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B – The Google generation: the information behaviour of the researcher of the future22 July 2008Rowlands I, Nicholas D, Williams P, Huntington P, Fieldhouse M, Gunter B, Withey R, Jamali HR , Dobrowolski T, Tenopir C. The Google generation: the information behaviour of the researcher of the future. Aslib Proceedings. 2008;60(4):290 – 310 DOI: 10.1108/00012530810887953 This study aims to identify how the specialist researchers of the future (those born after […]
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B – How many cardiac surgeons does it take to write a research article?21 July 2008Modi P, Hassan A, Teng CJ, Chitwood, WR Jr. How many cardiac surgeons does it take to write a research article? Seventy years of authorship proliferation and internationalization in the cardiothoracic surgical literature. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2008;136:4-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.12.057 In a sample of 3669 articles published between 1936 and 2006, the mean […]
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B – Author perceptions of journal quality21 July 2008Regazzi JJ, Aytac, S. Author perceptions of journal quality. Learned Publishing 2008;21:225-235. DOI: 10.1087/095315108X288938 Investigates author-perceived quality characteristics of science, technology, and medicine journals, using questionnaire survey, focus groups, and semi-structured face-to-face interviews. The three most important attributes were the reputation of the journal, the estimated length of time to article publication, and the readership […]
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B – The tiger in the corner21 July 2008Morris S. The tiger in the corner. Learned Publishing 2008;21:163-165. (doi: 10.1087/095315108X323901The continuum from research through discussion and preprints to publication is changing: the informal stages are becoming more important and the final, formal stage is being eroded – and the formal role of the journal may become less important. A few publishers have developed […]
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N – Standards for journal articles versions7 July 2008Recommendations for describing different versions of journal articles have been released by the National Information Standards Organization in partnership with the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers. The guidance, from the technical working group, gives “a simple, practical way of describing the versions of scholarly journal articles that typically appear online before, during, and […]
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N – US launches open data repository7 July 2008The US Department of Energy has launched a tool to find scientific data generated in the course of research sponsored by the department in various science disciplines (www.osti.gov/dataexplorer). The data include computer simulations, numerical files, figures and plots, interactive maps, multimedia, and scientific images. The site is intended to be useful to students, the public, […]
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N – Multilingual advice for strong observational studies4 July 2008The STROBE statement, guidelines to strengthen the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology, has recently been published in German (Internist 2008;49:688-93; doi: 10.1007/s00108-008-2138-4) and Spanish (Gaceta Sanitaria 2008;22:144-50). The guidelines cover what should be included in a report to increase its generalisability and usefulness. The English guidelines for cohort, case-control, and cross sectional studies have […]
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B – Descriptions of treatment in trials and reviews30 June 2008Glasziou P, Meats E, Heneghan C, Shepperd S. What is missing from descriptions of treatment in trials and reviews? BMJ 2008;336:1472-1474 (28 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.39590.732037.47 Replicating non-pharmacological treatments depends on how well they have been described in research studies. Many current trials and reviews often omit crucial details of treatments, while clinicians need details of the […]
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B – The plague of plagiarism in an online world30 June 2008Gorman GE. The plague of plagiarism in an online world. Online Information Review 2008 (32) 3:297-301 DOI: 10.1108/14684520810889637 Plagiarism is a long standing, but increasingly problematic, occurrence in academic writing and publishing and is now easier thanks to the Internet technologies. The paper suggests to create clearly and fully articulated protocols regarding the nature, context […]
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B – Guidelines for Reporting Health Research30 June 2008Simera I, Altman D G, Moher D, Schulz K F, Hoey J. Guidelines for Reporting Health Research: The EQUATOR Network’s Survey of Guideline Authors. PLoS Medicine, June 24, 2008 The survey carried out by the EQUATOR Network, a new initiative funded by the UK National Health Service, was aimed at coordinating the efforts of those […]
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N – Feedjit, Real time traffic feeds21 June 2008http://feedjit.com/ Feedjit gives immediate feed on your traffic. It is free and easy to install, you don’t need to register to get it for your blog or website. I just included in the EASE Journal Blog.
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B – To Share or not to Share:Publication and QualityAssurance of ResearchData Outputs20 June 2008To Share or not to Share:Publication and QualityAssurance of ResearchData Outputs Report commissioned by the Research Information Network (RIN), June 2008 The digital age has offered to the research community new ways to use research findings. Research data are a valuable long-term resource and making them publicly-available is essential to realise their full potential value. […]
