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B – Medical writing in the Middle East18 June 2013Handjani F, Habibzaedh F. Medical writing in the Middle East. Medical Writing 2013;22(2):96-98(doi: 10.1179/2047480613Z.000000000112) Over the past three decades, Middle Eastern countries have made substantial progress in both conducting and publishing scientific research. Regional initiatives, such as the foundation of the Eastern Mediterranean Association of Medical Editors and the AuthorAID project in the Eastern Mediterranean, […]
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B – Health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region18 June 2013Ismali SA, McDonal A, Dubois E, et al. Assessing the state of health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2013;106(6):224-233(doi: 10.1258/jrsm.2012.120240) This review presents an assessment of the current state of health research systems across the Eastern Mediterranean Region based on publicly available literature and data sources. The […]
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B – Integrity of clinical trial evidence18 June 2013Loder E, Godlee F, Barbour V, et al. Restoring the integrity of the clinical trial evidence base. BMJ 2013;346:f3601(doi: 10.1136/bmj.f3601) The authors stated that many completed trials have never been published, and many published results are incomplete or misleading. Hidden or misreported information from clinical trials is one of the leading scientific problems of our […]
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B – Modules for teaching publication writers18 June 2013Barroga EF. Essential modules for teaching publication writers. Medical Writing 2013;22(1):4-9(doi: 10.1179/204748012X13560931063555) This article introduces 16 essential modules to teach medical writers to enhance their ability to help researchers effectively communicate in scholarly publications. Each module addresses the different aspects and components of writing, editing, and publishing articles. A competency evaluation system consisting of 14 competency areas is also […]
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B – Peer review impact17 June 2013Rigby J. Looking for the impact of peer review: does count of funding acknowledgments really predict research impact? Scientometrics 2013;94:57-73(doi: 10.1007/s11192-012-0779-5) This paper examines an important bibliometric relationship that has been assumed to exist between the count of the funding acknowledgements received by a research paper and the paper’s citation impact within the context of […]
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B – Peer review evaluation17 June 2013Baethge C, Franklin J, Mertens S. Substantial agreement of referee recommendations at a general medical journal – A peer review evaluation at Deutsches Ärzteblatt International. PLoS ONE 2013;8(5): e61401(doi:10.1371/journal.pone.006140) This study analyzed the peer review process at Deutsches Ärzteblatt International journal focusing on the following questions: What is the distribution of reviewer recommendations? To what degree […]
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B – Relationship between information literacy and creativity17 June 2013Raeis AR, Bahrami S, Yousefi M, et al. Relationship between information literacy and creativity: a study of students at the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Materia Socio-Medica 2013;25(1):28-31(doi: 10.5455/msm.2013.25.28-31) Information literacy is a facility to empower individuals and as a set of skills to identify and access the accurate sources of information and use them […]
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B – Acta Medica Academica indexed in PubMed17 June 2013Tahirović H. Acta Medica Academica is now indexed in Medline/PubMed. Acta Medica Academica 2013;42(1):1-3(doi: 10.5644/ama2006-124.64) After six years’ hard work by the new editorial board of Acta Medica Academica the journal was selected for indexing in Medline/PubMed. To reach this goal, a significant activity of the journal has been individual work with young authors about writing skills and […]
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B – Characteristics of randomized controlled trials17 June 2013Bala MM, Akl EA, Sun X, et al. Randomized trials published in higher vs. lower impact journals differ in design, conduct, and analysis. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2013 (66):286-295(doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.10.005) Rigorously designed and conducted randomized controlled trials (RCTs) provide high-quality evidence regarding the effects of health care interventions. This study examined and compared the study […]
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B – Influences of media on social movements13 June 2013Olorunnisola AA, Martin BL. Influences of media on social movements: problematizing hyperbolic inferences about impacts. Telematics and Informatics 2013;30:275-288(doi: 10.1016/j.tele.2012.02.005) Authors critically assessed cases across Africa of variegated employment of old (i.e., radio, newspaper, television) and new media platforms (i.e., Facebook, Twitter, mobile telephone text messaging) by four social movements spanning 35 years. Assessments underscore […]
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B – Are alternative metrics still alternative?13 June 2013Buschman M, Michalek A. Are alternative metrics still alternative? Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology 2013;39(4):35-39 Alternative metrics provide a more complete view of peer response to scholarly writings. A better categorization of scholarly impact would cover usage, captures, mentions and social media in addition to citations. Metrics should include mentions in […]
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B – Publication ethics in the UK13 June 2013Wager E. The UK should lead the way on research integrity. BMJ 2013;346.f2348(doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2348) The Concordat to Support Research Integrity, published by Universities UK in July 2012, states that research institutions should be responsible for investigating misconduct, according to the International Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines. It also recognises the need for a coordinated approach […]
