Publication in scientific Journals: For whose benefit ?

Publication of scientific journals on the Internet

[Publication of clinical trials in scientific journals: editorial issues].

Since the last update of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)1 recommendations, which we at REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE CARDIOLOGÍA adopted,2-5 one of the most important contributions to this field has been the suggestion that that all clinical trials (CT) should be “registered” prior to definitive publication in biomedical journals.6-11 The ICMJE believes that from their very...

Build infrastructure in publishing scientific journals to benefit medical scientists.

There is urgent need for medical journals to optimize their publishing processes and strategies to satisfy the huge need for medical scientists to publish their articles, and then obtain better prestige and impact in scientific and research community. These strategies include optimizing the process of peer-review, utilizing open-access publishing models actively, finding ways of saving costs an...

Publication: in whose interests?

s and posters at conferences, results presented at meetings (for example, to inform investigators or participants about findings), results databases (data without interpretation, discussion, context or conclusions in the form of tables and text to describe data/information where this is not easily presented in tabular form) are not considered by Blackwell Publishing to be prior publication. Jou...

Examining University Students' Scholarly Publication in English Journals: A Case for Postgraduate Students' Written Literacy Practices

This  research  aimed  to  screen  'essay  writing'  difficulties  that  non-native  university students  at  postgraduate  levels  usually  experience  regarding  scholarly  publication  in mainstream, English journals. Two sets of variables including written literacy competencies in Persian and English languages were mapped over language uses (General vs. Academic). Initial screenings  from  ...