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B – A fifth force farce28 October 2008Krauss L M. A fifth force farce. Physics Today 2008;61(10):53-55 Reports how the author, after worrying that Physical Review Letters had published a paper (Physica; Review Letters 56, 3, 1986) based on reanalysis of data published nearly a century before by Eýtvýs, had himself submitted a spoof paper entitled “On evidence for a third foce […]
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B – Using medical knowledge sources on handheld computers14 October 2008Axelson C, Wardh I, Strender L E, Nilsson G. Using medical knowledge sources on handheld computers – A qualitative study among junior doctors. Medical Teacher 2007;29:661-618 The emergence of mobile computing could have an impact on how junior doctors learn. Interviews with five Swedish junior doctors showed that users were satisfied with access to handheld […]
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B – Better reporting of randomized trials in biomedical journal and conference abstracts14 October 2008Hopewell S, Eisinga A, Clarke M. Better reporting of randomized trials in biomedical journal and conference abstracts. Journal of Information Science 2008;34(2):162-173DOI: 10.1177/0165551507080415 This article provides an overview of research evidence underpinning the need for better reporting of abstracts reported in conference proceedings and abstracts of journal articles; with a particular focus in the area […]
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B – Rethinking doctoral publication practices14 October 2008Kamler B. Rethinking doctoral publication practices: writing from and beyond the thesis. Studies in Higher Education 2008;33(3):283-294 This article is focused on the importance of giving greater pedagogical attention to writing for publication in higher education. Results of a case study of graduates in science and education show how the different disciplinary and pedagogic practices […]
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B – What makes an article influential?14 October 2008Haslam N, Ban L, Kaufmann L, Loughnan S, Peters K, Whelan J, Wilson S. What makes an article influential? Predicting impact in social and personality psychology. Scientometrics 2008;76(1):169-185Doi: 10.1007/s11192-007-1892-8 Factors contributing to citation impact in social-personality psychology were examined in a bibliometric study of articles published in the field’s three major journals. Impact was operationalized […]
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B – Revising and Polishing a Structured Abstract13 October 2008Hartley J,Betts L. Revising and Polishing a Structured Abstract:Is it Worth the Time and Effort? JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 59(12):1870–1877, 2008 DOI: 10.1002/asi.20909 Many writers of structured abstracts spend a good dealbof time revising and polishing their texts, but do readers really notice the difference? Three studies of readers […]
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B – The economics of post-doc publishing.13 October 2008Cheung, William L. The economics of post-doc publishing. Ethics in Science & Environmental Politics 2008;8:41-44. doi:10.3354/esep0083 This individual case history in a series on ‘The use and misuse of bibliometric indices in evaluating scholarly performance’ ruefully tells of how – to gain recognition and increase his job prospects – the author changed his name from […]
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B – Awareness of long-term digital preservation10 October 2008The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers ALPSP has undertaken a survey of its members to enhance awareness of long-term digital preservation issues and to establish the nature and extent of strategies that they have planned. 90% of ALPSP publisher members believe long-term preservation to be a critical issue, but there is some confusion […]
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B – From Flowers to Fruits9 October 2008Schussler E E. From Flowers to Fruits: How children’s books represent plant reproduction. International Journal of Science Education 2008;30(12):1677-1696 Children’s books about science may be playing an increasing role in science instruction. However, the potential effects on student learning are unknown. To investigate whether a subset of books would be appropriate for classroom instruction about […]
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B – A Plea for a Common Citation Format in Scientific Serials9 October 2008Leslie D M, Hamilton M J. A Plea for a Common Citation Format in Scientific Serials. Serials Review 2007;33(1):1-3doi:10.1016/j.serrev.2006.11.009 The article focus on the alarming issue of the time researchers spend correcting reference sections. The time spent by authors and editors conforming to a particular style in reference sections, the total time invested in preparing […]
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B – Why Current Publication Practices May Distort Science9 October 2008Young NS, Ioannidis JPA, Al-Ubaydli O (2008) Why Current Publication Practices May Distort Science. PLoS Med 5(10): e201 doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050201 This study is based on the assumption that scientific information is an economic commodity, and that scientific journals are a medium for its dissemination and exchange. Authors state that the current system of publication in biomedical […]
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B – A longer paper gathers more citations8 October 2008Ball P. A longer paper gathers more citations. Nature 2008;455:274-275Doi: doi:10.1038/455274a In an analysis of 30,027 peer-reviewed papers published between 2000 and 2004 in top astronomy journals, astronomer Krzysztof Stanek of Ohio State University in Columbus found that the median number of citations increases with the length of the paper, with the only limit that […]
