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B – Survey Finds Citations Growing Narrower as Journals Move Online22 July 2008Couzin J. SOCIOLOGY: Survey Finds Citations Growing Narrower as Journals Move Online. Science 2008;321(5887):329DOI: 10.1126/science.321.5887.329a The article is focused on a survey analysing on how the migration online of millions […]
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B – The Google generation: the information behaviour of the researcher of the future22 July 2008Rowlands I, Nicholas D, Williams P, Huntington P, Fieldhouse M, Gunter B, Withey R, Jamali HR , Dobrowolski T, Tenopir C. The Google generation: the information behaviour of the researcher […]
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B – How many cardiac surgeons does it take to write a research article?21 July 2008Modi P, Hassan A, Teng CJ, Chitwood, WR Jr. How many cardiac surgeons does it take to write a research article? Seventy years of authorship proliferation and internationalization in the […]
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B – Author perceptions of journal quality21 July 2008Regazzi JJ, Aytac, S. Author perceptions of journal quality. Learned Publishing 2008;21:225-235. DOI: 10.1087/095315108X288938 Investigates author-perceived quality characteristics of science, technology, and medicine journals, using questionnaire survey, focus groups, and […]
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B – The tiger in the corner21 July 2008Morris S. The tiger in the corner. Learned Publishing 2008;21:163-165. (doi: 10.1087/095315108X323901The continuum from research through discussion and preprints to publication is changing: the informal stages are becoming more important […]
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N – Standards for journal articles versions7 July 2008Recommendations for describing different versions of journal articles have been released by the National Information Standards Organization in partnership with the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers. The guidance, […]
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N – US launches open data repository7 July 2008The US Department of Energy has launched a tool to find scientific data generated in the course of research sponsored by the department in various science disciplines (www.osti.gov/dataexplorer). The data […]
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N – Multilingual advice for strong observational studies4 July 2008The STROBE statement, guidelines to strengthen the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology, has recently been published in German (Internist 2008;49:688-93; doi: 10.1007/s00108-008-2138-4) and Spanish (Gaceta Sanitaria 2008;22:144-50). The guidelines […]
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B – Descriptions of treatment in trials and reviews30 June 2008Glasziou P, Meats E, Heneghan C, Shepperd S. What is missing from descriptions of treatment in trials and reviews? BMJ 2008;336:1472-1474 (28 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.39590.732037.47 Replicating non-pharmacological treatments depends on how […]
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B – The plague of plagiarism in an online world30 June 2008Gorman GE. The plague of plagiarism in an online world. Online Information Review 2008 (32) 3:297-301 DOI: 10.1108/14684520810889637 Plagiarism is a long standing, but increasingly problematic, occurrence in academic writing […]
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B – Guidelines for Reporting Health Research30 June 2008Simera I, Altman D G, Moher D, Schulz K F, Hoey J. Guidelines for Reporting Health Research: The EQUATOR Network’s Survey of Guideline Authors. PLoS Medicine, June 24, 2008 The […]
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N – Feedjit, Real time traffic feeds21 June 2008http://feedjit.com/ Feedjit gives immediate feed on your traffic. It is free and easy to install, you don’t need to register to get it for your blog or website. I just […]