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Managing UK research data for future use9 June 2009Groves, T. Managing UK research data for future use. BMJ 2009 338: b1252 The BMJ has recently joined a host of other journals in encouraging authors to make raw research […]
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Essay: The Future of Scientific Publishing9 June 2009Sandweiss, J. Essay: The Future of Scientific Publishing. Physical Review Letters, 2009, May 11 This essay was the last in a series of nine essays written to celebrate last year’s […]
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B – Reality Bites: Periodicals Price Survey 20099 June 2009Van Orsdel LC, Born K. Reality Bites: Periodicals Price Survey 2009. In the face of the downturn, libraries and publishers brace for big cuts. Library Journal 2009 /4)15 http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6651248.html Libraries […]
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B – How Many Scientists Fabricate and Falsify Research?9 June 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 falsify […]
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B – Marketing data: has the rise of impact factor led to the fall of objective language in the scientific article?8 June 2009Fraser VJ, Martin JG. Marketing data: has the rise of impact factor led to the fall of objective language in the scientific article? Respiratory Research 2009, 10:35.doi:10.1186/1465-9921-10-35 http://respiratory-research.com/content/10/1/35 This investigation […]
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B – Assessing the impact of biomedical research in Academic Institutions of disparate sizes8 June 2009Sypsa V, Hatzakis A. Assessing the impact of biomedical research in Academic Institutions of disparate sizes. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9:33. Epub ahead of printdoi:10.1186/1471-2288-9-33 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/9/33 A valid and […]
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B – Economic implications of alternative scholarly publishing models8 June 2009Houghton J, Rasmussen B, Sheehan P, Oppenheim C, Anne Morris, Creaser C, Greenwood H, Summers M, Gourlay A.Economic implications of alternative scholarly publishing models: Exploring the costs and benefits. JISC […]
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B . H Index and Midlife Crisis of Impact31 May 2009Williamson JR. My h-index Turns 40: My Midlife Crisis of Impact. ACS Chem Biol 2009, 4 (5:311–313. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/cb9001014?cookieSet=1 The h-index, or Hirsch index, is a sort of personal impact factor, […]
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B – Do We Need the h Index and Its Variants in Addition to Standard Bibliometric Measures?18 May 2009L Bornmann, R Mutz, HD Daniel. Do We Need the h Index and Its Variants in Addition to Standard Bibliometric Measures? JASIS&T,2009 60(6):1286–1289 The study investigates whether there is a […]
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B – The rise and fall of a physics fraudster15 May 2009Reich, Eugenie Samuel. The rise and fall of a physics fraudster. Physics World 2009;22(5):24-29 http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/38903 Article based on the author’s book: Plastic fantastic: how the biggest fraud in physics shook […]
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B – The most influential journals: Impact Factor and Eigenfactor11 May 2009Fersht A. PNAS 2009;106(17): 6883-6884. To to rate the influence of journals a new bibliometric parameter, the Eigenfactor(www.eigenfactor.org), has recently been created and is now listed by Journal Citation Reports. […]
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B – RCUK publishes report on open access study10 May 2009RCUK . Report on open access study. May 2009 www.rcuk.ac.uk/cmsweb/downloads/rcuk/news/oareport.pdf Research Councils in UK published an independent study regardng open access to research outputs. The purpose of the study was […]