tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317451912014-11-15T11:36:13.213ZEASE Journal BlogSelected information useful to science editors. This blog is a working tool used to contribute to different sections of the "European Science Editing", the peer reviewed journal of the European Association of Science Editors (EASE).Paolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17578887755970184271noreply@blogger.comBlogger1149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-66574784272862331212014-10-29T11:23:00.002Z2014-10-29T11:23:37.972ZB - The rise of predatory publishersBartholomew RE. Science for sale: the rise of predatory journals. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine</em> 2014;107(10):384-385<br />(doi:&nbsp;<span class="slug-doi">10.1177/0141076814548526)</span><br /><span class="slug-doi"></span><br />Some unscrupolous publishers are exploiting the open-access (OA) model by corrupting the peer-review process, which is often absent or minimal, and by charging large fees to authors.&nbsp;Such publishers and their journals are referred to as 'predatory'.&nbsp;&nbsp;Their motivation is the procurement of evaluation and publication fees, While many predatory publications would be easily recognised as such, some are highly sophisticated and operate websites that mirror prominent mainstream journals. Even experienced scientists have been duped into joining the editorial boards of bogus journals, or submitting articles. The peer review remains the benchmark of scientific assessment.<br /><a href="http://jrs.sagepub.com/content/107/10/384.long">http://jrs.sagepub.com/content/107/10/384.long</a>Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-60601576551533250442014-10-29T10:55:00.000Z2014-10-29T10:55:05.294ZB - Visibility of Argentinean publicationsChinchilla-Rodr<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">íguez Z, Miguel S, de Moya-Aneg<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">ón F. <span itemprop="name">What factors affect the visibility of Argentinean publications in humanities and social sciences in Scopus? Some evidence beyond the geographic realm of research. <em>Scientometrics</em> e-pub 29 August2014</span></span></span><br />(doi: 10.1007/s11192-014-1414-4)<br /><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span itemprop="name"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Argentina´s patterns of publication in the humanities and social sciences were studied for the period 2003–2012, using the Scopus database and distinguishing the geographic realm of the research. The results indicate that “topics of national scope” have grown and gained international visibility. Citation is&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">apparently not determined only by the geographic realm of research, but also by language of publication, co-authorship, and the profiles of the journals where published.</span></span></span></span></span><br /><a href="http://www.academia.edu/8359424/What_factors_affect_the_visibility_of_Argentinean_publications_in_humanities_and_social_sciences_in_Scopus_Some_evidence_beyond_the_geographic_realm_of_research">http://www.academia.edu/8359424/What_factors_affect_the_visibility_of_Argentinean_publications_in_humanities_and_social_sciences_in_Scopus_Some_evidence_beyond_the_geographic_realm_of_research</a><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span itemprop="name"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span class="a" style="left: 644px; top: 4721px; word-spacing: -1px;"></span></span></span></span></span>Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-14377406304616224672014-10-29T10:31:00.001Z2014-10-29T10:31:25.668ZB - Rubriq: a peer review service Stemmle L, Collier K. RUBRIQ: tools, services, and software to improve peer review. <em>Learned Publishing </em>2013;26(4):265-268<br />(doi: 10.1087/20130406)<br /><br />The authors describe the Rubriq peer review service. It is an author-pays model that facilitates a fast, independent, and standardized double-blinded peer review from three expert academic reviewers, who are paid for their efforts. This service should improve journal selection, supplement editorial reviews, and make peer review more portable between journals. The reviews are returned to the author in 1-2 weeks. Manuscripts are classified and screened for plagiarism using iThenticate and, after review, they are matched to the most appropriate journals. The authors also tested the usefulness of the Rubriq review with editors, working with six publishers.