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B – Publication ethics in Iranian journals29 July 2014Koushan M, Pejhan A, Shomoossi N, et al. Ethical considerations in publishing medical articles in Iranian journals. Acta Facultatis Medicae Naissensis 2014;31(2):105-111(doi: 10.2478/afmnai-2014-0012) This study intends to investigate ethical issues in sticking to publication ethics in major medical journals of Iranian universities published in 2011 and 2012. The results indicated that some ethical considerations are ignored in publishing […]
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B – Publishing strategies29 July 2014Dai N, Xu D, Zhong X, et al. Build infrastructure in publishing scientific journals to benefit medical scientists. Chinese Journal of Cancer Research 2014;26(1):119-123(doi: 10.3978/issn.1000-9604.2014.02.10) Medical journals should optimize their publishing processes and strategies to satisfy the huge need for medical scientists to publish their articles, and then obtain better prestige and impact in scientific and research community. […]
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B – Creative Commons and open access29 July 2014Carroll MW. Creative Commons and the openness of open access. The New England Journal of Medicine 2013;368:789-791(doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1300040) The Internet has changed the economics of publication and digital-resource sharing. Copyright law supplies the baseline terms of use for almost all information on the Internet. These terms can be altered if the copyright owner grants a […]
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B – Peer review and visibility29 July 2014Lortie CJ, Allesina S, Aarssen L, et al. With great power comes great responsibility: the importance of rejection, power, and editors in the practice of scientific publishing. PLoS One 2013;8(12):e85382(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085382) The authors used data from the handling service manuscript Central for ten mid-tier ecology and evolution journals to test whether number of external reviews […]
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B – Good clinical practice28 July 2014Berghammer G. Good clinical practice (GPC): a universal call for ethics in biomedical research. Medical Writing 2014; 23(2):106-112(doi: 10.1179/2047480614Z.000000000209) Today, the principles of good clinical practice (GCP) form an integral part of the development of new medicines. GPC provides an international ethical and scientific quality standard designed to protect the rights and safety of individuals consenting […]
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B – Study design in biomedical and health research28 July 2014Thiese MS. Observational and interventional study design types; an overview. Biochemia Medica 2014;24(2):199-210(doi: 10.11613/BM.2014.022) The appropriate choice in study design is essential for the quality, execution, and interpretation of biomedical and public health research. Observational study designs, also called epidemiologic study designs, are often retrospective and are used to assess potential causation in exposure-outcome relationships and […]
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B – Authorship attitudes and practice in Norway28 July 2014Nylenna M, Fagerbakk F, Kierulf P. Authorship: attitudes and practice among Norwegian researchers. BMC Medical Ethics 2014;15:53(doi: 10.1186/1472-6939-15-53) The authors studied attitudes to, and practice of, authorship among researchers in a university hospital and medical school in Norway. Reserchers, who responded to a questionnaire, had knowledge of formal authorship requirements. Most of them agreed with […]
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B – Plagiarism and retraction28 July 2014Chaddah P. Not all plagiarism requires a retraction. Nature 2014;511(7508):127(doi: 10.1038/511127a) It is important to appreciate why scientists may indulge in the three forms of plagiarism (text plagiarism, ideas plagiarism, and results plagiarism), that the author discusses in this article. According to him, papers that plagiarize only text can still contribute to the literature, but […]
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B – English for medical purposes28 July 2014Salager-Meyer F. Origin and development of English for Medical Purposes. Part II: Research on spoken medical English. Medical Writing 2014;23(2):129-131(doi: 10.1179/2047480614Z.000000000204) This second part of the review on English for Medical Purposes (EMP) presents the main results of a research on spoken interaction in medical settings. The first group of studies focused on improving the English […]
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B – Publication in PNAS26 June 2014Aldhous P. The inside track. Nature 2014;510:330-332 Members of the US National Academy of Sciences have an inside track to publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal as they can submit up to four papers per year. This article examined the contributed track, both to assess its scientific impact and to see […]
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B – Mistakes in manuscripts on education and rejection24 June 2014Celik E, Gedik N, Karaman G, et al. Mistakes encountered in manuscripts on education and their effects on journal rejections. Scientometrics 2014;98(3):1837-1853(doi: 10.1007/s11192-013-1137-y)The goal of this study was to identify common mistakes made in research study manuscripts submitted to journals of Education and the effects of these mistakes on rejection by the journal editors and […]
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B – Defining and responding to plagiarism24 June 2014Wager E. Defining and responding to plagiarism. Learned Publishing 2014;27(1):33-42(doi: 10.1087/20140105) A clear definition of plagiarism and the ability to classify it into more or less serious forms would help editors and publishers to devise policies to handle this problem. This article considers factors such as the originality of the copied material, its position in […]
