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B – Citation indicators15 June 2017Davis P. Citation performance indicators – A very short introduction. The Scholarly Kitchen 2017 May 15 This post provides a brief summary of the main citation indicators used today. It is […]
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B – Should authors suggest peer reviewers?15 June 2017Teixeira da Silva JA, Al-Khatib A. Should authors be requested to suggest peer reviewers? Science and Engineering Ethics 2017 Feb. 2 (doi: 10.1007/s11948-016-9842-6) The authors of this paper query the ethics, […]
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B – Sharing of copyrighted papers15 June 2017Schiermeier Q. Science publishers try new tack on copyright breaches. Nature 2017;545(7653):145-146(doi: 10.1038/545145a) Rise in copyright breaches prompts industry to discuss ways to allow ‘fair sharing’ of articles. Science publishers […]
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B – Bioethics over the past 40 years14 June 2017Jin P, Hakkarinen M. Highlights in bioethics through 40 years: a quantitative analysis of top-cited journal articles. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2017;43(5):339-345. (doi: 10.1136/medethics-2016-103658)To investigate trends in the […]
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B – Non-English papers in scholarly communication14 June 2017Liu W. The changing role of non-English papers in scholarly communication: evidence from Web of Science’s three journal citation indexes. Learned Publishing 2017;30(2):115-123(doi: 10.1002/leap.1089) Non-English languages are widely used, but […]
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B – Funder interference in addiction research14 June 2017Miller P, Martino F, Gross S, et al. Funder interference in addiction research: an international survey of authors. Addictive Behaviors 2017;72:100-105(doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.03.026) This study investigates funder (e.g. industry, government or charity) interference […]
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B – A review of data sharing policies13 June 2017Vasilevsky NA, Minnier J, Haendel MA, et al. Reproducible and reusable research: are journal data sharing policies meeting the mark? PeerJ 2017 Apr 25;5:e3208(doi: 10.7717/peerj.3208.eCollection2017) Publishers could play an important […]
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B – Data authorship13 June 2017Bierer BE, Crosas M, Pierce HH. Data authorship as an incentive to data sharing. New England Journal of Medicine 2017;376:1684-1687(doi: 10.1056/NEJMsb1616595) The use of research data by persons other than […]
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B – Potential predatory and legitimate biomedical journals: a comparison13 June 2017Shamseer L, Moher D, Maduekwe O, et al. Potential predatory and legitimate biomedical journals: can you tell the difference? A cross-sectional comparison. BMC Medicine 2017;15:28(doi: 10.1186/s12916-017-0785-9) The authors carried out […]
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B – Statement on good science publishing13 June 2017Wakeford R. Academies outline principles of good science publishing. Journal of Radiological Protection 2017;37(1):312-315(doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/aa58f9) A join statement was published on 13 December 2016 by the UK Royal Society and […]
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B – Single IRBs in multisite trials13 June 2017Klitzman R, Pivovarova E, Lidz CW. Single IRBs in multisite trials. Question posed by the new NIH policy. JAMA 2017;317(20):2061-2062(doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.4624)The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a new policy (effective […]
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B – Fake editors23 May 2017Sorokowski P, Kulczycki E, Sorokowska A, et al. Predatory journals recruit fake editor. Nature 2017;543:481-483 (doi:10.1038/543481a) Predatory journals exhibit questionable marketing schemes, follow lax or non-existent peer review procedures and fail […]