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B – Peer reviewers can be credited as authors5 March 2013Erren TC, Erren M, Shaw DM. Peer reviewers can meet journals’ criteria for authorship. BMJ 2013;346:f166(doi: 10.1136/bmj.f166) Should some reviewers be credited as authors? Accurate interpretation of evidence in medicine […]
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B – Referencing accuracy5 March 2013Luo M, Chuan C, Molina D, et al. Accuracy of citation and quotation in foot and ankle surgery journals. Foot & Ankle International 2013 Febr.4;XX(X):1-7(doi: 10.1177/1071100713475354) According to this paper, […]
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B – Open access publishing28 February 2013Jones R. Open access publishing: a new direction for medical journals. The British Journal of General Practice: the Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners 2012;62(603):514-515 Find all citations […]
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B – Regulation of social networking sites28 February 2013Shapiro BR, Ossorio PN. Regulation of online social network studies. Science 11 Jan 2013;339: 144-145 This article addresses two ethical and regulatory issues related to social networking sites (SNSs): whether […]
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B – Honesty in science28 February 2013Couzin-Frankel J. Shaking up science. Science 25 Jan 2013;339:386-389 Ferric Fang, editor in chief of the journal Infection and Immunity, and Arturo Casadevall of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine […]
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B – Journal impact factor: holy grail?28 February 2013van der Wall EE. Journal impact factor: holy grail? Netherlands Heart Journal 2012;20:385-386(doi: 10.1007/s12471-012-0317-3) There are several ways to artificially improve the impact factor of a journal. This article gives […]
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B – A new family of cumulative indexes10 January 2013Kozak M, Bornmann L. A new family of cumulative indexes for measuring scientific performance. PLoS ONE 2012;7(10):e47679(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047679) This paper proposes a new family of cumulative indexes for measuring scientific […]
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B – Medical research outputs in 50 top countries10 January 2013Jazayeri SB, Alavi A, Rahimi-Movaghar V. Situation of medical sciences in 50 top countries from 1996 to 2010-based on quality and quantity of publications. Acta Medica Iranica 2012;50(4):273-278 This study […]
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B – COPE: objectives and achievements10 January 2013Wager E. The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE): objectives and achievements 1997-2012. La Presse Medicale 2012;41(9):861-866(doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2012.02.049) COPE has now over 7000 members. The article describes its history, role, growth, […]
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B – Misconduct policies in high-impact biomedical journals10 January 2013Bosch X, Hernández, Pericas JM et al. Misconduct policies in medical journals. PloS ONE 2012;7(12):e51928(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051928) This study assessed the prevalence and content policies of the most influential biomedical journals […]
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B – Bibliometric analysis of scientific development in Unasur countries10 January 2013Greco A, Bornmann L, Marx W. Bibliometric analysis of scientific development in countries of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur). [article in Spanish] El profesional de la información 2012;21(6):607-612(doi: […]
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B – Inserm scientific integrity delegation10 January 2013Bungener M, Hadchouel M. Role of research institutions in management of scientific fraud: the example of Inserm scientific integrity delegation. [article in French] La Presse Medicale 2012;41(9):841-846(doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2012.02.050) Very few […]