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B – Refereeing academic articles4 January 2012Hartley J. Refereeing academic articles in the information age. British Journal of Educational Technology Epub 28 August 2011(doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2011.01211.x) In this article some of the current practices used by editors, authors and referees when using electronic submission and publishing systems are discussed. The use of new technology for submitting papers to the refereeing process increases […]
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B – Diversity, value and limitations of the journal impact factor4 January 2012Bornmann L, Marx W, Gasparyan AY et al. Diversity, value and limitations of the journal impact factor and alternative metrics. Rheumathology International ePub 23 December 2011(doi: 10.1007/s00296-011-2276-1) This article discusses misuses of the journal impact factor (JIF) to assess impact of separate journal articles and the effect of several manuscript versions on JIF. The interpretation […]
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B – Publishers: Mobile Applications and Mobile Web Page4 January 2012Rodriguez TS. Publishers: Mobile Applications and Mobile Web Page. ETH Zuruch 2011. Unpublished paper on services developed by 63 major publishers to distribute content using web 2 technologies. In recent years the technologies and systems for accessing the Web has evolved considerably. It is now common to see users accessing the web using smart phones, […]
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B – Science editors’ associations20 December 2011Gasparyan AY. Familiarizing with science editors’ associations. Croatian Medical Journal 2011(doi: 10.3325/cmj.2011.52.735) The role of editors’ associations is evolving to solve the numerous problems of efficient writing, editing, and publishing. This article presents activities carried out by some international science editors’ associations, that include developing standards and guidelines of science writing, editing, indexing, research reporting, […]
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B – Effect of using report guidelines during peer review on final manuscript quality16 December 2011Cobo E, Cortés J, Ribera IM et al. Effect of using reporting guidelines during peer review on quality of final manuscripts submitted to a biomedical journal: masked randomised trial. BMJ 2011;343:d6783(doi: 10.1136/bmj.d6783) According to this study, additional reviews based on reporting guidelines (such as STROBE and CONSORT) result in a moderate improvement in manuscript quality. […]
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B – Improving categorization of Scopus database journals14 December 2011Gómez-Núñez AJ, Vargas-Quesada B, de Moya-Anegón F et al. Improving SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) subject classification through reference analysis. Scientometrics 2011;89:741-758(doi: 10.1007/s11192-011-0485-8) This work introduces a proposal to improve the categorization of Scopus database journals included at the SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) portal using reference analyisis of citing journals. This method […]
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B – Correlation between peer assessments and h index values14 December 2011Bornmann L, Schier H, Marz W et al. Does the h index for assessing single publications really work? A case study on papers published in chemistry. Scientometrics 2011;89:835-843(doi: 10.1007/s11192-011-0472-0) The results from a study on the peer review process of the Angewandte Chemie International Edition showed a correlation between peer assessments and single publication h […]
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B – Research assessment: comparison of peer review and bibliometrics rankings14 December 2011Abramo G., D’Angelo CA, Di Costa F. National research assessment exercises: a comparison of peer review and bibliometrics rankings. Scientometrics 2011;89:929-941(doi: 10.1007/s11192-011-0459-x) There is unanimous agreement that resources for science should be assigned according to rigorous evaluation criteria. Some governments have already introduced bibliometric methodology in support or substitution for more traditional peer review. The […]
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B – Google’s vision for books14 December 2011Barron P. The library of the future: Google’s vision for books. Learned Publishing 2011:24:197-201(doi: 10.1087/20110307) Much of the world’s most useful information is locked within books and it is stored offline. As a consequence, the vast majority of books ever written are not accessible to the majority of people. In this article the author, Google’s […]
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B – Access to scientific publications: the scientist’s perspective6 December 2011Voronin Y, Myrzahmetov A, Bernstein A. Access to scientific publications: the scientist’s perspective. PLoS One 2011;6(11):e27868(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027868) This study used the field of HIV vaccine research as a barometer to measure the degree to which scientists have access to published research. This area of research – of critical importance for the developing countries – saw […]
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B – Research ethics cases managed by COPE6 December 2011Foo JYA, Wilson SJ. An analysis on the research ethics cases managed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) between 1997 and 2010. Science and Engineering Ethics 2011, 29 April e-pub(doi: 10.1007/s11948-011-9273-3) This article reviewed the outcomes of 408 cases, that the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) had investigated between 1997 and 2010 with respect […]
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B – UK scientific papers rank first in citations6 December 2011Marshall E, Travis J. U.K. Scientific papers rank first in citations. Science 2011, October 28;334:443 The UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills released a citation analysis that found that UK “attracts more citations per pound spent in overall research and development than any other country”. A similar analysis for the period 1991 to 2010 […]
