientists fabricate and […]
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B – Methods to increase response to postal and electronic questionnaires27 November 2009Edwards PJ, Roberts I, Clarke MJ, DiGuiseppi C, Wentz R, Kwan I, Cooper R, Felix LM, Pratap S. Methods to increase response to postal and electronic questionnaires. Cochrane Database of […]
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B – Publishing non-research papers as a trainee27 November 2009George S, Moreira K.Publishing non-research papers as a trainee: a recipe for beginners.Singapore Med J. 2009;50(8):756-8. http://smj.sma.org.sg/5008/5008ra2.pdf This paper provides some practical tips to trainee doctors, who are novice researchers […]
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B – Prevalence of ghostwriting spurs calls for transparency27 November 2009Collier R.Prevalence of ghostwriting spurs calls for transparency Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2009;13; 181(8): E161–E162. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-3036 It’s no secret that the names at the top of articles published in […]
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B – Requirements and definitions in conflict of interest policies of medical journals.27 November 2009Blum JA, Freeman K, Dart RC, Cooper RJ.Requirements and definitions in conflict of interest policies of medical journals.JAMA 2009;25;302(20):2230-4. Conflicts of interest (COI)may influence medical literature. However, it is still […]
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B – The gender imbalance in academic medicine: a study of female authorship in the United Kingdom27 November 2009Sidhu R, Rajashekhar P, Lavin VL, Parry J, Attwood J, Holdcroft A, Sanders DS.The gender imbalance in academic medicine: a study of female authorship in the United Kingdom J R […]
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B – Liberating the voices of science27 November 2009Carr K, Liberating the voices of science. The Australian, January 16, 2008. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23057489-25192,00.html The Australians’ view on the role of scientists and researchers to contribute to economic, social and environmental […]
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B – Scholarly communication27 November 2009Morrison H. Scholarly Communication for Librarians. Cambridge: Woodhead Publishing Limited2009 http://www.woodheadpublishing.com/en/book.aspx?bookID=1864&ChandosTitle=1 This book covers the current landscape of scholarly communications and publishing and potential futures, outlining key aspects of transition […]