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B – Implementing open access16 November 2010Armbruster C. Implementing open access: policy case studies. October 14, 2010. Social Science Research Network. Available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1685855 We are approaching the end of the first generation of open access implementation. This report evaluates progress by focusing on a small number of cases, including the University of Zurich, the Wellcome Trust, UK PubMedCentral, SCOAP3, the […]
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N – Preserving data16 November 2010Scientific data can be lost because of the storage medium (fragile or obsolete) or because researchers weren’t aware of its value. Nature News reports on an attempt to reduce the risk of data loss, launched to coincide with the biennial conference of the Committee on Data for Science and Technology in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The […]
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B – Science publishing: whose intellectual property?15 November 2010Salo D. Who owns our work? Serials 2010;23:191-195. (DOI: 10.1629/23191)Intellectual property in scholarly communication is becoming increasingly complex, and research is becoming more collaborative and innovative. As a result, authorship and ownership criteria are being challenged, while institutions, funding bodies, and libraries are emerging as stakeholders in the publishing process. This article looks at where […]
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N – How much does peer review cost?15 November 2010UK academics spend 2-3 million hours a year reviewing each other’s work, according to a report by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) Collections. The cost of this time to UK universities is estimated at £110-165 million a year, in addition to the £30 million spent on editors and editorial boards, and the £110 million […]
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B – Authorship and industry support15 November 2010Pollock RE, Ewer MS. The integrity of authorship: doing the right thing. Cancer 2010;116(17):3986-3987. (DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25268) This article examines the balance between industry support and integrity of authorship. All articles submitted to peer-reviewed journals should be accompanied by full acknowledgement of industry-financed contributions, so that editors and readers can be clear about any relationship that […]
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B – Classification of biases in medical research14 November 2010Chavalariasab D, Ioannidis JPA. Science mapping analysis characterizes 235 biases in biomedical research. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2010;63(11):1205-1215. (doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.12.011) There are many different types of bias in medical research and publishing. This systematic mapping analysis of over 17 million articles from PubMed found 235 bias terms and 103 other terms used commonly in articles about […]
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B – Interactive open access publishing and peer review25 October 2010Poeschl U. Interactive open access publishing and peer review: the effectiveness and perspectives of transparency and self-regulation in scientific communication and evaluation. Liber Quarterly 2010;19(3/4):293-314 The traditional ways of scientific publishing and peer review do not live up to the needs of efficient communication and quality assurance in today’s rapidly developing scientific world. The advantages […]
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B – Author-suggested reviewers vs editor-suggested reviewers25 October 2010Bornmann L, Daniel HD. Do author-suggested reviewers rate submissions more favorably than editor-suggested reviewers? A study on Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. PLoS One 2010;5(10):e13345(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013345) The aim of the article is to test whether there is a potential source of bias in the manuscript reviewing in public peer review at the interactive open access journal […]
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B – Disclosing all data24 October 2010Baggerly K. Disclose all data in publications. Nature 2010;467,401.(doi:10.1038/467401b) Three clinical trials at Duke University, USA, were suspended late last year following a protracted investigation. The problem was the inability to reproduce the ‘genomic signatures’ used to select cancer therapies. Is it the job of journals to help to maintain reproducibility as a cornerstone of […]
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B – A bibliometric investigation of the Ortega hypothesis22 October 2010Bornmann L, de Moya Anegon F, Leydesdorff L. Do scientific advancements lean on the shoulders of giants? A bibliometric investigation of the Ortega hypothesis. PLos One 2010;5(10):e13327(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013327) The hypothesis by the Spanish philosopher Ortega y Gasset says that top-level research cannot be successful without a mass of medium researchers on which the top rests. […]
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B – A new method for measuring research leadership29 September 2010Klavans R, Boyack KW. Toward an objective, reliable and accurate method for measuring research leadership. Scientometrics 2010;82:539-53(doi: 10.1007/s11192-010-0188-6) A new alternative method of measuring research leadership for an actor, be it a university, state, or nation, is proposed in the article. Seeking and gaining a leadership position in science brings great benefit to institutions, being […]
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B – Publication pattern of theses in Peru29 September 2010Arriola-Quiroz I, Curioso WH, Cruz-Encarnacion M et al. Characteristics and publication patterns of theses from a Peruvian medical school. Health Information & Libraries Journal 2010;27(2):148-54(doi: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2010.00878.x) The aim of this study was to assess the characteristics and publication pattern of theses published in biomedical-indexed journals by medical students of a private university in Peru with […]
