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B – Public access to clinical study results22 December 2014Kaiser J. U.S. to expand public access to clinical study results. Science 2014;346(6213):1043 Two U.S. government proposals could expand the amount of data from clinical trials. A draft regulation from […]
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B – Peer review quality22 December 2014Arns M. Open access is tiring out peer reviewers. Nature 2014;515:467 According to the author, as numbers of published articles rise, the scholarly review system must adapt to avoid unmanageable burdens […]
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B – What researchers perceive as unpublishable research22 December 2014Tsou A, Schickore J, Sugimoto CR. Unpublishable research: examining and organizing the “file drawer”. Learned Publishing 2014;27(4):253(doi: 10.1087/20140404) This articles aimed to explore through a survey what researchers perceive to be ‘unpublishable’ research. The results […]
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B – Research data and publishing22 December 2014Murphy F. Data and scholarly publishing: the transforming landscape. Learned Publishing 2014;27:S3-S7(doi: 10.1087/20140502) Research data has become an increasingly critical issue for publishers. Introducing a Learned Publishing special issue on […]
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B – Writing style: abstract thoughts22 December 2014Anstey A. Writing style: abstract thoughts. British Journal of Dermatology 2014;171:205-206(di: 10.1111/bjd.13181) A well-written abstract is essential to direct potential readers towards your research. Most readers use electronic searches or […]
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B – Evidence-based medicine in crisis?19 December 2014Greenhalgh T, Howick J, Maskrey N. Evidence based medicine: a movement in crisis? BMJ 2014;348:g3725(doi: 10.1136/bmj.g3725) The authors argue that, although evidence based medicine has had many benefits, it has […]
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B – Academia gets social19 December 2014Owens B. Academia gets social. The Lancet 2014;384:1834-1835 The author examines the rise of academic social networking websites, such as Academia.edu and ResearchGate, and asks researchers how these sites are shaping […]
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B – The peer review scam19 December 2014Ferguson C, Marcus A, Oransky I. Publishing: the peer-review scam. Nature 2014;515:480-482 When a handful of authors were caught reviewing their own papers, it exposed weaknesses in modern publishing systems. […]
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B – Publishing and evidence-based medicine in Asia16 December 2014Yamshchikov GV, Schmid GP. Publication practices and attitudes towards evidence-based medicine in central Asia. The Lancet Global Health 2013;1(2):e73-e74 (doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70022-6) To assess the current contribution of central Asian scientists […]
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B – The top 100 papers16 December 2014Van Noorden R, Maher B, Nuzzo R. The top 100 papers. Nature 2014;514:550-553 Nature asked Thomson Reuters, which now owns the SCI, to list the 100 most highly cited papers […]
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B – Compliance of retraction notices with COPE guidelines16 December 2014Singh Balhara YP, Mishra A. Compliance of retraction notices for retracted articles on mental disorders with COPE guidelines on retraction. Current Science 2014;107(5):757-760 This study aimed at assessing the compliance […]
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B – Health news and academic press releases16 December 2014Sumner P, Vivian-Griffiths S, Boivin J, et al. The association between exaggeration in health related science news and academic press releases: retrospective observational study. BMJ 2014;349:g7015(doi: 10.1136/bmj.g7015) This article aims […]