<br /><a href="http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/alpsp/lp/2013/00000026/00000004/art00006?crawler=true">http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/alpsp/lp/2013/00000026/00000004/art00006?crawler=true</a>Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-33548500114486010622014-10-29T09:43:00.000Z2014-10-29T09:43:36.231ZB - Research credibilityIoannidis JPA. How to make more published research true. <em>PLoS Medicine</em> 2014;11(10):e1001747<br />(doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001747)<br /><br />Currently, many published research findings are false or exaggerated, and an estimated 85% of research resources are wasted. To improve the credibility and efficiency of scientific research, some practices may help increase the proportion of true research findings. They are: adoption of large-scale collaborative research; replication culture; registration; sharing; reproducibility practices; better statistical methods; standardization of definitions and analyses; more appropriate statistical thresholds; and improvement in study design standards, peer review, reporting and dissemination of research, and training of the scientific workforce.<br /><a href="http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001747">http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001747</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-4114741221357816992014-10-14T13:49:00.000+01:002014-10-14T13:49:08.779+01:00B - How to develop high-quality, ethical clinical manuscriptsHindle A, Tobin SC, Robens J, <em>et al.</em> Working with authors to develop high-quality, ethical clinical manuscripts: Guidance for the professional medical writer. <em>Medical Writing</em> 2014;23(3):228-235<br />(doi: 10.1179/2047480614Z.000000000229)<br /><br />This article&nbsp;provides medical writers with advice on how to help researchers prepare high-quality clinical manuscripts for publication in English-language journals, and consider some ethical issues. Authors will then be assisted in preparing a well-structured, ethically sound, and highly readable manuscript that clearly expresses the clinical evidence of their findings.<br /><br />Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-64202499195381145622014-10-14T11:19:00.003+01:002014-10-14T11:19:56.736+01:00B - Retraction notices and COPE guidelinesBalhara YP, Mishra A. Compliance of retraction notices for retracted articles on mental disorders with COPE guidelines on retraction. <em>Current Science</em> 2014;107(5):757-760<br /><br />This study is aimed at assessing the compliance of retraction notices for articles on mental disorders with COPE&nbsp;(Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines and the impact of open access on post-retraction citation of retracted articles. A bibliometric search was carried out using PubMed. Results show little impact of COPE guidelines on retractions.<br /><a href="http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/107/05/0757.pdf">http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/107/05/0757.pdf</a><br /><br />Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-8970946131191666212014-09-22T14:48:00.001+01:002014-09-22T14:48:31.724+01:00B - Wikipedia citations in journal articlesTohidinasab F, Jamali HR. Why and where Wikipedia is cited in journal articles? <em>Journal of Scientometric Research</em> 2013;2(3):231-238<br />(doi: 10.4103/2320-0057.135415)<br /><br />This&nbsp;research aimed to identify the motivations for citation to Wikipedia in scientific papers. Also, the number of citation to Wikipedia, location of citation, type of citing papers, subject of citing and cited articles were determined and compared in different subject fields. Results showed that there are 20 motivations for citing Wikipedia and the most frequent of them are providing general information and definition, facts and figures. Citations to Wikipedia often appear in the introduction or introductory sections of papers. Computer sciences, internet and chemistry are the most cited subjects. The use of Wikipedia in articles is increasing both in terms of quantity and diversity<br /><a href="http://www.jscires.org/article.asp?issn=2320-0057;year=2013;volume=2;issue=3;spage=231;epage=238;aulast=Tohidinasab">http://www.jscires.org/article.asp?issn=2320-0057;year=2013;volume=2;issue=3;spage=231;epage=238;aulast=Tohidinasab</a>Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-57288743248513565122014-09-22T14:34:00.000+01:002014-09-22T14:34:00.360+01:00B - Science publishing in RussiaTeixeira da Silva JA, Lukatkin AS. Challenges to research, science writing and publishing in Russia. <em>The Asian and Australasian Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology</em> 2013;7(1):66-71 <br /><br />Traditionally, Russian&nbsp;researchers write articles in Russian. They tend to publish articles in a leading Russian journal as it is much easier than to attempt to publish in an English-based journal. This paper provides some perspectives as to the rationale and challenges that Russian scientists face when publishing in high ranked international journals. They are influenced by cultural and structural limitations.