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B – Author self-citations11 May 2012Hartley J. To cite or not to cite: author self-citations and the impact factor. Scientometrics online pub. 23 Dec.2011 Author self-citations contribute to the overall citation count of an article and are an important factor in determining the impact factor of a journal. As there are usually more citations in the text than in the […]
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B – Scientists’ opinion on impact factor11 May 2012Buela-Casal G, Zych I. What do scientists think about the impact factor? Scientometrics online pub.22 Febr.2012 (doi: 10.1007/s11192-012-0676-y) This study reflects the opinion on the impact factor (IF) of a broad sample of scientists all over the world. A questionnaire was answered by 1,704 researchers from 86 different countries. The results show that the opinion is […]
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B – Ethics of journal peer review10 May 2012Lipworth W, Kerridge I. Shifting power relations and the ethics of journal peer review. Social Epistemology 2011;25(1):97-121(doi: 10.1080/02691728.2010.534567) This qualitative study aimed at generating an understanding of the manuscript review process. Results showed that relations of power and epistemic authority in manuscript review are complex and dynamic. A shifting “net” of power relations is then […]
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B – Refereeing academic articles10 May 2012Hartley J. Refereeing academic articles in the information age. British Journal of Educational Technology 2011;43(3):520-528(doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2011.01211.x) The new technology (such as ScholarOne) used for submitting papers to academic journals increases the possibilities for gathering, analysing and presenting summary data on stages in the refereeing process. Such data can be used to clarify the roles played […]
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B – Publication success prediction10 May 2012Hönekopp J, Khan J. Future publication success in science is better predicted by traditional measures than by the h index. Scientometrics 2012;90(3):843-853(doi: 10.1007/s11192-011-0551-2) Little is known about how future publication success can be predicted from past publication success. This article investigated how the post-2000 publication success of 85 researchers in oncology could be predicted from […]
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B – Positive-outcome bias10 May 2012Fanelli D. Negative results are disappearing from most disciplines and countries. Scientometrics 2012;90(3):891:904(doi: 10.1007/s11192-011-0494-7) A system that disfavours negative results not only distorts the scientific literature directly, but might also discourage high-risk projects and pressure scientists to fabricate and falsify their data. This study analysed over 4,600 papers published in all disciplines between 1990 and […]
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B – Publication bias10 May 2012Joober R, Schmitz N, Annable L, et al. Publication bias: what are the challenges and can they be overcome?. Editorial. Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience 2012;37(3):149-152(doi: 10.1503/jpn.120065) There is evidence suggesting that publication bias – withholding negative results from publication – is increasing. Psychology and psychiatry are among the disciplines in which this increase is highest. […]
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B – Writing a narrative biomedical review7 May 2012Gasparyan AY, Ayvazyan L, Blackmore H et al. Writing a narrative biomedical review: considerations for authors, peer reviewers, and editors. Rheumatology International 2011 July 29 (doi: 10.1007/s00296-011-1999-3) Writing and properly structuring a review article requires the author’s deep knowledge and expertise in a specific field of science. Each section of a review article has to […]
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B – Teaching best practices in scientific research7 May 2012Macrina FL. Teaching authorship and publication practices in the biomedical and life sciences. Science and Engineering Ethics 2011;17(2):341-354 The examination of a limited number of publisher’s Instructions for Authors, of guidelines from two scientific societies, and of the policy document of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) provided the basis for articulating best […]
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B – Conflicts of interest policies7 May 2012Fernando A,Timmis A, Pinto FJ et al. Conflict of interest policies and disclosure requirements among European Society of Cardiology national cardiovascular journals. Heart 2012 Apr;K98(7):e1-7(doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-301875) This review provides a comprehensive editorial perspective to better understand potential conflicts of interest (COI) disclosure. A survey on the Editors’ Network of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) […]
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B – Maps of citations uncover hot research and scholarship7 May 2012Howard J. Citation by citation, new maps chart hot research and scholarship’s hidden terrain. The Chronicle of Higher Education 2011, Sept. 11 A team led by two biologists and a physicist has set out to build a guidance system, a sort of Google maps of scholarship, to help researchers locate hot research, spot hidden connections […]
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B – Myths about open access publishing4 May 2012Taylor MP. Persistent myths about open access scientific publishing. The Guardian 2012 April 17 Recent articles published in The Guardian have drawn attention to lots of reasons why open access (OA) scientific publishing is reasonable, beneficial, and even inevitable. But some misconceptions have still been presented in two recent letters to the same journal. The […]
