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B – Physglish: our coded speech.4 September 2007Brunker J. 2007 Physglish: our coded speech. Physics World 2007: 20(9)64 Winning entry from a student in Institue of Physics ‘Lateral Thoughts’ writing competition. Discusses the different use of language in physics and ordinary speech. http://physicsworld.com/cws/latest/print posted for John Glen
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W – 10 Years Of Geology Research30 August 2007Thomson Scientific Analyzes 10 Years of Geology Research To Rank The Most-Cited Published Papers In a press release of August 9, 2007, Thomson Scientific analyzes 10 Years of Geology Research. The results of the study point out that larger institutions generally tend to have higher total citations and that is quite obvious since they publish […]
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B – Interpreting and Reporting Clinical Trials21 August 2007Keech A, Gebski VJ, Pike R. Interpreting and Reporting Clinical Trials. A guide to the CONSORT statement and the principles of randomised controlled trials. Australasian Medical Publishing, 2007, 166 p. ISBN 9780977578641 Useful guide for all those involved in the planning, conduct and interpretation of clinical research this book explains and expands upon each of […]
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B – For free or for fee? Dilemma of Small Scientific Journals18 July 2007Kljaković-Gaspić M, Petrak J, Rudan I, Biloglav Z. For Free or for Fee? Dilemma of Small Scientific Journals . Croatian Medical Journal 2007; 48(3):292-299 A good lesson from The Croatian Medical Journal (CMJ) which was recently approached by two major publishing companies offering them to become one of the journals in their group. After analyzing […]
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B – Publishing in peer review journals – Criteria for success17 July 2007McIntyre E, Eckermann SL, Keane M, Magarey A, Roeger L. Australian Family Physician. Publishing in peer review journals – Criteria for success. 2007;36(7):561-562 The authors of this article have had many peer reviewed papers published and are also peer reviewers for several journals relevant to the primary health care sector. Based on their experience, as […]
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B – Authors’ financial interests should be made known to manuscript reviewers17 July 2007de Melo-Martín I, Intemann K. Authors’ financial interests should be made known to manuscript reviewers. Nature; 2007 (448): 129 It is a letter suggesting to revise policies that require authors to be transparent about financial conflicts of interest. They should be revealed to reviewers before publication and prior to accepatance of the manuscript. “If the […]
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B – Not being clear about authorship13 July 2007England C, Hodgkinson M, Stamber P. Not being clear about authorship is lying and damages the scientific record. The National Medical Journal of India. 2007(29)2:56-58Although people expect honesty, there are many circumstances under which honesty criteria are not followed in publication authorship. This article offers sound advice to authors about authorship criteria and invites to […]
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B – Can Journalists Help Improve Peer Review?12 July 2007Moore A. Can Journalists Help Improve Peer Review? The Scientist. 2007; 21(7) 25 For many seasoned observers of science, major journals risk losing credibility when press releases are issued with added “spin” before publication. When research makes headlines, science journalists facilitate a kind of postpublication scientific review. Their interviews with other scientists, as well as […]
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B- Digitizing for access and Preservation. Strategies of the Library of Congress12 July 2007Deanna B Marcum. Digitizing for access and Preservation. Strategies of the Library of Congress First Monday 2007;12(7). Library of Congress, like others, is exploring new ways of using digital technology for both access and preservation. This work will grow as the library completes moving its audio–visual resources into its new National Audiovisual Collection Center. The […]
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W – Term-minator. Fishing words from the net11 July 2007Term-minator Term-minator. Fishing words from the net from Google and Co.http://term-minator.it/ Search definitions, proverbs, abbreviations, acronyms, portals, literary texts, bibliographies, museums… and much more in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian
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B – Open access unnecessary for physicists.4 July 2007Chen F. 2007. Open access unnecessary for physicists. APS News 16(4)12 Letter giving the view that physicists do not need open access as they prefer to attack problems without comprehensively reading the literature; he says “the only time I access previous articles is when the referee forces me to”! http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200704/letters.cfm Posted for John Glen
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B – Published vs. posted22 June 2007Gawrylewski A. 2007. New site pits ‘published’ vs. ‘posted’: Nature Precedings raises questions over the value of sharing findings before submitting to peer review. The Scientist. 19th June Nature set up a new site, named “Nature Precedings”, to post pre-print articles which are not yet submitted to the peer review. This is a kind of […]
