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B – Authorship and citation manipulation6 March 2018Fong EA, Wilhite AW. Authorship and citation manipulation in academic research. PLoS One 2017;12(12):e0187394(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187394) This study builds a framework around how intense competition for journal space and research funding can encourage authorship and citation manipulation. It then uses that framework to develop hypotheses about who manipulates and why they do so.http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0187394
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B – Editors’ core competencies6 March 2018Moher D, Galipeau J, Alam S, et al. Core competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals: consensus statement. BMC Medicine 2017;15:167(doi: 10.1186/s12916-017-0927-0) This article describes the minimum14 key core competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals. They are divided into three major areas, and each competency has a list of associated elements or descriptions of more specific […]
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B – Women’s visibility in academic seminars6 March 2018Carter A, Croft A, Lukas D, et al. Women’s visibility in academic seminars: women ask fewer questions than men. arXiv:1711.10985 The authors aimed to determine whether women and men differ in their visibility at academic seminars and which factors might underlie any biases. They examined the women’s visibility through the question-asking behaviour at local departmental […]
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B – Resistance to replication6 March 2018Gertler P, Galiani S, Romero M. How to make replication the norm. Nature 2018;554:417-419 Efforts to replicate research studies are distorted by inherent conflicts between the authors of the original work and those trying to reproduce the results. The authors surveyed 11 top-tier economics journals to find out how to fix it. A first step […]
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IMPER Peer Review Practices Survey2 March 2018A peer review research programme (IMPER), financed by The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) aims investigate the effectiveness of peer review as one of science’s self-regulatory mechanisms, particularly its’ ability to recognise erroneous or fraudulent research. In order to do so, the project team, led by Dr. Willem Halffman and Serge Horbach […]
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IMPER Peer Review Practices Survey2 March 2018A peer review research programme (IMPER), financed by The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) aims investigate the effectiveness of peer review as one of science’s self-regulatory mechanisms, particularly its’ ability to recognise erroneous or fraudulent research. In order to do so, the project team, led by Dr. Willem Halffman and Serge Horbach […]
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EASE Conference Abstract: Peer Review: Research and Training2 March 2018We have another session abstract for our conference! Click here to read it in full COST PEERE session on peer review: research and training Chairs: Ana Marusic and Flaminio Squazzoni, Trans-Domain COST Action TD1306 New Frontiers of Peer Review This session will use a trans-disciplinary approach to look into newest developments in peer review research […]
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EASE Conference Abstract: Peer Review: Research and Training2 March 2018We have another session abstract for our conference! Click here to read it in full COST PEERE session on peer review: research and trainingChairs: Ana Marusic and Flaminio Squazzoni, Trans-Domain COST Action TD1306 New Frontiers of Peer Review This session will use a trans-disciplinary approach to look into newest developments in peer review research and […]
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EASE Conference accommodation information1 March 2018We have added information about accommodation for our upcoming conference, recommended by our local advisors in Bucharest. We have arranged a selection of 3 to 5-star hotels, including daily transport to and from the conference venue should you wish to take advantage of it. Our offers are available through a dedicated EASE conference page on […]
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EASE Conference accommodation information1 March 2018We have added information about accommodation for our upcoming conference, recommended by our local advisors in Bucharest. We have arranged a selection of 3 to 5-star hotels, including daily transport to and from the conference venue should you wish to take advantage of it. Our offers are available through a dedicated EASE conference page on […]
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B – Preprint badges22 February 2018Davis P. Badges? We don’t need no stinking preprint badges! The Scholarly Kitchen 2018 Feb. 14Authors submitting papers to PLOS journals can now opt to transfer their manuscript automatically to the bioRxiv preprint server. In this arrangement, PLOS will perform the initial screening, which includes checking for plagiarism, previous publication, scope, ethical, and technical criteria before […]
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B – Journal editors core competencies22 February 2018Matarese V, Shashok K. Improving the biomedical research literature: insights from authors’ editors can help journal editors define and refine their core competencies. F1000Research 2018;7:109(doi: 10.12688/f1000research.13760.2) Based on their experience as authors’ editors, they suggest how to strengthen core competencies for journal editors so that they better respond to the needs of readers and authors. […]
