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B – Myths about open access publishing4 May 2012Taylor MP. Persistent myths about open access scientific publishing. The Guardian 2012 April 17 Recent articles published in The Guardian have drawn attention to lots of reasons why open access […]
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B – UNESCO guidelines on open access3 May 2012Swan A. Policy guidelines for the development and promotion of open access. UNESCO: Open Guidelines Series;2012The objective of this publication is to promote open access (OA) in UNESCO Member States […]
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B – Review about authorship issues20 April 2012Marušić A, Bošnjak L, Jerončić A. A systematic review of research on the meaning, ethics and practices of authorship across scholarly disciplines. PLoS ONE 2011;6(9):e23477(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023477)This systematic review has the purpose to evaluate […]
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B – Social awareness tools for science research6 April 2012McMahon TM, Powell JE, Hopkins M, et al. Social awareness tools for science research. D-Lib Magazine 2012;18(3/4)(doi: 10.1045/march2012-mcmahon) Thi article discusses social awareness tools developed specifically for science researchers that […]
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B – Science growth in Iran6 April 2012Kharabaf S, Abdollahi M. Science growth in Iran over the past 35 years. Journal of Research in Medical Sciences 2012;17(3) This study was carried out to evaluate activities in different […]
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B – Post-dating journal articles and citation counting23 March 2012Krell FT. Academic publishers’ time-loop: another mechanism to manipulate impact factors? Learned Publishing 2012;25(2):153-154(doi: 10.1087/20120210) According to the author, all major scientific publishers state false publication dates. Why not give […]
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B – Tracking replications as method of post-publication evaluation21 March 2012Hartshorne JK, Schachner A. Tracking replicability as a method of post-publication open evaluation. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience 2012;6:8(doi: 10.3389/fncom.2012.00008) To increase the reliability and accuracy of published articles, the authors […]
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B – Chinese medical ethics21 March 2012Li EC, Du P, Ji KZ, et al. Chinese ethics review system and Chinese medicine ethical review: past, present, and future. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 2011;17(11):867-872 The Chinese medical […]
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B – Open access economical model21 March 2012Leptin M. Open access-pass the buck. Science 2012;335(6074):1279(doi: 10.1126/science.1220395) Most scientists support the open access publishing model, but there is still much debate on the economics and potential consequences of […]
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B – Women underrepresented on editorial boards of top-ranked medical journals21 March 2012Amrein K, Langmann A, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, et al. Women underrepresented on editorial boards of 60 major medical journals. Gender Medicine 2011;8(6):377-387(doi: 10.1016/j.genm.2011.10.007) Significant gender disparity is still present at many […]
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B – Publication of NIH funded clinical trials21 March 2012Ross JS, Tse T, Zarin DA et al. Publication of NIH funded trials registered in ClinicalTrials.gov: cross sectional analysis. British Medical Journal 2012;344:d7292 The US FDA Amendment Act of 2007 […]
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B – Gender-sensitive reporting in medical research16 March 2012Heidari S, Abdool Karim Q, Auerbach JD, et al. Gender-sensitive reporting in medical research. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2012;15(11)(doi: 10.1186/1758-2652-15-11) Women are still underrepresented in clinical trials, and […]