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B – A survey on predatory publications25 September 2017Moher D, Shamseer L, Cobey K, et al. Stop this waste of people, animals and money. Nature 2017;549:23-25 Predatory journals have shoddy reporting and include papers from wealthy nations. The […]
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B – Improving transparency at meetings25 September 2017Silberberg SD, Crawford DC, Finkelstein R, et al. Shake up conferences. Nature 2017;548:153-154 The role of scientific conferences, where much work gets its first airing, is crucial for communication. Hence greater […]
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B – Science journalism25 September 2017N. Pitrelli. Science journalism: in search of a new identity. Medical Writing 2017;26(2) Science journalism is undergoing a major transition due to changes in the relationship between science and society […]
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B – Tackling wordiness in medicine and science25 September 2017 B. Every. Writing economically in medicine and science: tips for tackling wordiness. Medical Writing 2017;26(1) In this article, the author describes three ways for medical writers and editors to tackle wordiness: […]
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New Style Author Toolkit!24 September 2017Hot on the heels of the Peer Reviewer toolkit, comes a revised Author Toolkit! In the same style as the PR Toolkit, I have organised all the resources in the […]
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New Style Author Toolkit!24 September 2017Hot on the heels of the Peer Reviewer toolkit, comes a revised Author Toolkit! In the same style as the PR Toolkit, I have organised all the resources in the […]
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B – Scholarly publishing like a bubble21 September 2017Bariç H, Baždariç K, Glasnoviç A, et al. Why scholarly publishing might be a bubble. Croatian Medical Journal 2017;58(1):1-3(doi: 10.3325/cmj.2017.58.1) Scholarly publishing is expanding in all directions, like a bubble. […]
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B – What is PubMed now?21 September 2017Anderson K. A confusion of journals – what is PubMed now? The Scholarly Kitchen September 7, 2017 PubMed Central used to be a credentialing system, an online port of the MEDLINE […]
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B – Manuscript submission systems21 September 2017Hartley J, Cabanac G. The delights, discomforts, and downright furies of the manuscript submission process. Learned Publishing 2017;30(2):167-172(doi: 10.1002/leap.1092)The authors described the frustrations that many authors feel when using manuscript submission […]
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B – Senior scientists victim of predatory journals21 September 2017Cobey K. Illegitimate journals scam even senior scientists. Nature September 7, 2017;549:7 The author has seen a litany of researchers preyed on by predatory journals, even those who recognize a […]
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B – Core competencies for scientific editors21 September 2017Moher 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) The authors describe the development of a minimum […]
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PubMed Journal Selection Webinar14 September 2017Join staff of the U.S. National Library of Medicine to learn how journals are selected for MEDLINE and PubMed Central, how NLM has responded to an evolving scholarly communication ecosystem, […]
