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B – Effectiveness of graphical abstracts29 December 2016Pferschy-Wenzig EM, Pferschy U, Wang D, et al. Does a graphical abstract bring more visibility to your paper? Molecules 2016;21(9):pii: E1247(doi: 10.3390/molecules21091247) A graphical abstract (GA) represents a piece of artwork […]
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B – Authorship policies29 December 2016Resnik DB, Tyler AM, Black JR, et al. Authorship policies of scientific journals. Journal of Medical Ethics 2016;42(3):199-202(doi: 10.1136/medethics-2015-103171) The authors analysed the authorship policies of a random sample of […]
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B – ResearchGate29 December 2016Nicholas D, Clark D, Herman E. ResearchGate: reputation uncovered. Learned Publishing 2016;29(3):173-82(10.1002/leap.1035)ResearchGate (RG) is a scholarly social network possessing, probably, the most comprehensive set of reputational metrics and has the potential […]
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B – Where are the data?29 December 2016Announcement: where are the data? Editorial. Nature 537;138 (doi: 10.1038/537138a) Starting September 2016, all research papers accepted for publication in Nature and an initial 12 other Nature titles were required to […]
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B – Medical gems21 December 2016De Faoite D. Medical gems. Medical Writing 2016;2 Every discipline employs its own secretive words – jargon that allows initiates to communicate with one another in a way that excludes […]
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B – If I tweet will you cite?21 December 2016Tonia T, Van Oyen H, Berger A, et al. If I tweet will you cite? The effect of social media exposure of articles on downloads and citations. International Journal of […]
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B – Scientific crowdfunding projects21 December 2016Schäfer MS, Metag J, Feustle J, et al. Selling science 2.0: what scientific projects receive crowfunding online? Public Understanding of Science Sep 19, 2016;pii: 0963662516668771 Crowdfunding has emerged as an additional […]
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B – Updating of systematic reviews21 December 2016Garner P, Hopewell S, Chandler J, et al. When and how to update systematic reviews: consensus and checklist. BMJ 2016;354:i3507(doi: 10.1136/bmj.i3507) Updating of systematic reviews is generally more efficient than starting […]
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B – ISMPP Code of Ethics21 December 2016International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP). Code of Ethics for medical research publication. Principles for publication professionals. Nov. 1, 2016 Following the release of the previous ISMPP Code of […]
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B – Using popular culture in science communication20 December 2016Zehr EP. With great power comes great responsibility – A personal philosophy for communicating science in society. eNeuro 2016;3(5):ENEURO.0200-16.2016(doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0200-16.2016) Since science continues to influence more and more aspects of daily […]
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B – Quantity and/or quality?20 December 2016Sandström U, van den Besselaar P. Quantity and/or quality? The importance of publishing many papers. PLoS One 2016;11(11):e0166149(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166149) Do highly productive researchers have significantly higher probability to produce top cited […]
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B – Use of stings, hoaxes and irony in scientific publishing20 December 2016Al-Khatib A, Teixeira da Silva JA. Stings, hoaxes and irony breach the trust inherent in scientific publishing. Publishing Research Quarterly 2016;32(3):208-19(doi:10.1007/s12109-016-9473-4) The use of stings, hoaxes and irony in academic […]