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B- How to review journal manuscripts10 September 2010Rosenfeld RM. How to review journal manuscripts. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010;142(4):472-86(doi:10.1016/j.otohns.2010.02.010) Reviewing manuscripts is central to editorial peer review. A common complaint of nearly all journal editors is the […]
B – Peer review should continue after publication10 September 2010Liesegang TJ. Peer review should continue after publication. American Journal of Ophtalmology 2010;149 (3):359-60(doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2009.11.015) Readers assume that articles published in peer-reviewed journals are scientifically valid, but there is sufficient evidence […]
B – Free journals grow10 September 2010Kaiser J. Free journals grow amid ongoing debate. Science 20 August 2010;329(5994):896-8(doi: 10.1126/science.329.5994.896) Today the so-called open access (OA) movement is claiming success with publishers producing hundreds of free-to-read, peer-reviewed […]
B – The Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)10 September 2010Craig ID. Introducing SNIP to the Journal of Sexual Medicine. J Sex Med 2010;7:2661-2(doi: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01907.x) The Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) is a new journal indicator that is based […]
B – Can we do better than existing author citation metrics?10 September 2010Finch A. Can we do better than existing author citation metrics? Bioessays 2010; 32:744-7(doi: 10.1002/bies.201000053) Trying to find a single accurate metric to properly measure author impact is quite impossible […]
N – UK science austerity on its way9 September 2010Researchers in the United Kingdom are anxiously waiting to see what damage may be inflicted on R&D funding by the government’s budget deficit. Levels of funding for the next few […]
N – Top tips for editorial professionals9 September 2010The UK’s Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP) has compiled two sets of top tips from its membership, one from the point of view of freelance copy-editors and proofreaders and […]
N – US open access battle rumbles on9 September 2010The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has warned that US government mandates requiring free access to journal articles published by the private sector would seriously undermine scientific communication, as well […]
N – Making climate data free for all9 September 2010Meteorologists are meeting this week to hammer out a solution to one of the thorniest problems in climate science: how to make raw climate data freely available to all. The […]
N – Ghostwriting in the drug industry9 September 2010Journal articles on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) ghostwritten by medical writers employed by the pharmaceutical industry serially understated the treatment’s risks and promoted unapproved uses, according to an analysis of […]
N – JSTOR interface update9 September 2010On 21 August 2010 JSTOR released a new interface. One feature, the ability for any user to submit a search against all JSTOR content, drew strong reactions from many in […]
N – ENCePP Code of Conduct9 September 2010The European Network of Centres for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance (ENCePP) of the European Medicine Agency has developed a Code of Conduct for scientific independence and transparency in the conduct of […]