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B – Quality of reports on RCT’s in Iranian journals29 July 2013Nojomi M, Ramezani M, Ghafari-Anvar A. Quality of reports on randomized controlled trials published in Iranian journals: application of the new version of Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT). Archives […]
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B – Peer review: past, present and future29 July 2013Munishwar NG . Peer review: past, present and future. Current Science 2013;105(2):159-161 A better appreciation of the respective roles of authors, reviewers, and editors is desirable for a good publication […]
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B – Publishing function29 July 2013Singleton A. Publishing – is our love here to stay… Learned Publishing 2013;26:155-156(doi: 10.1087/320130301) The author examines present challenges existing to academic publishers and any kind of corporate publishing, such […]
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B – Prescribed practices of authorship22 July 2013Bošnjak L, Marušić A. Prescribed practices of authorship: review of codes of ethics from professional bodies and journal guidelines across disciplines. Scientometrics 2012;93(3):751-763(doi: 10.1007/s11192-012-0773-y) The lack of and variety of […]
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B – Impact factor distortions22 July 2013Alberts B. Impact factor distortions. Science 2013;340(6134):787(doi: 10.1126/science.1240319) This Editorial presents a statement on the misuse and overuse of the impact factor, the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). […]
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B – Predatory scholarly publishing22 July 2013Vardi MY. Predatory scholarly publishing. Communications of the ACM 2012;55(7):5(doi: 10.1145/2209249.2209250) Scholarly publishing is a very unique business, in which there are several parties: publishers, research libraries, authors, editors and […]
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B – Peer review: nuts and bolts22 July 2013Voice of Young Science network. Peer review: the nuts and bolts (Standing up for science; 3). 12 July 2012; 26 p. Produced with the help of over 40 early career researchers, […]
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B – Evaluations by peer review18 July 2013B – Bornmann L. Evaluations by peer review in science. Science Reviews e-pub 31 January 2013(doi: 10.1007/s40362-012-0002-3) Nowadays, it is recommended for major evaluation contexts to use an informed peer […]
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B – Acta Informatica Medica indexed in PubMed18 July 2013Masic I. Acta Informatica Medica is indexed in PubMed and archived in PubMed Central. Acta Informatica Medica 2013;21(1):4-6(doi: 10.5455/AIM.2013.21.4-6) Acta Informatica Medica journal has been accepted for archiving in PubMed […]
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B – Altmetrics for institutional repositories18 July 2013Konkiel S, Scherer D. New opportunities for repositories in the age of altmetrics. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 2013;39(4):22-26(doi:10.1002/bult.2013.1720390408) By reporting altmetrics (alternative metrics based […]
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B – Bioresources sharing and traceability19 June 2013Mabile L, Dalgleish R, Thorisson GA, et al. Quantifying the use of bioresources for promoting their sharing in scientific research. GigaScience 2013;2:7(doi: 10.1186/2047-217X-2-7) An increasing portion of biomedical research relies […]
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B – Cost effectiveness for open access journals18 June 2013Corbyn Z. Price doesn’t always buy prestige in open access. Nature 22 Jan. 2013 (doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12259) An online interactive tool suggests that the open-access journals that charge the most aren’t […]