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B – Case reports25 March 2014Barić H, Andrijašević L. Why should medical editors CARE about case reports? Croatian Medical Journal 2013;54:507-509(doi: 10.3325/cmj.2013.54.507)In September 2013, CARE (CAse REport) guidelines were presented and published in several journals. Even though case reports are indispensable for medical progress since they bring attention to novel entities, in the evidence based era of impact factors and […]
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B – Peer review simulation25 March 2014Paolucci M. Grimaldo F. Mechanism change in a simulation of peer review: from junk support to elitism. Scientometrics epub February 2014(doi: 10.1007/s11192-014-1239-1) In this work, with an agent-based approach, the authors developed a computational model as an heuristic device to represent, discuss and compare theoretical statements and their consequences. Employing a theoretical approach supported by agent-based […]
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B – Self-correction in biomedical publications12 March 2014Gasparyan AY, Ayvazyan L, Akazhanov NA, et al. Self-correction in biomedical publications and the scientific impact. Croatian Medical Journal 2014;55:61-72(doi: 10.3325/cmj.2014.55.61) The authors conducted searches through PubMed, based on the author information, to retrieve errata, duplicate, and retracted publications. A striking increase in the number of corrections appeared in 2013. Duplicate and retracted article types were those most frequently […]
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B – Research misconduct12 March 2014Farthing MJG. Research misconduct: a grand global challenge for the 21st century. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2014;29:422-427(doi: 10.1111/jgh.12500) According to the author, promoting the responsible conduct of research (RCR) alone may not be enough to prevent research misconduct; complementary strategies should be considered to deal with the continuing rise in the number of reported cases […]
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B – Honorary authorship12 March 2014Rajasekaran S, Li Pi Shan R, Finnoff JT. Honorary authorship: frequency and associated factors in physical medicine and rehabilitation research articles. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2014;95:418-428(doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.09.024) This article addresses the persistent, difficult, and unsettled issue of unwarranted authorship as it applies to physical medicine and rehabilitation. It estimates the prevalence of perceived […]
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B – Japanese randomized controlled trials12 March 2014Yoneoka D, Hisashige A, Ota E, et al. Are Japanese randomized controlled trials up to the task? A systematic review. PLoS ONE 2014;9(3):e90127(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090127) The number of published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is rapidly increasing worldwide. This study identified the number of all Japanese RCTs published in Japan in 2010, it assessed their general characteristics and quality and […]
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B – Research design of articles in Brazilian physical therapy journals25 February 2014Saragiotto BT, Costa LCM, Oliveira RF, et al. Description of research design of articles published in four Brazilian physical therapy journals. Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy e-pub 2014(doi: 10.1590/S1413-35552012005000136) One important step in accessing high-quality clinical research in evidence-based physical therapy is the identification of the research design used and knowing where the research design is […]
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B – Citation indices of Korean scientific journals25 February 2014Kim JA, Huh S, Chu MS. Correlation among the citation indices of Korean scientific journals listed in international databases. Science Editing 2014;1(1):27-36(doi: 10.6087/kcse.2014.1.27) This article intends to examine the influence of Korean scientific journals and find solutions for future growth by performing a correlation analysis of the indicators of citation indices for 62 Korean scientific […]
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Bulgarian translation of EASE Guidelines now available25 February 2014A Bulgarian translation of the EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators is now available.
EASE would like to thank Sergey Glinkov of the Library of the Varna Medical University, Bulgaria for the translation.
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New ICMJE Conflicts of Interest form25 February 2014The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) have improved their Conflicts of Interest form, which is much improved and author-friendly, with a section at the end that generates a disclosure statement for the author based on what he/she has ticked on the form.
The form can be downloaded from here: http://www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf
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B – Medical writing and ghostwriting21 February 2014Das N, Das S. Hiring a professional medical writer: is it equivalent to ghostwriting? Biochemia Medica 2014;24(1):19-24(doi: 10.11613/BM.2014.004) Several international guidelines including the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines require authors to acknowledge the contribution of medical writers. This article discusses this acknowledgement and it emphasizes on how acknowledging medical writing support can go […]
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B – Tips for non-native English speakers editors21 February 2014Murugesan R. Publishing a journal in English: tips for journal editors who are non-native English speakers. Science Editing 2014;1(1):46-48(doi: 10.6087/kcse.2014.1.46) Journal editors should make sure that the quality of English in their journal is consistently high. This article is aimed at non-native English speaking journal editors who wish to improve the standard of English in […]
