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B – Public availability of data sharing26 June 2015Aleixandre-Benavent R, Vidal-Infer A, Alonso Arroyo A, et al. Public availability of published research data in substance abuse journals. International Journal of Drug Policy 2014;25(6):1143-1146(doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.07.007) The aim of this […]
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B – Head-to-head RCTs and industry sponsor26 June 2015Flacco ME, Manzoli L, Boccia S, et al. Head-to-head randomized trials are mostly industry sponsored and almost always favor the industry sponsor. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2015;68(7):811-820(doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.12.016) To map the […]
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B – Beyond the impact factor?26 June 2015Fazel S, Lamsma J. Beyond the impact factor? Evidence Based Mental Health 2015;18:33-35(doi: 10.1136/eb-2015-102087) To investigate the possible differences between the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) and new journal metrics, the authors […]
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B – Identifying legitimate OA journals17 June 2015Hill T. Identifying legitimate open access journals: some suggestions from a publisher. Learned Publishing 2015;28(1):59-62(doi: 10.1087/20150109) The author provides a set of criteria by which authors and readers can distinguish legitimate […]
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B – Reporting guidelines17 June 2015Golub RM, Fontanarosa PB. Researchers, Readers, and reporting guidelines. Writing between the lines. JAMA 2015; 313(16):1625-26(doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.3837) Recognizing the potential value of reporting guidelines for the peer review and scientific […]
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B – Editorial independence17 June 2015Bipeta R. Editorial independence in biomedical publishing. Andhra Pradesh Journal of Psychological Medicine 2014;15(2):145-9 The author summarized the published literature related to editorial independence. Editors should ensure that they are not […]
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B – Ethical ambiguity in physics17 June 2015Ecklund E, Howard J , David R, et al. Study highlights ethical ambiguity in physics. Physics Today 2015;68(6):8-10.As part of a study entitled “Ethics among physicists in cross-national context” the authors interviewed […]
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B – Reporting systematic reviews of IPD16 June 2015Stewart LA, Clarke M, Rovers M, et al. Preferred reporting items for a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data. The PRISMA-IPD Statement. JAMA 2015;313(16):1657-65(doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.3656) PRISMA-IPD (Preferred Reporting […]
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B – “Living figures” make their debut16 June 2015Singh Chawla D. “Living figures” make their debut. Nature 2015;521(7550):112. (doi: 10.1038/nature.2015.17382) The living figure concept fits within a central tenet of F1000’s publishing philosophy, that papers can be continually […]
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B – Plain English in medical writing1 April 2015Reeves A. Time to make it shorter: plain English in our context. Medical Writing 2015;24(1):4-8(doi: 10.1179/2047480614Z.000000000268) This article explores the relevance of George Orwell’s six rules for clear writing, that […]
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B – Declaration of transparency1 April 2015Catalá-López F, Peiró S, Hutton B, et al. Declaration of transparency: promoting a more complete, honest and adequate publication of scientific articles. Revista Española de Salud Pública 2014;88(2):181-186(doi: 10.4321/S1135-57272014000200001) To […]
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B – Bibliographical support on quality of medical care30 March 2015Pastori MM, Sarti M, Pons, M, et al. Assessing the impact of bibliographical support on the quality of medical care in patients admitted to an internal medicine service: a prospective clinical, […]
