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W – Data management videos6 November 2007Submitted by Margaret Cooter: The United States Office of Research Integrity, which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services has made available a set of ten short videos from Syracuse University (funded by the ORI). Says the blurb: When is it appropriate to share data? Are you allowed to share the research […]
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W – “Vancouver style” updated6 November 2007The Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors have been recently updated (Octover 2007)with new considerations on publication ethics http://www.icmje.org/index.html
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B- Plagiarism6 November 2007Rich MW. Plagiarism in an article: Is there any evidence? MedicalHypotheses 2007;69:1154-62. doi: 10.1016/m.mehy.2007.05.039 Authors of a published paper “relied heavily” on this author’s earlierpublication, and also violated other authors’ copyright. In an apologeticreply, published without editing (pp1155-6; doi10.1016/jmehy.2007.06.024), the Chinese authors say: “The fullunderstanding of citation model as well as language problem (English isnot […]
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B – Vindication of the “editorial review” system for revolutionary science6 November 2007Charlton BG. Medical Hypotheses 2006 impact factor rises to 1.3 – avindication of the “editorial review” system for revolutionary science.Medical Hypotheses 2007;36:967-9. doi: 10.1016.j.mehy.2007.07.107 The journal’s impact factor has doubled since 2004, and it has now enteredthe mainstream level of “respectable” medical jourals in terms of itsusage by other scientists, says its editor. The journal […]
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W – Equator: Improving reporting of health research2 November 2007The EQUATOR Network is a new quality improvement initiative that seeks to enhance reliability of medical research literature by promoting transparent and accurate reporting of health research.This goal will be achieved maily by raising awareness of the crucial importance of good reporting of research. The EQUATOR grew out of the work of CONSORT and other […]
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B – Strengthening the reporting of observational studies24 October 2007Von Elm E, Altman DG, Egger M, Pocock SJ, Gotzsche PC, Vandenbroucke JPfor the STROBE Initiative. Strengthening the reporting of observationalstudies in epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reportingobservational studies. BMJ 2007;335:806-808 The reporting of observational research in biomedicine is ofteninadequate, which hampers the assessment of its strengths and weaknessesand of a study’s generalisability. The Strengthening […]
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B – A graphical method for depicting randomised trials24 October 2007Perera R, Heneghan C, Yudkin P. A graphical method for depictingrandomised trials of complex interventions. BMJ 2007;334:127-9. Making the what, when, and who of non-drug treatments easier to understandwould benefit researchers and readers. Using a single graphicalrepresentation could clarify descriptions, and would prompt researchers tofocus on the structure and timing and ensure appropriate comparisons.Readers would […]
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B – Scientific citations in Wikipedia4 October 2007Nielsen FA. Scientific citations in Wikipedia. First Monday 2007;(8). Wikipedia, the Internet–based encyclopædia is steadyly growing in popularity also for scientific research, but some critics have questioned the quality of entries. Citing Wikipedia as an authoritative source may be questionable: biased coverage and lack of sources are among the most common “ Wikipedia risks.” this […]
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W – Full open-access with Springer Open Choice18 September 2007Springer operates a program called Springer Open Choice that offers authors to have their journal articles made available with full open access in exchange of a basic fee, or ‘article processing charge’. Springer continues to offer the traditional publishing model, but due to the growing number of researchers who want open access, Springer journals offer […]
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W – EBSCO Launches Data-Rich E-Journal Reference Tool18 September 2007To assist editors and librarians in tracking e-journal changes, EBSCO has launched its data-rich E-Journal Updates feature within EBSCONET. Thanks to this new tool, librarians will be able to review titles where format or pricing options have changed, view an archived history of changes made via E-Journal Updates, receive notification when an online version of […]
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W – Tiny urls, a useful help to stay fit17 September 2007Tiny url, a new device to shorthen urls. It allows to cut long urls that cause trouble in e-mails or publications and oblige readers to cut and paste urls in the address bar. By entering a long URL in this software, you will have a tiny URL that will not break in emails or postings […]
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B – Stakeholders weigh costs of open-access publishing.17 September 2007Guinnessy P. Stakeholders weigh costs of open-access publishing. Physics Today. 2007.60(8)29-30. As open access moves mainstream, publishers are concerned about who is going to fund their journals. http://dx.doi:10.1063/1.2774090 Posted for John Glen