<br /><a href="http://www.globalsciencebooks.info/JournalsSup/13AAJPSB_7_SI1.html">http://www.globalsciencebooks.info/JournalsSup/13AAJPSB_7_SI1.html</a>Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-29480766926418401332014-09-22T13:44:00.004+01:002014-09-22T13:44:41.048+01:00B - The Kardashian indexHall N. The Kardashian index:&nbsp;a measure of discrepant social media profile for scientists. <em>Genome Biology</em> 2014;15:424<br />(doi: 10.1186/s13059-014-0424-0)<br /><br />The author proposes the "Kardashian index" (from the name of one of the most followed people on twitter), a measure of discrepancy between a scientist’s social media profile and publication record based on the direct comparison of numbers of citations and twitter followers. He has&nbsp;compared the numbers of followers that research scientists have on twitter with the number of citations they have for their peer-reviewed work. <br /><a href="http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1186%2Fs13059-014-0424-0">http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1186%2Fs13059-014-0424-0</a> Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-57901625013887897842014-09-22T13:17:00.001+01:002014-09-22T13:17:16.589+01:00B - Publication bias in social sciencesFranco A, Malhotra N, Simonovits G. Publication bias in the social sciences: unlocking the file drawer. <em>Science</em> 2014;345(6203):1502-1505<br />(doi: 10.1126/science.1255484)<br /><br />The authors examined every study since 2002 that was funded by TESS (Time-sharing Experiments in the Social Sciences),&nbsp; a national grants programme adopting a rigorous peer review for proposals submitted. They&nbsp;found&nbsp;a strong relationship between the results of a study and whether it was published, a pattern indicative of publication bias. Selective reporting of scientific findings is often referred to as the "file drawer" problem. Although around half of the total studies in the&nbsp;sample were published, only 20% of those with null results appeared in print. In contrast, about 60% of studies with strong results and 50% of those with mixed results were published W<span id="goog_193626372"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_193626373"></span>hat is perhaps most striking is not that so few null results are published, but that so many of them are never even written up (65%).<br /><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25170047">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25170047</a>Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-6375098223143521412014-09-19T15:53:00.003+01:002014-09-19T15:53:49.472+01:00B - Social media use by medical studentsHarrison B, Gill J, Jalali A. Social media etiquette for the modern medical student: a narrative review. <em>International Journal of Medical Students</em> 2014;2(2):64-67<br /><br />Most medical students worldwide are using various social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) for file sharing, circulation of educational resources and staying connected with peers.&nbsp; This narrative review&nbsp;examines social media use by medical students, with a concentration on online professionalism and how education on the topic is, or should be, integrated into the world-wide medical school curricula.&nbsp;The research shows that there is a potentially dangerous dichotomy between the online social lives of modern medical students and professionalism requirements of medical career for which they are training.<br /><a href="http://www.ijms.info/ojs/index.php/IJMS/article/view/72/html_42#.VBxCUP9xkuQ">http://www.ijms.info/ojs/index.php/IJMS/article/view/72/html_42#.VBxCUP9xkuQ</a><br /><br />Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-45702306606140010012014-09-19T15:18:00.001+01:002014-09-19T15:18:41.435+01:00B - Peer review for RCTPatel J. Why training and specialization is needed for peer review: a case study of peer review for randomized controlled trials. <em>BMC Medicine</em> 2014;12:128<br />(doi: 10.1186/s12916-014-0128-z)<br /><br />Innovations in peer review have focused on the process of peer review rather than its quality.&nbsp; Some types of research, such as randomized controlled trials (RCTs), may lend themselves to a more specialized form of peer review where training and ongoing appraisal and revalidation is provided to individuals who peer review RCTs. Any randomized controlled trial peer reviewed by such a trained peer reviewer could then have a searchable ‘quality assurance’ symbol attached to the published articles and any published peer reviewer reports. <br /><a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/128">http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/128</a>Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-15051723507096330432014-09-19T15:08:00.000+01:002014-09-19T15:08:03.625+01:00B - Impact factor maniaCasadevall A, Fang FC. Causes for the persistence of impact factor mania.&nbsp;<em>mBio</em> 2014;5(2):e00064-14&nbsp; <br />(doi: <span class="slug-doi" title="10.1128/mBio.00064-14">10.1128/mBio.00064-14)</span><br /><span class="slug-doi" title="10.1128/mBio.00064-14"><br />Science and scientists are currently afflicted by an epidemic of mania manifested by associating the value of research with the journal where the work is published rather than the content of the work itself. The authors consider the reasons for the persistence of impact factor mania and its pernicious effects on science. They conclude that impact factor mania persists because it confers significant benefits to individual scientists and journals. Various measures to reduce the influence of the impact factor are considered.