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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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) […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
