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ETHICAL ISSUES16 August 2006Kennefick D. 2005. Einstein versus the Physical Review. Physics Today 58(9):43-48Reports how Einstein objected when the Physical Review sent a paper of his to a referee, withdrew the paper and subsequently published it in another journal with radically altered conclusions – and never again submitted a paper to Physical Review! The reasons for his changes […]
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ETHICAL ISSUES16 August 2006Scott, James F. 2006. Unintennded impact of Author Impact Factor Physics Today 59(9):16Comments on suggestion by Loc Vu-Quoc that multiple author publications be divided according to the number of authors might have the consequence of deletion of junior collaborators from authorship, also questions whether all authors have to be held responsible for everything in the […]
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PRACTICE OF PUBLISHING16 August 2006Carroll Sean 2006 Welcome to the Blogosphere APS News 15(5)8Describes the rapid development of blogs (magazine-like collections ofarticles published on the Internet) which now include many givinginformation to scientists and also aimed at giving science news to thegeneral public. The use of hyperlinks and trackbacks making finding themrelatively easy. See e.g. Carroll’s own site at […]
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PUBLISHING16 August 2006“When buzzwords collide”. Using the slogan, and I am not trying to be funny here, “Open Access 2.0”, the Public Library of Science (PLoS) has launched a journal to compete directly with Nature and Science, PLoS ONE. The publication fee will be $1250. It’s not clear yet what the “2.0” element of this will be. […]
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ETHICAL ISSUES16 August 2006Holden C 2006 The undisclosed background of a paper on a depression treatment Science 313:598-9 Science reports failure to declare conflicts of interest by Editor-in-Chief and editorial board members of Neuropsychopharmacology over an article reviewing a device manufactured by a company for which most of the authors acted as consultants.
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PRACTICE OF PUBLISHING14 August 2006Glänzel W, Schlemmer B,Schubert A, Thijs B. 2006. Proceedings literature as additional data source for bibliometric analysis. Scientometrics 68(3):457-73 Proceedings of scientific meetings are important sources of scholarly communication and supplement journal literature in basic and applied sciences. In some fields of engineering they seem to be even more important than publishing in periodicals. This […]
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LANGUAGE AND WRITING12 August 2006Flores G. 2006. Language barriers to health care in the United States.N Engl J Med.20;355(3):229-31.Many patients who need medical interpreters have no access to them. Language barriers can have deleterious effects. Patients who face such barriers are less likely than others to have a usual source of medical care; they receive preventive services at reduced […]
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ECONOMICS AND FUNDING12 August 2006Loscalzo, Joseph. 2006. The NIH Budget and the Future of Biomedical Research. New England Journal of Medicine. 354(16):1665-1667Whatever mechanisms are chosen, it seems clear that new methods of support must be developed if biomedical research is to continue to thrive in the United States. The goal of a durable, steady stream of support for research […]
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POLITICS OF PUBLISHING12 August 2006Buela-Casal, Gualberto; Perakakis, Pandelis; Taylor, Michael; Checa, Purificacion. 2006. Measuring internationality: Reflections and perspectives on academic journals. Scientometrics. 67(1):45-65 Internationality as a concept is being applied ambiguously, particularly in the world of academic journal publication. Although different criteria are used by scientometrists in order to measure internationality and to supplement its minimal literal meaning, the […]
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PRACTICE OF PUBLISHING12 August 2006Lowell L. Hargens and Jerald R. Herting. 2006. Analyzing the association between referees’ recommendations and editors’ decisions Scientometrics 67 (1): 15-26 The association between referee recommendations and editorial decisions at two scholarly journals are analysed. The method enables researchers to (1) determine the number of latent dimensions needed to account for this association, and (2) […]
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SCIENCE12 August 2006UK Royal Society. 2006. Science and the public interest: Communicating the results of new scientific research to the public The Royal Society: London The vast majority of scientific papers are of direct interest only to specialists, even if they report research of long-term importance. However, a few journal papers are published every week that have […]
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ETHICAL ISSUES3 August 2006Collins Jannette. 2006. Professionalism and Physician Interactions With Industry. Journal of the American College of Radiology. 3 (5):325-332 This article presents a broad framework for understanding the professional and legal responsibilities of physicians when interacting with industry. Physicians have unique responsibilities based on the “fiduciary” nature of the patient-physician relationship and specified laws regarding health […]
