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B – Overflow in science and trust21 September 2015Siebert S, Machesky LM, Insall RH. Overflow in science and its implications for trust. eLIFE 2015;4:e10825(doi: 10.7554/eLife.10825) To explore the question of how the perceived decline in reproducibility and integrity […]
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B – Scientometric analysis on big data21 September 2015Vivek KS, Sumit KB, Khushboo S, et al. Scientometric mapping of research on “Big Data”. Scientometrics e-pub 9 Sept. 2015(doi: 10.1007/s11192-015-1729-9) This paper presents a scientometric analysis of research work done on […]
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B – Ethical ambiguity in physics21 September 2015Ecklund EH, Johnson DR, Matthews KRW. Study highlights ethical ambiguity in physics. Physics Today 2015;68(6):8-10 As part of a study entitled “Ethics Among Physicists in Cross-National Context” the authors interviewed […]
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B – Open access and peer review system21 September 2015Arns M. Open access is tiring out peer reviewers. Nature 2014;515:467 As numbers of published articles rise, the scholarly review system must adapt to avoid unmanageable burdens and slipping standards. The […]
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B – Cluster randomized trials21 September 2015Meurer WJ, Lewis RJ. Cluster randomized trials evaluating treatments applied to groups. JAMA 2015;313(20):2068-2069(doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.5199) Sometimes a new treatment is best introduced to an entire group of patients rather than […]
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B – FASTR legislation21 September 2015Conover E. Getting up to seed on FASTR legislation. APS News 2015;24(8):1-6. A bill that would mandate public access to federally funded research, the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR) was approved […]
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B – A modern scientific infrastructure14 September 2015Brembs B. What should a modern scientific structure look like? The Winnower 2015; 2:e143497.72726 (doi: 10.15200/winn.143497.72726) A fully functional infrastructure could collect data from each scientist with regard to their productivity […]
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B – Access and discovery14 September 2015Powell A. Availability does not equal access. The Scholarly Kitchen May 21, 2015 The link between access and discovery of information is crucial. Discovery is a complex concept, a web […]
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B – Responding to reviewers14 September 2015Responding to reviewers. San Francisco Edit 2015 If an author’s manuscript has been provisionally accepted, he/she needs to plan a strategy for revising the paper. A list of actions is […]
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B – Conflict of interest policies14 September 2015Steinbrook R, Kassirer JP, Angell M. Justifying conflicts of interest in medical journals: a very bad idea. BMJ 2015;350:h2942(doi: 10.1136/bmj.h2942) A series of articles in the New England Journal of […]
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B – Peer review14 September 2015Bornmann L, Haunschild R. The interest of the scientific community in expert opinions from journal peer review procedure. Scientometrics 2015;102(3):2187-2188 The peer review in journals is generally regarded as a […]
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B – Double-blind review7 September 2015Palus S. Is double-blind review better? APS News 2015;24(7):5-6. As of March 2015 Nature started offering anonymity for authors, a double-blind peer-review process across all its journals. This article discusses […]