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B – Peer review in the digital age11 March 2015Nicholas D, Watkinson A, Jamali HR, et al. Peer review: still king in the digital age. Learned Publishing 2015;28(1):15-21(doi: 10.1087/20150104) The article presents one of the main findings of an international study of 4,000 academic researchers that examined how trustworthiness is determined in the digital environment when it comes to scholarly reading, citing, and publishing. The study shows that peer […]
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B – Identifying legitimate OA journals11 March 2015Hill T. Identifying legitimate open access journals: some suggestions from a publisher. Learned Publishing 2015;28:59-62(doi: 10.1087/20150109) The author outlines a set of criteria by which authors and readers can identify legitimate publishers. These criteria are based on the following considerations: readers should be regarded as customers and they should be offered a variety of services; journals should be […]
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B – Gender differences in conference presentations11 March 2015Jones TM, Fanson KV, Lanfear R, et al. Gender differences in conference presentations: a consequence of selof-selection? PeerJ 2:e627 (doi: 10.7717/peerj.627) Women continue to be under-represented in the sciences, with their representation declining at each progressive academic level. The authors compared gender differences in exposure and visibility at an evolutionary biology conference for attendees at two different academic […]
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B – NIH plans to enhance reproducibility11 March 2015Collins FS, Tabak LA. Policy: NIH plans to enhance reproducibility. Nature 2014 Jan. 27 The authors discuss the significant initiatives that the US National Institutes of Health is exploring to restore the self-correcting nature of preclinical research. They share the concern that the complex system for ensuring the reproducibility of biomedical research is failing. This […]
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B – CoBRA: Citation of BioResources in journal Articles11 March 2015Bravo E, Calzolari A, De Castro P, et al. Developing a guideline to standardize the citation of bioresources in journal articles (CoBRA). BMC Medicine 2015;13:33(doi: 10.1186/s12916-015-0266-y) Evaluating bioresources’ use and impact requires that scientific publications accurately cite such resources. This article proposes for the first time a guideline for reporting bioresource use in research articles: […]
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N – DOAJ – Fully Functional Now for Application and Reapplication6 February 2015The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is fully functional since 2015-01-23. On this day, publishers were informed via e-mail to reapply now with all their journals which are already in the directory. DOAJ is already using its new Journal Application Form since 2014-03-19 which grew from 6 to now 58 questions. So far this form […]
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B – Big data and public health21 January 2015Khoury MJ, Ioannidis JPA. Big data meets public health. Science 346(6213):1054(doi: 10.1126/science.aaa2709) The term “Big Data” refers to volumes of large, complex, linkable information. Beyond genomics and other “omic” fields, Big Data includes medical, environmental, financial, geographic, and social media information. This swell of data will continue to grow. Big Data can improve health by […]
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B – A social media trial21 January 2015Fox CS, Bonaca MA, Ryan JJ, et al. A randomized trial of social media from Circulation. Circulation e-pub November 18, 2014(doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.013509/-/DC1) In order to determine whether social media exposure to original articles improves article impact metrics, the authors conducted a randomized trial of social media with a focus on short-term impact. Articles from Circulation […]
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B – Post-publication culture21 January 2015Bastian H. A stronger post-publication culture is needed for better science. PLoS Medicine 2014;11(12):e1001772(doi: 10.1371/journal.p.med.1001772) The author states that both improving research quality and reducing waste in science require a stronger post-publication culture. Today post-publication evaluation is highly fragmented. Dedicated websites have been developed for discussing and sharing research among authors, and PubMed Commons (for […]
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B – Writing publications for advisory boards5 January 2015Whereat A. Writing publications for advisory boards. Medical Writing 2014;23(4):277-279(doi: 10.1179/2047480614Z.00000000252) Medical communication publications are designed to raise awareness of medicines, cosmetics, and technology. These publications ensure that doctors are informed about the role of new and existing medicines and the literature concerning appropriate prescription for specific patient groups. Advisory boards, consisting of clinicians, are […]
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B – Medical deontology and ethics22 December 2014Grammaticos PC. Medical deontology, meetings, journals, candidacy for higher posts and how to better enjoy life. Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2014;17(2):85-86 Today few physicians care about medical deontology and medical ethics, that is how to behave and respect others when exercising the medical profession. This paper illustrates with few examples what the situation is […]
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B – Public access to clinical study results22 December 2014Kaiser J. U.S. to expand public access to clinical study results. Science 2014;346(6213):1043 Two U.S. government proposals could expand the amount of data from clinical trials. A draft regulation from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would require companies sponsoring clinical trials to report summary results for drugs and devices that are never […]
