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PUBLISHING4 September 2006Pabón Escobar SC, da Costa MC. 2006. Visibility of Latin american scientific publications: the example of Bolivia. Journal of Science Communication. 2:1–8.The discussion on the state of the art of scientific publications in Latin American countries generally restricts itself to its supposedly low visibility. This affirmation is generally conditioned to the exclusive use of large […]
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PUBLISHING29 August 2006Carlson E. 2006. Scientific publishing 101. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Bulletin. 19 (3):44–45.Thanks to enterprising students, undergraduates have several opportunities to share their research in journals created by and for their peers. Students are involved at every step: writing, designing, fundraising, and even delivering.http://www.hhmi.org/bulletin/august2006/pdf/Publishing.pdf
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INFORMATION29 August 2006Hede K. 2006. There’s gold in those archives. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Bulletin. 19 (2):23–27.Librarians, publishers, and the scientific community are grappling with how libraries will maintain the role of storing published articles and their supplemental data in the digital age.http://www.hhmi.org/bulletin/may2006/pdf/Archives.pdf
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INFORMATION23 August 2006Vercellesi L, Centemeri C, Miranda FG , Rotta B, Bruno F . 2006. How to provide an alerting service on health topics for medical journalists selecting papers from scientific journals. Health Information & Libraries Journal 23 (3):223-228. Information disseminated by the media influences health behaviour, health care-utilization and health policies. An observatory on lay press […]
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PUBLISHING23 August 2006Glover SW , Webb A , Gleghorn C . 2006. Open access publishing in the biomedical sciences: could funding agencies accelerate the inevitable changes? Health Information and Libraries Journal 23 (3) 197-202 Open access is making a noticeable impact on access to information. In 2005, many major research funders, including the Wellcome Trust, National Institutes […]
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ETHICAL ISSUES19 August 2006Dawson J. 2005. Yucca Mountain e-mails indicate data were falsified. Physics Today. 58(5):32 Reports that U.S. Department of Energy lawyers discovered e-mails indicating that some data relating to the long-term environmental safety of this proposed nuclear waste repository site had been falsified. Posted for John Glen
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PRACTICE OF PUBLISHING19 August 2006Peskin, ME. 2005. Publication and the internet: where next? APS News 14(4)8 Presents a model for scientific publishing in which distribution and archiving are undertaken by the authors and only refereeing and possibly indexing undertaken by another agency. Papers would be deposited in subject-based centralized Archives. How this residual refereeing service would be paid for […]
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INFORMATION19 August 2006Bryant SL, Gray A. 2006. Demonstrating the positive impact of information support on patient care in primary care: a rapid literature review. Health Information & Libraries Journal 23 (2): 118-125. The review shows that there is a small body of evidence to demonstrate the positive impact of library and information services on the direct care […]
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POLITICS OF PUBLISHING19 August 2006Mermin ND. 2005. Proper citation of the Matthew effect Physics Today 58(4):17, 87 It points out that the suggested earlier attribution (ibid 58(1):15-16) of the origin of this term (for the tendency to give credit for a scientific advance to the most distinguished of several possible candidates) to Louis & Mary Fieser is incorrect – […]
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INFORMATION18 August 2006Virji A, Yarnall KSH , Krause KM , Pollak KI , Scannell MA , Gradison M, Ostbye T . 2006. Use of email in a family practice setting: opportunities and challenges in patient- and physician-initiated communication. BMC Medicine , 4:18 Emails have the potential to improve communication between physicians and patients. Patients’ interest in using […]
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PRACTICE OF PUBLISHING17 August 2006Bonell C, Oakley A, Hargreaves J, Strange V, Rees R, 2006. Assessment of generalisability in trials of health interventions: suggested framework and systematic review. BMJ 333(7563):346-349 Few randomised trials assess the generalisability of their results. Trials should include evaluations of the feasibility, coverage, and acceptability of interventions. Such information is essential to decisions about adopting […]
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ETHICAL ISSUES16 August 2006APS task force calls for website on ethics education. 2006. APS News. 15(7)1, 3.The APS Task Force on Ethics Education has advocated the creation andmaintenance of a web site to serve as a resource for ethics education.There are some existing resources: the APS has an official statement on the issue (http://www.aps.org/statements/02_4.cfm) and has also produced […]
