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B – Global Citation Patterns of Open Access Communication Studies Journals:Pushing Beyond the Social Science Citation Index30 November 2009Poor N. D. Pushing Beyond the Social Science Citation Index.International Journal of Communication 2009; (3):853-879.http://ijoc.org/ojs/index.php/ijoc/article/view/568 A study carried out using the statistical technique of factor analysis, principal component analysis and clustering, that examines “2,776 citations from 305 articles …. collected from a multinational sample of 17 open access communication journals … published over three years” […]
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B – Uniform format for disclosure of competing interests in ICMJE journals30 November 2009Uniform format for disclosure of competing interests in ICMJE journalsThe Lancet; 2009 374(9699):1395-1396 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61796 Disclosure of conflict of interest by authors of articles published in biomedical journals has become common practice. This helps the reader to understand the relationships between the authors and various commercial entities that may have an interest in the information reported […]
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B – Should we use the mean citations per paper to summarise a journal’s impact?28 November 2009Calver MC,Bradley JS. Should we use the mean citations per paper to summarise a journal’s impact or to rank journals in the same field? Scientometrics. 2009(81)3: 611-615DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2229-y As criticism of the Journal Impact Factor as a standard for ranking journalsincreases, other measures including the mean citations per paper have been proposedor used. Mean citations […]
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B – How Many Scientists Fabricate and Falsify Research?28 November 2009Fanelli D. How Many Scientists Fabricate and Falsify Research? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Survey Data. PLoS ONE. 2009; 4(5): e5738. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005738 The frequency with which scientists fabricate and falsify data, or commit other forms of scientific misconduct is a matter of controversy. This systematic review considered several surveys asking scientists about misconduct; the […]
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B – Methods to increase response to postal and electronic questionnaires27 November 2009Edwards PJ, Roberts I, Clarke MJ, DiGuiseppi C, Wentz R, Kwan I, Cooper R, Felix LM, Pratap S. Methods to increase response to postal and electronic questionnaires. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 3. Art. No.: MR000008. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.MR000008.pub4. Postal and electronic questionnaires are widely used for data collection in epidemiological studies but non-response […]
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B – Publishing non-research papers as a trainee27 November 2009George S, Moreira K.Publishing non-research papers as a trainee: a recipe for beginners.Singapore Med J. 2009;50(8):756-8. http://smj.sma.org.sg/5008/5008ra2.pdf This paper provides some practical tips to trainee doctors, who are novice researchers and who have few or no published papers, on how to publish (not how to write) non-research papers. The Authors are aware that their tips […]
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B – Prevalence of ghostwriting spurs calls for transparency27 November 2009Collier R.Prevalence of ghostwriting spurs calls for transparency Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2009;13; 181(8): E161–E162. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-3036 It’s no secret that the names at the top of articles published in medical journals aren’t always a good indication of who actually wrote them. What may be surprising is how prevalent ghost-writing appears to have become. Between […]
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B – Requirements and definitions in conflict of interest policies of medical journals.27 November 2009Blum JA, Freeman K, Dart RC, Cooper RJ.Requirements and definitions in conflict of interest policies of medical journals.JAMA 2009;25;302(20):2230-4. Conflicts of interest (COI)may influence medical literature. However, it is still unclear whether medical journals have consistent policies for defining and soliciting COI disclosures. This study aims to determine the prevalence of author COI policies, requirements […]
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B – The gender imbalance in academic medicine: a study of female authorship in the United Kingdom27 November 2009Sidhu R, Rajashekhar P, Lavin VL, Parry J, Attwood J, Holdcroft A, Sanders DS.The gender imbalance in academic medicine: a study of female authorship in the United Kingdom J R Soc Med. 2009,102(8):337-42 Career progression depends on measures of esteem, including publication publication in prestigious journals.A shortfall exists of female doctors in senior academic posts […]
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B – Liberating the voices of science27 November 2009Carr K, Liberating the voices of science. The Australian, January 16, 2008. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23057489-25192,00.html The Australians’ view on the role of scientists and researchers to contribute to economic, social and environmental wellbeing and to expand our horizons of knowledge. It involves controversial interpretations.Public debate must be as well informed as possible and those who have expertise […]
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B – Scholarly communication27 November 2009Morrison H. Scholarly Communication for Librarians. Cambridge: Woodhead Publishing Limited2009 http://www.woodheadpublishing.com/en/book.aspx?bookID=1864&ChandosTitle=1 This book covers the current landscape of scholarly communications and publishing and potential futures, outlining key aspects of transition to best possible futures for libraries and librarians. It explains complex concepts in a clear, concise manner – designed to quickly bring the reader up […]
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B – Open science at web-scale: Optimising participation and predictive potential22 November 2009Lyon, L. Open science at web-scale: Optimising participation and predictive potential.Open-science-report 2009;V1.0.http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/documents/opensciencerpt.aspx An in-depth report on Data Intensive Open science and its implications. A host of questions (aided with some pictorial examples) related to the impact, development, future and potentials of participating science on research and research practices, communities, higher education institutes and funding organizations. […]
