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B – India’s publication in predatory journals28 March 2017 Seethapathy GS, Santhosh Kumar JU, Hareesha AS. India’s scientific publication in predatory journals: need for regulating quality of Indian science and education. Current Science 2016;111(11):1759-1763 The objective of this study was to estimate which category of educational and research institutes predominantly publishes in predatory open access journals in India and to understand whether academicians […]
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B- Writing an effective article submission letter28 March 2017Writing an effective journal article submission cover letter. San Francisco Edit 2017 The journal editor is going to decide whether to send the article to the reviewers by reading the letter and the abstract of your manuscript. The cover letter is an important component of the submission process. It should contain information which will generate interest and […]
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B – History of peer review28 March 2017Baldwin M. In referees we trust? Physics Today 2017;70(2):44-49 (doi: 10.1063/PT.3.3463) The imprimatur bestowed by peer review has a history that is both shorter and more complex than many scientists realize. This article reviews the history of peer review both for journals and grant-giving bodies and reveals that it has had many changes only becoming […]
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B – Review of altmetrics28 March 2017Gonzalez-Valiente CL, Pacheco-Mendoza J, Arencibia-Jorge R. A review of altmetrics as an emerging discipline for research evaluation. Learned Publishing 2016;29(4).229-238(doi: 10.1002/leap.1043) This article analyses the scientific production of publications on altmetrics as an emergent discipline for research evaluation with the aim to identify the investigative tendencies that characterize the subject. About 253 documents indexed by […]
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B – Evolution of impact and productivity28 March 2017Sinatra R, Wang D, Deville P, et al. Quantifying the evolution of individual scientific impact. Science 2016;354(6312)doi: 10.1126/science.aaf5239 Are there quantifiable patterns behind a successful scientific career? Sinatra et al. analyzed the publications of 2,887 physicists, as well as data on scientists publishing in a variety of fields. They quantified the changes in impact and […]
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B – Translational medicine data22 March 2017Satagopam V, Gu W, Eifes S, et al. Integration and visualization of translational medicine data for better understanding of human diseases. Big Data 2016;4(2):97-108(doi: 10.1089/big.2015.0057) The authors present an integrated workflow for exploring, analysis, and interpretation of translational medicine data in the context of human health. Three Web services—tranSMART, a Galaxy Server, and a MINERVA […]
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B – Patient perspectives and clinical research22 March 2017Crowe S, Giles C. Making patient relevant clinical research a reality. BMJ 2016;355:i6627(doi: 10.1136/bmj.i6627) A wide gap exists between what generally receives funding and what patients, carers, and the public would like to see examined. Incorporating patient perspectives more thoroughly into clinical research would broaden its scope and help answer the research questions likely to bring […]
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B – Comparison of primary outcomes in protocols22 March 2017Perlmutter A, Tran VT, Dechartres A, et al. Comparison of primary outcomes in protocols, public clinical-trial registries and publications: the example of oncology trials. Annals of Oncology 2016;mdw682(doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdw682) In oncology trials, primary outcome descriptions in ClinicalTrials.gov are often of low quality and may not reflect what is in the protocol, thus limiting the detection […]
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B – How scientists use social media29 December 2016Collins K, Shiffman D, Rock J. How are scientists using social media in the workplace? PLoS ONE 2016;11(10):e0162680(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162680) This study investigates how a surveyed sample of 587 scientists from a variety of academic disciplines, but predominantly the academic life sciences, use social media to communicate internally and externally. The results demonstrate that while social media […]
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B – Teaching medical ethics29 December 2016Sokol D. Teaching medical ethics: useful or useless? BMJ 2016;355:i6415(doi: 10.1136/bmj.i6415) Probably for the first time in history, UK trained doctors at all levels, and in all specialties, now receive formal ethics training at medical school. Has it made any difference? It is not known whether teaching ethics to medical students makes any long term difference to […]
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B – Publication professionals29 December 2016Carey LC, Stretton S, Kenreigh CA, et al. High nonpublication rate from publication professionals hinders evidence-based publication practices. PeerJ 2016 May 10;4:e2011(doi: 10.7717/peerj.2011) Publication professionals, who are not ghostwriters, work with leading medical researchers and funders around the world to plan and prepare thousands of publications each year. Research presented at ISMPP Annual Meetings has […]
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B – Effectiveness of graphical abstracts29 December 2016Pferschy-Wenzig EM, Pferschy U, Wang D, et al. Does a graphical abstract bring more visibility to your paper? Molecules 2016;21(9):pii: E1247(doi: 10.3390/molecules21091247) A graphical abstract (GA) represents a piece of artwork intended to summarize the main findings of an article for readers at a single glance. Many publishers currently encourage authors to supplement their articles with […]