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><a href="http://mbio.asm.org/content/5/2/e00064-14.full">http://mbio.asm.org/content/5/2/e00064-14.full</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /><div id="p-4">&nbsp;</div></span><div id="p-4">&nbsp;</div>Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-42554791835451690282014-09-19T14:59:00.003+01:002014-09-19T14:59:38.041+01:00B - An example of unethical behaviourMasic I. A new example of unethical behavior in the academic journal "Medical Archives". <em>Medical Archives</em> 2014;68(4):228-230<br />(doi: 10.5455/medarh.2014.68.228.230)<br /><br />A recent case of unethical behaviour by authors who have submitted their article in the Medical Archives is described in this Editorial. The same article was submitted to another journal and then retracted and sent to "Retraction Watch". Considerations on plagiarism and other forms of unethical behaviour in a scientific publication are also expressed.<br /><a href="http://www.academia.edu/7849262/A_New_Example_of_Unethical_Behavior_in_the_Academic_Journal_Medical_Archives_">http://www.academia.edu/7849262/A_New_Example_of_Unethical_Behavior_in_the_Academic_Journal_Medical_Archives_</a><br /><br /><br />Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-21506120908909923592014-09-19T14:52:00.003+01:002014-09-19T14:52:28.218+01:00B - Plagiarism and ethicsJamali R, Ghazinoory S, Sadeghi M. Plagiarism and ethics of knowledge. <em>Journal of Information Ethics</em> 2014;23(1):101-110<br />(doi: 10.3172/JIE.23.1.101)<br /><br />This study aims to investigate whether there is any difference between plagiarism volumes in different fields of study in Iran. Specifically, if there is any significant difference between these statistics among five countries, namely Iran, USA, Turkey, Australia and China. The results show that there was no trace of plagiarism in 6 out of 27 fields under consideration for Iranian papers. Most cases of plagiarism were reported in three scientific fields, with medicine on top of the list. The paper suggest that more frequent instances of plagiarism in Iranian articles are due to the unawareness of the international standards of science writing and editing.<br /><a href="http://www.researchgate.net/publication/263768675_Plagiarism_and_Ethics_of_Knowledge_Evidence_from_International_Scientific_Papers">http://www.researchgate.net/publication/263768675_Plagiarism_and_Ethics_of_Knowledge_Evidence_from_International_Scientific_Papers</a>Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-76389191188110990782014-09-19T14:42:00.003+01:002014-09-19T14:42:47.068+01:00B - Scholarly publishing trends 2014Smart P. The big picture: scholarly publishing trends 2014. <em>Science Editing</em> 2014;1(2):52-57<br />(doi: 10.6087/kcse.2014.1.52)<br /><br />This article considers the changes that have happened recently to the scholarly journal environment, starting with the changes in research and development and the influence of the emerging economies. It then considers the financial models and the serials crisis that led to the movement for more open access to research and greater involvement of the academic community. It looks at the ethical issues that have beset the recent years, and the new technologies that promise more efficient and ethical publishing. There is particular concern about some of the new publishers who are not adhering to established quality control and ethical practices.<br /><a href="http://escienceediting.org/journal/view.php?doi=10.6087/kcse.2014.1.52">http://escienceediting.org/journal/view.php?doi=10.6087/kcse.2014.1.52</a><br />Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-92141325233504333652014-07-30T13:53:00.002+01:002014-07-30T13:53:44.918+01:00B - Science transparencyDenegri S, Faure H. It's plain and simple: transparency is good for science and in the public interest. <em>Trials</em> 2013;14:215 <br />(doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-215)<br /><br />In the past couple of years, there has been a growing focus on the need to make scientific output accessible to a greater number of people, especially in the field of clinical research. The public are being urged to become more well-informed and to ask their doctors about taking part in clinical trials.