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B – Prediction of citation counts for clinical articles at two years using data available within three weeks of publication28 February 2008Prediction of citation counts for clinical articles at two years using data available within three weeks of publication: retrospective cohort study Cynthia Lokker, K Ann McKibbon, R James McKinlay, Nancy L Wilczynski, R Brian Haynes BMJ, doi:10.1136/bmj.39482.526713.BE (published 21 February 2008) Swift identification of clinical articles that will be important to readers could expedite their […]
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W – A world mapper according to subject of interest27 February 2008Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.Interesting to see, among many maps, the science research maps, where publications by United States were more than three times as many as those published by the second highest-publishing population, Japan. The science growth map is […]
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W – “Open Access Publishing in European Networks”27 February 2008The European Commission announced that the proposal from Amsterdam University Press together with five European University Presses within the/ e/Content/plus/ Programme, has been selected for negotiations on funding.OAPEN intends to develop and implement an Open Access publication model for peer reviewed academic books in the Humanities and Social Sciences. This will also serve as a […]
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B – Open-access publishing at what cost?26 February 2008Roth, Dana L., Bronsdon, Robert, Phipps, Thomas E., Jr., and Dylla, H. Frederick. 2008 Open-access publishing at what cost?. Physics Today 61(2)8-9. Letters commenting on Guinnessy, Paul. 2007 Stakeholders weigh costs of open-access publishing. Physics Today 60(8)29-30. Dana L. Roth discusses the impact of page charges on the economics of open-access publication and expresses concern […]
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W – SCImago Journal & Country Rank , a new bibliometric indicator23 February 2008SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) a new tool in the universe of bibliometric indicators SCImago is new portal of bibliometric indicators based on citations. Launched in December 2007, it is the result of a joint project between the SCImago group, with researchers of the Universities of Granada, Extremadura, Carlos III and Alcalá from Henares, […]
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B – Double-blind review favours increased representation of female authors22 February 2008Budden AE, Tregenza T, Aarssen LW, et al. Double-blind review favours increased representation of female authors. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2008; 23:4-6. The study reveals that the introduction in the scientific editorial world of the double-blind review process, lead to an increase of publications signed by women researchers. Within two years from the introduction […]
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B – Developing a schema for classifying the content of editorial discussion19 February 2008Dickersin K, Ssemanda E, Mansell C, Rennie D. What do the JAMA editors say when they discuss manuscripts that they are considering for publication? Developing a schema for classifying the content of editorial discussion. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2007;7:44doi:10.1186/1471-2288-7-44 This study was aimed at exploring words and phrases used by a group of editors during […]
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B – Effects of Spacing and Titles on Judgements of the Effectiveness of Structured Abstracts19 February 2008Hartley J, Betts L. The Effects of Spacing and Titles on Judgements of the effectiveness of Structured Abstracts. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 2007;58(14):2335-2340doi: 10.1002/asi.20718 This research, due to the limitation of previous researches assessing the effectiveness of structured abstracs, is aimed at redressing these limitations. It presents three studies […]
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B – Keeping plagiarism at bay19 February 2008Martin B. R. Keeping plagiarism at bay – A salutary tale. Science Direct 2007;36(7):905-911doi:10.1016/j.respol.2007.08.001 The main concern of this editorial is examining whether plagiarism is increasing in social sciences and, if so, what should be done to keep this problem under control. What prompted the study was the discovery of a serious case of plagiarism […]
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B – Journal Usage factors12 February 2008Peter T Shepherd PT. Final Report on the Investigation into the Feasibility of Developing and Implementing Journal Usage Factors. Sponsored by the United Kingdom Serials Group, May 2007 This report shows the growing interest in the development of usage-based alternatives to citation-based measures of journal performance (Impact factor). The objective of the study was to […]
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b – Peer Review: benefits, perceptions and alternatives4 February 2008Ware M. Peer Review: benefits, perceptions and alternatives. Publishing Research Consortium: London; 2008 The Publishing Research Consortium (PRC) is a group of associations and publishers, whichsupports global research into scholarly communication in order to enable evidence-based discussion. The survery of the PRC shows the Peer review is widely supported by academics (93%); it improves the […]
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B – The Importance of External Validity17 January 2008Steckler A, McLeroy K R. The Importance of External Validity. American Journal of Public Health 2008; 98(1):9-10 DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.126847 The article discusses the new emphasis of the Journal on external validity for appropriate manuscripts. Enhancing the quality of reporting on external validity in journal articles, warrants higher priority than it has received in public health […]
