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B – Misidentified cell lines26 June 2015Announcement: Time to tackle cells’ mistaken identity. Nature 16 April 2015;520:264 This Editorial sets out new ways to tackle the problem of misidentified cell lines. Changes apply to all Nature […]
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B – Public availability of data sharing26 June 2015Aleixandre-Benavent R, Vidal-Infer A, Alonso Arroyo A, et al. Public availability of published research data in substance abuse journals. International Journal of Drug Policy 2014;25(6):1143-1146(doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.07.007) The aim of this […]
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B – Head-to-head RCTs and industry sponsor26 June 2015Flacco ME, Manzoli L, Boccia S, et al. Head-to-head randomized trials are mostly industry sponsored and almost always favor the industry sponsor. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2015;68(7):811-820(doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.12.016) To map the […]
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B – Beyond the impact factor?26 June 2015Fazel S, Lamsma J. Beyond the impact factor? Evidence Based Mental Health 2015;18:33-35(doi: 10.1136/eb-2015-102087) To investigate the possible differences between the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) and new journal metrics, the authors […]
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B – Identifying legitimate OA journals17 June 2015Hill T. Identifying legitimate open access journals: some suggestions from a publisher. Learned Publishing 2015;28(1):59-62(doi: 10.1087/20150109) The author provides a set of criteria by which authors and readers can distinguish legitimate […]
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B – Reporting guidelines17 June 2015Golub RM, Fontanarosa PB. Researchers, Readers, and reporting guidelines. Writing between the lines. JAMA 2015; 313(16):1625-26(doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.3837) Recognizing the potential value of reporting guidelines for the peer review and scientific […]
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B – Editorial independence17 June 2015Bipeta R. Editorial independence in biomedical publishing. Andhra Pradesh Journal of Psychological Medicine 2014;15(2):145-9 The author summarized the published literature related to editorial independence. Editors should ensure that they are not […]
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B – Ethical ambiguity in physics17 June 2015Ecklund E, Howard J , David R, et al. 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 – Reporting systematic reviews of IPD16 June 2015Stewart LA, Clarke M, Rovers M, et al. Preferred reporting items for a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data. The PRISMA-IPD Statement. JAMA 2015;313(16):1657-65(doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.3656) PRISMA-IPD (Preferred Reporting […]
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B – “Living figures” make their debut16 June 2015Singh Chawla D. “Living figures” make their debut. Nature 2015;521(7550):112. (doi: 10.1038/nature.2015.17382) The living figure concept fits within a central tenet of F1000’s publishing philosophy, that papers can be continually […]
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B – Plain English in medical writing1 April 2015Reeves A. Time to make it shorter: plain English in our context. Medical Writing 2015;24(1):4-8(doi: 10.1179/2047480614Z.000000000268) This article explores the relevance of George Orwell’s six rules for clear writing, that […]
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B – Declaration of transparency1 April 2015Catalá-López F, Peiró S, Hutton B, et al. Declaration of transparency: promoting a more complete, honest and adequate publication of scientific articles. Revista Española de Salud Pública 2014;88(2):181-186(doi: 10.4321/S1135-57272014000200001) To […]