<br />All recent initiatives demonstrate that there are still a number of challenges in making current research both accessible and understandable by prospective participants. It is necessary to improve ‘signposting’, to direct the public to the information. Plain English summaries are seen as a good idea but very few people are willing to pay for improved content. <br /><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3735400/">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3735400/</a>Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-69074294705788078422014-07-30T13:42:00.002+01:002014-09-24T13:37:52.090+01:00B - Lay summaries of OA articlesNunn E, Pinfield S. Lay summaries of open access journal articles: engaging with the general public on medical research. <em>Learned Publishing</em> 2014;27(3):173-184<br />(doi: 10.1087/20140303)<br /><span lang="JA" style="font-family: Calibri-Identity-H; font-size: small;"><span lang="JA" style="font-family: Calibri-Identity-H; font-size: small;"></span></span><br /><div align="LEFT"><span lang="JA" style="font-family: Calibri-Identity-H; font-size: small;"><span lang="JA" style="font-family: Calibri-Identity-H; font-size: small;">This study investigates attitudes towards the addition of&nbsp; lay summaries to open-access journal articles in the context of engaging the public with medical research. In particular, the perspectives of two stakeholder groups were analysed:&nbsp; <span style="font-family: Times, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">e<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">mployees of organisations with a stake in communicating OA medical research to the public, and members of the public who have experience of accessing online medical research.</span></span></span></span></span></div><span lang="JA" style="font-family: Calibri-Identity-H; font-size: small;"><span lang="JA" style="font-family: Calibri-Identity-H; font-size: small;"></span></span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: Calibri-Identity-H; font-size: small;"><span lang="JA" style="font-family: Calibri-Identity-H; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><a href="http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/79609/1/Lay%20summaries%20LP%20final.pdf">http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/79609/1/Lay%20summaries%20LP%20final.pdf</a></span></span></span></span><br /><span lang="JA" style="font-family: Calibri-Identity-H; font-size: small;"></span>Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-22970505640625449712014-07-30T13:29:00.001+01:002014-07-30T13:29:07.792+01:00B - Periodicals price survey 2014Bosch S, Henderson K. Steps down the evolutionary road. Periodicals price survey 2014. <em>Library Journal</em> April 2014<br /><br />The article discusses the serials and scholarly publishing industry as of April 2014, focusing on the authors' identification of trends impacting use and pricing in the field according to data from&nbsp;the Periodicals Price Survey 2014. Topics include the library industry's recovery from the 2008 financial crisis, average price changes across serial categories, and a reduction in print orders. On the basis of the survey the&nbsp;average prices for science, technology, and medical (STM) serials&nbsp;remain the highest, compared with prices for serials in other subject areas. <br /><a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2014/04/publishing/steps-down-the-evolutionary-road-periodicals-price-survey-2014/#_">http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2014/04/publishing/steps-down-the-evolutionary-road-periodicals-price-survey-2014/#_</a>Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-2765726482503692472014-07-30T11:19:00.000+01:002014-07-30T11:19:04.283+01:00B - Recommended procedures for retracting articlesGilliver S. Recommended procedures for retracting articles: inadequate or patchily applied? Analysis of a recent article in <em>PLoS One</em> examining the fates of retracted articles. <em>Medical Writing</em> 2014;23(2):122-124<br />(doi: 10.1179/2047480614Z000000000202)<br /><br />In several cases, many articles, that are found to have broken ethics rules, have been linked to a single researcher. A 2014 study published in <i>PLoS One</i> sought to determine whether 88 articles by one of the worst known offenders were retracted as recommended and, if so, whether their retraction conformed to the Committee on Publication Ethics guidelines and other recommended practices.<br /><a href="http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/2047480614Z.000000000202">http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/2047480614Z.000000000202</a><br />Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-66878667283055969732014-07-30T11:06:00.001+01:002014-07-30T11:24:29.004+01:00B - The impact of retractionMadlock-Brown CR, Eichmann D. The (lack of) impact of retraction on citation networks. <em>Science and Engineering Ethics</em> e-pub March 2014<br />(doi: 10.1007/s11948-014-9532-1)<br /><br />This paper presents an analysis of recent retraction patterns, with a unique emphasis on the role author self-cites play, to assist the scientific community in creating counter-strategies. The findings indicate new reasons for retractions have emerged in recent years, and more editors are penning retractions. The rates of increase for retraction varies by category, and there is statistically significant difference of average impact factor between many categories. 18% of authors self-cite retracted work post retraction with only 10% of those authors also citing the retraction notice. Further, there is a positive correlation between self-cites and after retraction citations.