JOURNALS FOR POLAND

What are journals for?

W Wh ha at t a ar re e j jo ou ur rn na al ls s f fo or r? ? Here is a truism. The function of a scientific journal is to disseminate the results of research. It also of course has a responsibility to ensure as far as possible that the results reported are valid. But it would seem from the comments of many biologists-sometimes in print [1-3]-that the policing function of journals (especially bu...

Free Labor for Costly Journals?

Statistical reviewing for medical journals.

This paper reviews the difficulties associated with being a statistical reviewer for a medical journal. As background, I consider first the use of statistical reviewers by medical journals, medical journals' policies on statistical peer review, and the limited evidence of its effectiveness. The assessment of a manuscript is considered under the headings of design, methods of analysis, presentat...

Challenges for Colombian medical journals

1 Kontis V, Mathers CD, Rehm J, et al. Contribution of six risk factors to achieving the 25×25 non-communicable disease mortality reduction target: a modelling study. Lancet 2014; 384: 427–37. 2 WHO. Draft comprehensive global monitoring framework and targets for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases. Geneva; World Health Organization, 2013. http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_ fi...

Genetic protocol of Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus (L.) fry for restocking the Vistula river, Poland

In Poland the conservation program of Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus is conducted during over 10 years by Inland Fisheries Institute in Olsztyn, Poland. Material of A. oxyrinchus is annually transported from Canada to Poland and the broodstock of this species is created. Part of imported fish material is breed and released into local rivers e.g. Drweca River, Vistula River. All the impo...