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B – Citations and ethics3 July 2012Reedijk J. Citations and ethics. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012;51(4):828-30(doi: 10.1002/anie.201107554) Nowadays fabrication or engineering of journal Impact Factors and citations in general have been observed and will probably increase. […]
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B – Wikipedia: a tool for health promotion3 July 2012Heilman JM, Kemman E, Bonert M. et al. Wikipedia: a key tool for global public health promotion. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2011;13(1):e14(doi: 10.2196/jimr.1589) The paper discusses the intricacies, strengths, […]
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B – Predatory publishers and plagiarism2 July 2012Jansen PA, Forget PM. Predatory publishers and plagiarism prevention. Science 2012;336:1380 A letter referring to a paper describing how s scientist recently published nine articles that largely or entirely duplicated […]
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B – Open data sharing2 July 2012Boulton G. Open your minds and share your results. Nature 2012;486:441(doi: 10.1038/486441a)An article on the scientific approach to open data. An open approach is the best way to maximize the […]
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B – Research reviews in child psychology and psychiatry2 July 2012Nigg JT. Editorial: Writing (and reading) Research Reviews in child psychology and psychiatry – principles and practice, opportunities and pitfalls. The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2012;53(7):723-25(doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2012.02575.x)The author, […]
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B – Favourable comments about EASE Guidelines27 May 2012Anna Sharman has recently commented favourably on EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators of Scientific Articles: http://sharmanedit.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/tips-on-scientific-writing-from-european-science-editors/ This document is available in 20 languages and is updated every year (www.ease.org.uk/guidelines/index.shtml). The updated […]
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B – EASE Guidelines21 May 2012Ufnalska SB. EASE Guidelines help editors and scientists save time. Science Editor 2011;34(4):e10 In 2010 EASE published its practical, concise and clear EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators of Scientific […]
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B – All Russian Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (VINITI)16 May 2012Markusova V. All Russian Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (VINITI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Acta Informatica Medica 2012;20(2):113-117(doi: 10.5455/aim.2012.20.113-117) This article overviews the leading agency in information processing […]
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B – Online biomedical databases16 May 2012Masic I, Milinovic K. On-line biomedical databases – The best source for quick search of the scientific information in the biomedicine. Acta Informatica Medica 2012;20(2):72-84(doi: 10.5455/aim.2012.20.72-84) Biomedical databases can be […]
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B – Can small journals provide leadership?16 May 2012Marušić A, Marušić M. Can small journals provide leadership? The Lancet 2012;379:1361-63(doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61508-0)Using a case study of the Croatian Medical Journal (CMJ) to represent a small journal from a small country, […]
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B – Alarming cracks of bias16 May 2012Sarewitz D. Beware the creeping cracks of bias. Nature 2012;485:149 The increasing pressure to publish is worsening the bias towards false positive results. Evidence is mounting that research is riddled with […]
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B – Inappropriate authorship in high impact biomedical journals11 May 2012Wislar JS, Flanagin A, Fontanarosa PB, et al. Honorary and ghost authorship in high impact biomedical journals: a cross sectional survey. British Medical Journal 2011;343:d6128(doi: 10.1136/bmj.d6128) Ensuring appropriate authorship remains […]