Purpose – The purpose of this study is to present the landscape of the cash-per-publication reward policy in China and reveal its trend since the late 1990s. Design/methodology/approach – This study is based on the analysis of 168 university documents regarding the cash-per-publication reward policy at 100 Chinese universities. Findings – Chinese universities offer cash rewards from 30 to 165,0...

Differences in the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have been reported, but the extent to which they have widened after the publication of major clinical trials supporting their use is unclear. Using data on Medicare beneficiaries, the authors determined annual age-standardized population-based utilization rates of ICDs for white men, black men, white women, and black women...

objective: several studies have compared ferric sulfate and formocresol pulpotomy in primary molars. the results of these studies, however, could not be compared due to differences in evaluated outcomes (clinical, radiographic, or histologic) and follow up duration. the aim of the present study was a systematic review of similar studies and a metaanalysis of their results to provide the latest ...

INTRODUCTION Empirical evidence has indicated that only a subsample of studies conducted reach full-text publication and this phenomenon has become known as publication bias. A form of publication bias is the selectively delayed full publication of conference abstracts. The objective of this article was to examine the publication status of oral abstracts and poster-presentation abstracts, inclu...

Citation counts do not measure research impact under any reasonable definition of impact. Instead they are indicators of research impact or quality in the sense that in some disciplines, when appropriately processed, they tend to correlate positively and statistically significantly with human judgements of impact or quality. Although we have theory to suggest that, at least in the sciences, cit...

to present the basic principles and standards of ethics in medical research and publishing, as well as the need for continuing education in the principles and ethics in science and publication in biomedicine. an analysis of relevant materials and documents, sources from the published literature. investing in education of researches and potential researches, already in the level of medical schoo...

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background and purpose: one of the most reliable methods to evaluate the scientific status of nursing is the assessment of the trend and quality of related articles. this study aimed to determine the publication status and general quality of articles published by iranian nursing scholars engaged in different nursing and midwifery schools in well-known international journals during 2000-2011. me...