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In an essay published in the past few weeks in PLOS Medicine, the authors make four proposals for improving medical publications: Introducing publications officers for universities and research institutions Core … Continue Reading Four proposals to help improve the medical research literature
In case you missed it, last week was designated as Peer Review Week 2015. Some good summaries and highlights of what happened during the week from various publishers/organisations can be … Continue Reading Summary of Peer Review Week 2015 (#peerrevwk15)
An article published by Nature in the past week summarises a new initiative that uses colourful ‘digital badges’ to denote different contributions that authors made to a paper. This system … Continue Reading Digital badges aim to clear up politics of authorship
An article published in BMC Medicine in the past week examined the characteristics of predatory journals between 2010 and 2014. The study found that predatory journals have rapidly increased their … Continue Reading Rapid increase in ‘predatory’ open access journals/articles in the past 5 years
The BMJ this week published a re-analysis of infamous paroxetine trial – Study 329. The re-analysis found differing results, and came to different conclusions versus the original manuscript article. The … Continue Reading More negative headlines for Pharma highlighting the importance of transparency
A blog post published in the past few days discusses the pitfalls associated with post-publication peer review. The author states: “One function of pre-publication review is redistribution of attention: it … Continue Reading Post-publication review is still only for the scientific 1%
Sharing research results with the world is key to scientific progress. But with so many publications, how can you be sure you can trust a particular journal? A check list … Continue Reading Worried you might be about to submit to a predatory #OA journal? Help is at hand
A recent article in the journal Transplantation discusses the pros and cons associated with both prepublication and postpublication peer review. The author of the article concludes: “…prepublication peer review is … Continue Reading “Prepublication peer review is an imperfect process, but traditional journals have no alternative”
A recent article in Nature News discusses the true costs of scientific publishing. In particular, the article focuses on the differences in costs amongst different publishing models, from traditional publishing … Continue Reading Open access: The true cost of science publishing
Registration is now open for the 2016 European Meeting of ISMPP (International Society of Medical Publication Professionals). The meeting title is: Publication Planning in Practice: Overcoming Challenges in the Age … Continue Reading Registration is now open for the 2016 European Meeting of ISMPP (International Society of Medical Publication Professionals)
There is increasing focus on findings ways to reward peer reviewers for the active and important role they play in advancing research. With this in mind, a blog published in … Continue Reading Who owns peer review? [BioMed Central blog]
Peer review – the evaluation of scientific, academic, or professional work by others working in the same field – is at the heart of scholarly communications. Whether evaluating a journal … Continue Reading Free webinar: “Trust and Transparency in Peer Review”