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B – The role of a publications officer20 December 2016Cobey KD, Galipeau J, Shamseer L, et al. Report on a pilot project to introduce a publications officer. CMAJ 2016;188(12):E279-80.(doi: 10.1503/cmaj.151340) The primary objective of a publications officer should be […]
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B – Articles on overuse of medical care20 December 2016Morgan DJ, Dhruva SS, Wright SM, et al. 2016 Update on medical overuse: a systematic review. JAMA Internal Medicine 2016;176(11):1687-92(doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.5381) Overuse of medical care is an increasingly recognized problem […]
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B – Citation analysis20 December 2016Foz CW, Paine CET, Sauterey B. Citations increase with manuscript length, author number, and references cited in ecology journals. Ecology and Evolution 2016;1-10(doi: 10.1002/ece3.2505) The authors examined the relationship between […]
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Changes at eLife22 October 2016eLife, the open-access journal supported by three major research funders (elifesciences.org), has announced that it will start charging from 2017. Since its launch in 2012, the journal has had no […]
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N – Nature data policy22 October 2016From September 2016, all research papers accepted for publication in Nature and 12 other Nature journals will have to include a statement on access to the study’s data. e policy, […]
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B – Challenges in altmetrics6 October 2016Haustein, S. Grand challenges in altmetrics: heterogeneity, data quality and dependencies. Scientometrics 2016;108(1):413-423 (doi: 10.1007/s11192-016-1910-9) This paper focuses on the current challenges for altmetrics. Heterogeneity, data quality and particular dependencies […]
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B – OA publication fees in Germany6 October 2016Jahn N, Tullney M. A study of institutional spending on open access publication fees in Germany. PeerJ 2016;4:e2323(doi: 10.7717/peerj.2323) This study examines how much German universities and research organisations spent […]
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B – Truth in science publishing5 October 2016Südhof TC. Truth in science publishing: a personal perspective. PLoS Biology 2016;14(8):e1002547(doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002547)Emerging flaws in the integrity of the peer review system are largely responsible for the validity of published […]
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B – A COPE perspective on publishing ethical issues5 October 2016Pierson CA. Avoiding ethics pitfalls in publishing: a perspective from COPE. Oral Diseases 2016 July 12(doi: 10.1111/odi.12539)Throughout its history, the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) has provided a forum for […]
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B – Authorship of clinical trial documents5 October 2016Billiones R. Authorship of clinical trial documents. Medical Writing 2016;25(1):33-35 Authorship of clinical trial documents such as clinical study protocols, clinical study reports, investigator’s brochures and inform ed consent forms […]
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B – Researchers under cyber attacks5 October 2016Dadkhah M, Borchardt G, Maliszewski T. Fraud in academic publishing: researchers under cyber attacks. The American Journal of Medicine 2016(doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.08.030) Day by day, researchers receive new suspicious emails in […]
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B – Ethical medical communications5 October 2016Smalley S. Staying ahead of the game in the changing arena of ethical medical communications – Viewpoint of a freelance medical writer. Medical Writing 2016;25(2):13-17 Good publication practices as well […]