<br /><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24668038">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24668038</a>Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-63191711955351794342014-07-30T10:54:00.003+01:002014-07-30T10:54:56.105+01:00B - Retractions of scientific publicationsKatavi<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ć V. Retractions of scientific publications: responsibility and accountability. <em>Biochemia Medica</em> 2014;24(2):217-222</span></span><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(doi:&nbsp;10.11613/BM.2014.024)&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><u><span style="color: #0066cc; font-size: x-small;"></span></u></span><br />This evidence-based opinion piece gives a short overview of the increase in retractions of publications in scientific journals and discusses various reasons for that increase. Also discussed are some of the recent prominent cases of scientific misconduct, the number of authors with multiple retractions, and problems with reproducibility of published research.<br /><a href="http://www.biochemia-medica.com/2014/24/217">http://www.biochemia-medica.com/2014/24/217</a>Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-7654806358977098542014-07-30T10:45:00.000+01:002014-09-24T14:19:24.105+01:00B - Quality of author guidelinesNambiar R, Tilak P, Cerejo C. Quality of author guidelines of journals in the biomedical and physical sciences. <em>Learned Publishing</em> 2014;27(3):201-209&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />(doi: 10.1087/20140306)<br /><br />This article aimed to assess quantitatively the completeness and clarity of author guidelines of 80 international English-language journals in the biomedical and physical sciences.&nbsp;No journal scored 100% for completeness and clarity. While author guidelines of many journals adequately address some essential aspects of manuscript preparation and submission, they often do not provide all the information needed as clearly as possible. 'Formatting instructions' was the most complete and clear category, and 'authorship' the least complete and clear category. <br /><a href="http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/alpsp/lp/2014/00000027/00000003/art00006?token=004c1424dc00437a63736a6f7c47744748662525452e566f644a467c79675d7c4e724770abfa">http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/alpsp/lp/2014/00000027/00000003/art00006?token=004c1424dc00437a63736a6f7c47744748662525452e566f644a467c79675d7c4e724770abfa</a>Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-24608307626649760812014-07-29T15:07:00.000+01:002014-07-29T15:07:13.735+01:00B - Publishing ethicsAbdollahi M, Gasparyan AY, Saeidnia S. The urge to publish more and its consequences. <em>DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences</em> 2014;22:53<br />(doi:&nbsp; 10.1186/2008-2231-22-53)<br /><br /> Uncovered cases of misconduct and violation of publication ethics are increasing at rapid pace due to the digitization and open access movement in the last two decades. Large amount of funding for research, publishing and archiving activities comes from pharmaceutical agencies, supporting individuals and their research and academic institutions. These are obliged to educate their authors and to inform about publishing ethics and consequences of biased and fraudulent publications. Reviewers and science editors, in turn, have to carefully evaluate correctness of research data and transparency of authorship, contributorship, and disclosures of ethical approvals, funding, and conflicts of interests. <br /><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4080727/">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4080727/</a><br />Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31745191.post-2908048006915366792014-07-29T11:41:00.000+01:002014-07-29T11:43:08.931+01:00B - Publication ethics in Iranian journalsKoushan M, Pejhan A, Shomoossi N, <em>et al.</em> Ethical considerations in publishing medical articles in Iranian journals. <em>Acta Facultatis Medicae Naissensis</em>&nbsp;2014;31(2):105-111<br />(doi: 10.2478/afmnai-2014-0012)<br /><br />This&nbsp;study intends to investigate ethical issues in sticking to publication ethics in major medical journals of&nbsp;Iranian universities published in 2011 and 2012. The results indicated that some ethical considerations are ignored in publishing medical articles: a great majority of articles did not state the approval of research committees and some did not disclose the conflict of interests and the financial support providers. The authors discussed some reasons why these deviations occurr and provided some practical suggestions.<br /><a href="http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/ethical-considerations-in-publishing-medical-articles-in-iranian-Llrbo8RWFL">http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/ethical-considerations-in-publishing-medical-articles-in-iranian-Llrbo8RWFL</a>Anna Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00802651460614671725noreply@blogger.com0
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