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B – What makes a strong editorial board?28 December 2017Spencer D. What makes a strong editorial board? Editors’ Update, Elsevier Connect 2017 Nov 21 The author gives some thoughts about roles and recruitment for editorial board members. The most common function of editorial boards is to provide high-quality reviews, and also act as a third, or trusted “tie-breaker” reviewer. As well as reviewing and suggesting […]
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B – Ethical aspects of Bioresource Research Impact Factor (BRIF)28 December 2017Howard HC, Mascalzoni D, Mabile L, et al. How to responsibly acknowledge research work in the era of big data and biobanks: ethical aspects of the Bioresource Research Impact Factor (BRIF). Journal of Community Genetics 2017 Sep 25:1-8(doi: 10.1007/s12687-017-0332-6) There is currently no system that systematically and accurately traces and attributes recognition to researchers and […]
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ISMPP Webinar – What’s Your Path? Career Development in Medical Publications21 December 2017The International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) invites you to attend a special 90-minute ISMPP U educational webinar: “What’s Your Path? Career Development in Medical Publications”, on Wednesday, January 17, at 11 am EST/4 pm GMT. This ISMPP U is complimentary and open to ALL regardless of ISMPP membership! This special ISMPP U session […]
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ISMPP Webinar – What’s Your Path? Career Development in Medical
Publications21 December 2017The International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) invites you to attend a special 90-minute ISMPP U educational webinar: “What’s Your Path? Career Development in Medical Publications”, on Wednesday, January 17, at 11 am EST/4 pm GMT. This ISMPP U is complimentary and open to ALL regardless of ISMPP membership! This special ISMPP U session […]
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HEIRRI Research Innovation conference & workshop activity20 December 2017The HEIRRI organisation are preparing for a busy year in 2018, with a series of conferences and workshops around the world. We have added some of these events to our calendar. First up, their 2nd conference in April will be titled “‘Education towards a responsible society, transforming universities through RRI” Full details here Second, in […]
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HEIRRI Research Innovation conference & workshop activity20 December 2017The HEIRRI organisation are preparing for a busy year in 2018, with a series of conferences and workshops around the world. We have added some of these events to our calendar. First up, their 2nd conference in April will be titled “‘Education towards a responsible society, transforming universities through RRI” Full details here Second, in […]
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B – Wikipedia and diffusion of science18 December 2017Teplitskiy M, Lu G, Duede E. Amplifying the impact of open access: Wikipedia and the diffusion of science. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 2016;68(9):2116-2117)(doi: 10.1002/asi.23687)To understand whether Wikipedia draws upon the research that scientists value most, the authors identified the 250 most heavily used journals in each of 26 research fields indexed by […]
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AMERBAC Editorial Board Announcement14 December 2017Our colleagues at AMERBAC – the Mexican Association of Biomedical Editors – have announced their new Editorial Board for 2018. The Board members are as follows: President – Lic. Alejandro Machorro Nieves Vice President – Mtra. Angélica Dávalos Alcázar Secretary – Dra. Abilene C. Escamilla Ortiz Treasurer – Dr. Maximiliano de León González Director (International Affairs) […]
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AMERBAC Editorial Board Announcement14 December 2017Our colleagues at AMERBAC – the Mexican Association of Biomedical Editors – have announced their new Editorial Board for 2018. The Board members are as follows: President – Lic. Alejandro Machorro NievesVice President – Mtra. Angélica Dávalos AlcázarSecretary – Dra. Abilene C. Escamilla OrtizTreasurer – Dr. Maximiliano de León GonzálezDirector (International Affairs) – Dra. María del […]
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COPE introduce Core Practices13 December 2017COPE has recently replaced its “Code of Conduct for Editors” with “Core Practices”. The reasons COPE provide for these changes are stated on its website, as being that the guidelines were criticised for being overly specific in some areas and not specific enough in others. It goes on to explain that the core practices have […]
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COPE introduce Core Practices13 December 2017COPE has recently replaced its “Code of Conduct for Editors” with “Core Practices”. The reasons COPE provide for these changes are stated on its website, as being that the guidelines were criticised for being overly specific in some areas and not specific enough in others. It goes on to explain that the core practices have […]
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BMC Research Notes Launches Data Notes11 December 2017In October, BMC Research Notes launched ‘data notes’. The BMC describes data notes as “data descriptors that aim to increase data availability and support the reuse of valuable research data.” Data notes are restricted to a limit of 1000 words, and comprise three sections: Objective, Data description and Limitations. They still come at a price, […]
