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N – Multilingual WorldwideScience.org9 September 2010The beta version of Multilingual WorldWideScience.org was launched in June in Helsinki, Finland, at the International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) annual conference. It now provides the first-ever real-time searching and translation across globally dispersed, multilingual scientific literature. Multilingual WorldWideScience.org allows users to conduct a single query of over 70 nationally sponsored scientific […]
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N – Research integrity guidelines9 September 2010While acknowledging national and cultural differences, delegates at the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity concluded that all scientists share a set of values that can serve as the foundation for global guidelines that promote research integrity. The conference, held in Singapore on 21-24 July and co-sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of […]
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B – Authors’ responses to post-publication feedback8 September 2010Gøtzsche PC, Delamothe T, Godlee F, et al. Adequacy of authors’ replies to criticism raised in electronic letters to the editor: cohort study. BMJ 2010;341:c3926. http://www.bmj.com/content/341/bmj.c3926.full Letters to the editor are an essential part of scientific debate, and they may alert readers to limitations in research papers that have been overlooked by the authors, peer […]
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B – Usage of e-Journals8 September 2010Nicholas D, Williams P, Rowlands I, et al. Researchers’ e-journal use and information seeking behaviour. Journal of Information Science 2010;36:494-516. http://jis.sagepub.com/content/36/4/494 Academic journals are vital to researchers in all academic disciplines. Computer usage logs give an accurate picture of researchers’ online behaviour and show that e-journals are the main means of access. Gateway services are […]
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B – Reporting bias in medicine8 September 2010McGauran N, Wieseler B, Kreis J, et al. Reporting bias in medical research – a narrative review. Trials 2010;11:37. http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/11/1/37 Reporting bias is widespread in the medical literature. Prospective registration of trials and public access to data need to be introduced worldwide, allowing an independent review of research data and ensuring that ethical obligations are […]
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B – Social relationships are key to health8 September 2010The PLoS Medicine Editors. Social relationships are key to health, and to health policy. PloS Med 2010;7(8):e1000334(doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000334) Evidence from observational studies has documented the association between social relationships and beneficial effects on health outcomes, such as mortality. A systematic review, published in PLos Medicine in July 2010, retrieved data from a large body of […]
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B – The growth rate of scientific publication and the decline in SCI coverage8 September 2010Larsen PO, von Ins M. The rate of growth in scientific publication and the decline in coverage provided by Science Citation Index. Scientometrics 2010;84(3).575:603(doi: 10.1007/s11192-010-0202-z) The growth rate of scientific publication was studied from 1907 to 2007 using available data from a number of literature databases, including Science Citation Index (SCI) and Social Sciences Citation […]
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B – A terminology quality improvement model8 September 2010Kim TY, Coenen A, Hardiker n. A quality improvement model for health care terminologies. J Biomed Inform 2010 Aug 17(doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2010.08.006) Purpose of this paper is to introduce a terminology quality improvement (TQI) model formulated through a synthesis of the literature and validated using a case study with the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP). […]
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B – How to boost a paper’s citations3 September 2010Corbyn Z. An easy way to boost a paper’s citations. Nature 13 August 2010(doi: 10.1038/news.2010.406) A research conducted by Gregory Webster, a psychologist at the University of Florida in Gainesville (USA), suggests that scientists who reference the work of their peers are more likely to find their own work referenced in turn. His latest study […]
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B – Writing a structured abstract for the thesis3 September 2010Hartley J. Writing a structured abstract for the thesis. Psychology Teaching Review 2010;16(1):98-100 An analysis of sources containing advices on how to write abstracts for the PhD. Advices could not be appropriate for every situation. For these reasons, students should check their institution’s regulations, examine the abstracts written for previous theses in their departments, and […]
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N – MedChemComm launches22 July 2010The UK Royal Society of Chemistry’s (RSC) publishing division has launched a new, fully open-access journal. MedChemComm is a peer-reviewed journal for the rapid publication of medicinal chemistry research. Issue 1 includes two reviews and ten original articles, and can also be viewed on the beta version of RSC Publishing’s new website.
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B – Gender bias in medical publication22 July 2010Heckenberg A, Druml C. Gender aspects in medical publication – the Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift 2010;122:141-145. Worldwide, about 50% of students starting medical school are female but a much lower proportion reach leading positions. Looking at manuscripts submitted to the journal Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift from 2002 to 2007, the number of female authors […]
