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B – History of citation-based research27 September 2012Smith DR. Impact factors, scientometrics and the history of citation-based research. Scientometrics 2012;92(2):419-427(doi: 10.1007/s11192-012-0685-x) This article provides an overview of some key historical events of relevance to the impact factor since Garfield had proposed it over half a century ago. History has seen journal impact factors rise to become one of the most popular bibliometric […]
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B – A protocol to report plagiarism27 September 2012Shamim T. Serious thoughts about plagiarism in India. Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia 2012;6(3):191(doi: 10.4103/1658-354X.101191) It is the prime duty of authors and editors to take strong decisions to tackle plagiarism at the earliest to avoid unethical publishing. The author of this editorial suggests a protocol to report plagiarism in published articles to which authors should adhere.http://www.saudija.org/article.asp?issn=1658-354X;year=2012;volume=6;issue=3;spage=191;epage=191;aulast=Shamim
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B – Predatory open access publishers18 September 2012Beall J. Predatory publishers are corrupting open access. Nature 2012;489:179 Predatory publishers are those publishing counterfeit journals to exploit the author-pays open access model. They set websites that closely resemble those of legitimate online publishers, and publish journals of very low quality. Only after the paper is accepted and published, and copyright assigned, the authors […]
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B – Identifying attractive research fields for new scientists17 September 2012Akritidis L, Katsaros D, Bozanis P. Identifying attractive research fields for new scientists. Scientometrics 2012;91(3):869-894(doi: 10.1007/s11192-012-0646-4) In this article authors attempted to identify the research fields that could be attractive to a scientist prior to the beginning of his/her scientific career by combining the characteristics of attractive research areas and the new scholars. Conclusions showed […]
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B – Medical social networks use in Bosnia and Herzegovina17 September 2012Masic I, Sivic S, Pandza H. Social networks in medical education in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Materia Socio Medica 2012;24(3):162-164(doi: 10.5455/msm.2012.24.162-164) The aim of this paper is to investigate to what extent and how effectively the Internet is used today by students of biomedical faculties in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the implications of social networks in […]
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B – Honorary authorship and contribution-specific index14 September 2012Kovacs J. Honorary authorship epidemic in scholarly publications? How the current use of citation-based evaluative metrics make (pseudo)honorary authors from honest contributors of every multi-author article? Journal of Medical Ethics 2012 August 3 (Epub)(doi: 10.1136/medethics-2012-100568) In this paper attention is drawn to the unfair and discriminatory current use of citation-based metrics, that is similarly applied […]
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N – Elsevier ethics resources10 September 2012Elsevier has launched a new resource on research and publication ethics, aimed at young researchers. The website (www.ethics.elsevier.com) includes an ethics toolkit, a useful list of resources, testimonials and interviews, and a quiz. Elsevier also maintains a Publishing Ethics Resource Kit (PERK).
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B – Open access versus subscription journals7 September 2012Björk B-C, Solomon D. Open access versus subscription journals: a comparison of scientific impact. BMC Medicine 2012;10:73(doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-10-73)The aim of this study was to compare the scientific impact of open access (OA) journals with subscription journals, controlling for journal age, the country of the publisher, discipline and (for OA publishers) their business model. Results showed […]
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B – A look at medical journal editors7 September 2012Wong VS, Callaham ML. Medical journal editors lacked familiarity with scientific publication issues despite training and regular exposure. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2012;65(3):247-252(doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.08.003) One hundred eighty-three editors of major clinical medical journals were electronically surveyed (response rate, 52%) to determine their demographic, training, potential source of conflict of interest (COI), and familiarity with ethical standards. Although […]
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B – The inevitability of open access6 September 2012Lewis DW. The inevitability of open access. College & Research Libraries 2012;73(5):493-506 Using methods described by business theorist Clayton Christensen, this study suggests that gold open access, where all the articles of a journal are available at the time of publication, could account for 50% of the scholarly journal articles between 2017 and 2021, and […]
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B – Editorial ethical aspects6 September 2012Masic I. Ethical aspects and dilemmas of preparing, writing and publishing of the scientific papers in the biomedical journals. Acta Informatica Medica 2012;20(3):141-148(doi: 10.5455/aim.2012.20.141.148) In this paper the author discusses about preparing and submitting manuscripts – scientific, research, professional papers, reviews, and case reports. Issues are described from his perspective as an editor-in-chief of several […]
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B – To be an editor is to live dangerously6 September 2012Van Der Weyden MB. On being the Editor of the Medical Journal of Australia: Living dangerously. Mens Sana Monographs 2012;10(1):150-157(doi: 10.4103/0973-1229.91295) Editorial independence is crucial for viability of a journal and editors have many masters – the public, the readers, the authors, and the owners.Editors are exposed to a wide range of opinions as to […]
