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B – Integration of data and publications25 November 2011Reilly S, Schallier W, Schrimpf S. et al. Report on integration of data and publications. Alliance for Permanent Access. ODE Project 2011, 17 oct. As part of the ODE (Opportunities […]
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B – Misconducts in publication of biomedical articles24 November 2011Varghese T. Misconducts in the publication of biomedical articles. Calicut Medical Journal 2011;9(2):e1 Many articles appearing in biomedical journals are done and published solely for academic advancement. According to the […]
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B – Why animal research needs to improve24 November 2011Macleod M. Why animal research needs to improve. Nature 2011;477:511doi:10.1038/477511a Scant attention is usually given by authors, reviewers, and editors to the basic aspects related to the design of experiments, […]
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N – ORCID progress7 November 2011The ORCID (open researcher and contributor ID) project has raised sufficient funds from its 44 founding organisations to start the first phase of development, under the interim leadership of CrossRef‘s […]
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N – EC consults on scientific information7 November 2011In September, the European Commission completed a consultation on scientific information in the digital age. The EC will set out its plans for open access to publications and data in […]
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N – Proofreading tips7 November 2011The New York Times reports that it seems to be getting plenty of feedback from its readers about typos and gaffes, and its Times Topics blog presents a handy list […]
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N – Journal ranking7 November 2011Faculty of 1000, the post-publication peer review service, has been looking at a new alternative to the journal impact factor. The F1000 Journal Rankings are based on the evaluations provided […]
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N – Apps for libraries7 November 2011The Apps for Library Ideas Challenge was set up by Elsevier under the banner “Know what your users need but not how to build it?” and sought innovative application ideas […]
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N – More calls for access to data7 November 2011An article in PLoS ONE by John Ioannidis and colleagues noted that that not enough journals have policies on data availability, and that authors don’t adhere to policies that are […]
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N – EMWA Journal changes7 November 2011The European Medical Writers Association‘s quarterly journal The Write Stuff will be re-launched in 2012 as Medical Writing. The newly branded journal will be published by Maney Publishing and will […]
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N – Twitter styles7 November 2011Increasingly, the traditional journal article is only part of the mosaic of outputs that can relate to a research project. Researchers also blog, talk at conferences, share data online, contribute […]
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N – OA search engine7 November 2011JISC, the UK organisation that promotes information technologies in academia, has developed a search engine for open access content. The engine, developed by the Open University’s Knowledge Media Institute, enables […]