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B – Salami publication25 March 2014Šupak Smolčić V. Salami publication: definitions and examples. Biochemia Medica 2013;23(3):237-141(doi: 10.11613/BM.2013.030) Salami publication is a distinct form of redundant publication that is characterized by similarity of hypothesis, methodology or […]
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B – Case reports25 March 2014Barić H, Andrijašević L. Why should medical editors CARE about case reports? Croatian Medical Journal 2013;54:507-509(doi: 10.3325/cmj.2013.54.507)In September 2013, CARE (CAse REport) guidelines were presented and published in several journals. […]
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B – Peer review simulation25 March 2014Paolucci M. Grimaldo F. Mechanism change in a simulation of peer review: from junk support to elitism. Scientometrics epub February 2014(doi: 10.1007/s11192-014-1239-1) In this work, with an agent-based approach, the authors […]
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B – Self-correction in biomedical publications12 March 2014Gasparyan AY, Ayvazyan L, Akazhanov NA, et al. Self-correction in biomedical publications and the scientific impact. Croatian Medical Journal 2014;55:61-72(doi: 10.3325/cmj.2014.55.61) The authors conducted searches through PubMed, based on the author information, to […]
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B – Research misconduct12 March 2014Farthing MJG. Research misconduct: a grand global challenge for the 21st century. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2014;29:422-427(doi: 10.1111/jgh.12500) According to the author, promoting the responsible conduct of research (RCR) […]
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B – Honorary authorship12 March 2014Rajasekaran S, Li Pi Shan R, Finnoff JT. Honorary authorship: frequency and associated factors in physical medicine and rehabilitation research articles. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2014;95:418-428(doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.09.024) This […]
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B – Japanese randomized controlled trials12 March 2014Yoneoka D, Hisashige A, Ota E, et al. Are Japanese randomized controlled trials up to the task? A systematic review. PLoS ONE 2014;9(3):e90127(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090127) The number of published randomized controlled trials […]
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B – Research design of articles in Brazilian physical therapy journals25 February 2014Saragiotto BT, Costa LCM, Oliveira RF, et al. Description of research design of articles published in four Brazilian physical therapy journals. Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy e-pub 2014(doi: 10.1590/S1413-35552012005000136) One important […]
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B – Citation indices of Korean scientific journals25 February 2014Kim JA, Huh S, Chu MS. Correlation among the citation indices of Korean scientific journals listed in international databases. Science Editing 2014;1(1):27-36(doi: 10.6087/kcse.2014.1.27) This article intends to examine the influence […]
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Bulgarian translation of EASE Guidelines now available25 February 2014A Bulgarian translation of the EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators is now available.
EASE would like to thank Sergey Glinkov of the Library of the Varna Medical University, Bulgaria for the translation.
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New ICMJE Conflicts of Interest form25 February 2014The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) have improved their Conflicts of Interest form, which is much improved and author-friendly, with a section at the end that generates a disclosure statement for the author based on what he/she has ticked on the form.
The form can be downloaded from here: http://www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf
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B – Medical writing and ghostwriting21 February 2014Das N, Das S. Hiring a professional medical writer: is it equivalent to ghostwriting? Biochemia Medica 2014;24(1):19-24(doi: 10.11613/BM.2014.004) Several international guidelines including the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) […]