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B – Referencing accuracy5 March 2013Luo M, Chuan C, Molina D, et al. Accuracy of citation and quotation in foot and ankle surgery journals. Foot & Ankle International 2013 Febr.4;XX(X):1-7(doi: 10.1177/1071100713475354) According to this paper, authors often quote references without reading and understanding the content, and such action may damage the integrity of the author and that of the journal. […]
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B – Open access publishing28 February 2013Jones R. Open access publishing: a new direction for medical journals. The British Journal of General Practice: the Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners 2012;62(603):514-515 Find all citations in this journal (default). Orfilter your current search (doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X654830) In the last few years ideas for a new business model for science publishing […]
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B – Regulation of social networking sites28 February 2013Shapiro BR, Ossorio PN. Regulation of online social network studies. Science 11 Jan 2013;339: 144-145 This article addresses two ethical and regulatory issues related to social networking sites (SNSs): whether adolescents participating in research on SNSs should be categorized as children for regulatory purposes; and the extent to which researchers may collect data about SNS […]
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B – Honesty in science28 February 2013Couzin-Frankel J. Shaking up science. Science 25 Jan 2013;339:386-389 Ferric Fang, editor in chief of the journal Infection and Immunity, and Arturo Casadevall of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, and now editor in chief of the journal mBio, are an unlikely duo that disenchantment brought together almost five years ago. They […]
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B – Journal impact factor: holy grail?28 February 2013van der Wall EE. Journal impact factor: holy grail? Netherlands Heart Journal 2012;20:385-386(doi: 10.1007/s12471-012-0317-3) There are several ways to artificially improve the impact factor of a journal. This article gives some examples of this manipulative strategy: editors may stimulate authors to cite papers published in the journal in which they are to be published; the […]
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B – A new family of cumulative indexes10 January 2013Kozak M, Bornmann L. A new family of cumulative indexes for measuring scientific performance. PLoS ONE 2012;7(10):e47679(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047679) This paper proposes a new family of cumulative indexes for measuring scientific performance which can be applied to many metrics, including h index and its variants. These indexes follow the general principle of repeating the index calculation […]
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B – Medical research outputs in 50 top countries10 January 2013Jazayeri SB, Alavi A, Rahimi-Movaghar V. Situation of medical sciences in 50 top countries from 1996 to 2010-based on quality and quantity of publications. Acta Medica Iranica 2012;50(4):273-278 This study compared countries worldwide in the field of medical research from both aspects of quantity and quality of research outputs. Some modified scientometrics indices (such as […]
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B – COPE: objectives and achievements10 January 2013Wager E. The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE): objectives and achievements 1997-2012. La Presse Medicale 2012;41(9):861-866(doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2012.02.049) COPE has now over 7000 members. The article describes its history, role, growth, governance and funding, and the deveolpment of guidelines. Each member may bring anonymised cases to a quartely forum, and cases form the basis for guidance such […]
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B – Misconduct policies in high-impact biomedical journals10 January 2013Bosch X, Hernández, Pericas JM et al. Misconduct policies in medical journals. PloS ONE 2012;7(12):e51928(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051928) This study assessed the prevalence and content policies of the most influential biomedical journals on misconduct and procedures for handling and responding to allegations of misconduct. The results showed that one-third of journals provided explicit definitions of misconduct and less […]
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B – Bibliometric analysis of scientific development in Unasur countries10 January 2013Greco A, Bornmann L, Marx W. Bibliometric analysis of scientific development in countries of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur). [article in Spanish] El profesional de la información 2012;21(6):607-612(doi: 10.3145/epi.2012.nov.07)Using advanced bibliometric methods, this paper investigated for the first time the development of science and technology in the Unasur region in comparison to other […]
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B – Inserm scientific integrity delegation10 January 2013Bungener M, Hadchouel M. Role of research institutions in management of scientific fraud: the example of Inserm scientific integrity delegation. [article in French] La Presse Medicale 2012;41(9):841-846(doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2012.02.050) Very few French research institutions have a scientific integrity office. Scientific integrity is closely linked to the organisation, management, and evaluation of all research activities. In 1999 […]
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B – Misconduct in retracted scientific publications10 January 2013Fang FC, Steen RG, Casadevall A. Misconduct accounts for the majority of retracted scientific publications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2012;109(42):16751-16752(doi: 10.1073/iti4212109) A detailed review of all 2,047 biomedical and life-science research articles indexed by PubMed as retracted on May 3, 2012 revealed that only 21.3% of retractions were attributable to error. In […]
