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B – Publishing ethics29 July 2014Abdollahi M, Gasparyan AY, Saeidnia S. The urge to publish more and its consequences. DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2014;22:53(doi: 10.1186/2008-2231-22-53) Uncovered cases of misconduct and violation of publication ethics […]
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B – Publication ethics in Iranian journals29 July 2014Koushan M, Pejhan A, Shomoossi N, et al. Ethical considerations in publishing medical articles in Iranian journals. Acta Facultatis Medicae Naissensis 2014;31(2):105-111(doi: 10.2478/afmnai-2014-0012) This study intends to investigate ethical issues in sticking […]
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B – Publishing strategies29 July 2014Dai N, Xu D, Zhong X, et al. Build infrastructure in publishing scientific journals to benefit medical scientists. Chinese Journal of Cancer Research 2014;26(1):119-123(doi: 10.3978/issn.1000-9604.2014.02.10) Medical journals should optimize their publishing processes and […]
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B – Creative Commons and open access29 July 2014Carroll MW. Creative Commons and the openness of open access. The New England Journal of Medicine 2013;368:789-791(doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1300040) The Internet has changed the economics of publication and digital-resource sharing. Copyright […]
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B – Peer review and visibility29 July 2014Lortie CJ, Allesina S, Aarssen L, et al. With great power comes great responsibility: the importance of rejection, power, and editors in the practice of scientific publishing. PLoS One 2013;8(12):e85382(doi: […]
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B – Good clinical practice28 July 2014Berghammer G. Good clinical practice (GPC): a universal call for ethics in biomedical research. Medical Writing 2014; 23(2):106-112(doi: 10.1179/2047480614Z.000000000209) Today, the principles of good clinical practice (GCP) form an integral part […]
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B – Study design in biomedical and health research28 July 2014Thiese MS. Observational and interventional study design types; an overview. Biochemia Medica 2014;24(2):199-210(doi: 10.11613/BM.2014.022) The appropriate choice in study design is essential for the quality, execution, and interpretation of biomedical and […]
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B – Authorship attitudes and practice in Norway28 July 2014Nylenna M, Fagerbakk F, Kierulf P. Authorship: attitudes and practice among Norwegian researchers. BMC Medical Ethics 2014;15:53(doi: 10.1186/1472-6939-15-53) The authors studied attitudes to, and practice of, authorship among researchers in […]
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B – Plagiarism and retraction28 July 2014Chaddah P. Not all plagiarism requires a retraction. Nature 2014;511(7508):127(doi: 10.1038/511127a) It is important to appreciate why scientists may indulge in the three forms of plagiarism (text plagiarism, ideas plagiarism, […]
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B – English for medical purposes28 July 2014Salager-Meyer F. Origin and development of English for Medical Purposes. Part II: Research on spoken medical English. Medical Writing 2014;23(2):129-131(doi: 10.1179/2047480614Z.000000000204) This second part of the review on English for […]
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B – Publication in PNAS26 June 2014Aldhous P. The inside track. Nature 2014;510:330-332 Members of the US National Academy of Sciences have an inside track to publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal […]
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B – Mistakes in manuscripts on education and rejection24 June 2014Celik E, Gedik N, Karaman G, et al. Mistakes encountered in manuscripts on education and their effects on journal rejections. Scientometrics 2014;98(3):1837-1853(doi: 10.1007/s11192-013-1137-y)The goal of this study was to identify […]
