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B – Older people in clinical research10 September 2013McMurdo M. Clinical research must include more older people. BMJ 2013;346:f3899(doi: 10.1136/bmj.f3899) Why are the people who take part in clinical research systematically different from those seen in practice? For years […]
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B – Reporting guidelines10 September 2013Grant SP, Mayo-Wilson E, Melendez-Torres GJ, et al. Reporting quality of social and psychological intervention trials: a systematic review of reporting guidelines and trial publications. PLoS One 2013;8(5):e65442(doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065442) Reporting guidelines have […]
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B – Science editing10 September 2013Masic I, Kujundzic E. Science editing in biomedicine and humanities. Sarajevo: Avicena, 2013.272 p. The authors of this book focus on the role of academic periodicals as one of the […]
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B – Ethical authorship in industry publications10 September 2013Woolley KL, Gertel A, Hamilton CW, et al. Time to finger point or fix? An invitation to join ongoing efforts to promote ethical authorship and other good publication practices. The Annals […]
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B – Transparency declaration for research article10 September 2013Altman DG, Moher D. Declaration of transparency for each research article. BMJ 2013;347:f4796(doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4796) Incomplete or misleading publications are indeed a serious problem. Failure to publish the findings of all […]
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B – Honorary authorship in biomedical journals10 September 2013Al-Herz W, Haider H, Alò-Bahhar M, et al. Honorary authorship in biomedical journals: how common is it and why does it exist? Journal of Medical Ethics e-pub 17 August 2013 (doi: […]
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B – New authorship criterion10 September 2013The Lancet. Authorship and accountability. The Lancet 2013;382(9894):744 (doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61815-2) The Lancet, as a member of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), fully supports the new (August 2013) ICMJE Recommendations […]
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B – Bibliographic databases: critical points10 September 2013Gasparyan AY. Bibliographic databases: some critical points. Journal of Korean Medical Science 2013;28(6):799-800(doi: 10.3346/jkms.2013.28.6.799) The objectivity of communication is increasingly dependent on a comprehensive literature search through online databases. Though […]
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B – Web science in medicine and healthcare10 September 2013Denecke K, Brooks E. Web science in medicine and healthcare. Methods of Information in Medicine 2013;52(2):148-151 The editorial provides an overview on the landscape of medical social-media (weblogs, forums or […]
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B – Open access: the true cost of science publishing9 September 2013Van Noorden R. Open access: the true cost of science publishing. Nature 2013;495:426-429(doi: 10.1038/495426a) The article from the Nature Special Future of Publishing points out the different views on the […]
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B – Conflict of interest in OA publishing9 September 2013Salem DN. Conflict of interest in open-access publishing. The New England Journal of Medicine 2013;369:491(doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1307577) Open access generates numerous legal issues including ownership of intellectual property, licensing, embargo periods, consent, […]
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B – Open access: changing global science publishing9 September 2013Gasparyan AY, Ayvazyan L, Kitas GD. Open access: changing global science publishing. Croatian Medical Journal 2013;54:403-406 Open access publishing is becoming a global trend. The article reflects on open access […]