« Preprint usage is growing rapidly in the life sciences; however, questions remain on the relative quality of preprints when compared to published articles. An objective dimension of quality that is readily measurable is completeness of reporting, as transparency can improve the reader’s ability to independently interpret data and reproduce findings.…
« L’archive bioRxiv est le serveur pour déposer les preprints de biologie. Lorsqu’un preprint est déposé, il est destiné à être publié dans une revue scientifique avec un comité de lecture. Ce preprint peut être actualisé, et les auteurs peuvent corriger le preprint. S’il est ensuite accepté…
« Over the past few decades, there has been an increase in the number of open access (OA) journals in almost all disciplines. This increase in OA journals was accompanied an increase in funding to support such movements. Medical fields are among the highest funded fields, which further promoted its journals…
« More than 1 million studies are now downloaded from the site every month, mostly in neuroscience, bioinformatics and genomics.
Researchers posted more preprints to the bioRxiv server in 2018 alone than in the four previous years, according to an analysis of the 37,648 preprints posted on the site in its…
« Predatory journals (PJ) exploit the open-access model promising high acceptance rate and fast track publishing without proper peer review. At minimum, PJ are eroding the credibility of the scientific literature in the health sciences as they actually boost the propagation of errors. In this article, we identify issues with PJ…
« In the NLM Strategic Plan released earlier this year, we noted that “[c]reating efficient ways to link the literature with associated datasets enables knowledge generation and discovery.” To that end, PMC is now aggregating data citations, data availability statements and supplementary materials, as available, in an Associated Data box. This…
« Avec la signature de V Kiermer, groupe PLOS, ce sont 7 revues qui rejoignent les revues ayant décidé de mettre en ligne les avis des reviewers avec l’article. Le groupe PLOS, notamment PLOS ONE, publie 23 000 articles de recherches par an dans de nombreux domaines scientifiques, et le volume…
« This thesis investigated the factors that contribute to the cultural shift towards open science and data sharing in health and medical research, with a focus on the role health and medical journals play. The findings of this research demonstrate that journal data sharing policies are not effective and that journals…
« Comment traduire ‘Open Science by Design’ : La science ouverte par conception. Pas facile. La science ouverte change rapidement et profondément nos pratiques. Ce rapport publié par NAP (National Academies Press), accessible gratuitement, a été le fruit d’un travail financé par la Fondation John Arnold. Il…
« The importance of post-publication peer review (PPPR) as a type of knowledge exchange has been emphasized by several authorities in research publishing, yet biomedical journals do not always facilitate this type of publication.
Here we report our experience publishing a commentary intended to offer constructive feedback on a previously published…
