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B – A reviewer index6 September 2013Kachewar SG, Sankaye SB. Reviewer Index: a new proposal of rewarding the reviewer. Mens Sana Monographs 2013;11(1):274-284(doi: 10.4103/0973-1229.109347) Recognising and rewarding the role of the reviewer is vital. In this […]
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B – Reporting medical research6 September 2013Simera I, Altman DG. Reporting medical research. The International Journal of Clinical Practice 2013; 67(8):710-716(doi: 10.1111/ijcp.12168) This article provides a brief overview of general principles of reporting medical research studies […]
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B – Choosing the target journal6 September 2013Gasparyan AY. Choosing the target journal: do authors need a comprehensive approach? Journal of Korean Medical Science 2013;28(8):1117–1119. (doi: 10.3346/jkms.2013.28.8.1117) A variety of factors that influence the authors’ choices […]
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B – Use of h-index in chemical research6 September 2013Ciriminna R, Pagliaro M. On the use of the h-index in evaluating chemical research. Chemistry Central Journal 2013;7:132(doi: 10.1186/1752-153X-7-132) Citations in chemistry are meaningful. The h-index alone, however, cannot render […]
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B – Utility of style guides6 September 2013Joshi Y. Style guides that refuse to go away. Learned Publishing 2013;26(2):133-134(doi: 10.1087/20130210) The article discusses the relevance and utility of the minutiae that style guides and specifications insist on in […]
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B – Visibility of retractions6 September 2013Decullier E. Huot L, Samson G, et al. Visibility of retractions: a cross-sectional one-year study. BMC Research Notes 2013;6:238(doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-238) Retraction in Medline medical literature experienced a tenfold increase between […]
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B – Duplicate systematic reviews5 September 2013Moher D. The problem of duplicate systematic reviews. BMJ 2013;347:f5040(doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5040) Two or three systematic reviews on the same topic are usually considered reasonable. But, when does replication become unnecessary […]
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B – Citation and IF distributions of scientific journals5 September 2013Sangwal K. Citation and impact factor distributions of scientific journals published in individual countries. Journal of Informetrics 2013;7(2):487-504 (doi: 10.1016/j.joi.2013.01.011) Citation distribution of journals published in individual countries is a […]
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B – Impact factor for journal scientometrics5 September 2013Guraya SY. Bandwagon of Impact Factor for journal scientometrics. Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences 2013 April 25(doi: 10.1016/j.tumed.2013.04.001)This article describes the merits and demerits of the Impact Factor (IF) with […]
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B – Reconsidering the Declaration of Helsinki5 September 2013Emanuel EJ. Reconsidering the Declaration of Helsinki. The Lancet 2013;381(9877):1532-1533 (doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60970-8) The World Medical Association is developing its eighth version of the Declaration of Helsinki for the next year 50th […]
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B – The Lancet journals new OA policy5 September 2013The Lancet Editors. The Lancet journals welcome a new open access policy. The Lancet 2013;381(9873):1166-1167 (doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60720-5) The Lancet journals welcome and support all efforts to make research more widely accessible […]
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B – Quality of reports on RCT’s in Iranian journals29 July 2013Nojomi M, Ramezani M, Ghafari-Anvar A. Quality of reports on randomized controlled trials published in Iranian journals: application of the new version of Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT). Archives […]
