New Job!
In addition to all my freelance work, I have started a new job, working as VP medical writing at Bioforum. See the introduction below,...
The “Big Flip” is Coming
In previous posts, I have discussed the topic of the open access (OA) model of scientific publishing, and have noted its many advantages...
Should You Post Your Biomedical Paper to A Preprint Repository?
Based on everything I have read over recent months, my answer to the title question would have to be a resounding Yes! With one major...
Article Retractions
Science is a self-correcting system. In the context of scientific publishing, this means to me that a certain amount of research is...
Scientific Journal Indexes
There are many scientific journal indexes; they share a lot of characteristics but differ from one another and are each suitable for a...
Predatory Journals
A few days ago, an article was published in Nature, reporting on a “sting operation”. What could covert espionage possibly have to do...
The Cochrane Reviews
I have previously mentioned Cochrane reviews as a prime example for the top-most scientific evidence levels for evidence-based medicine....
Levels of Scientific Evidence In Scientific Papers
The hierarchy of scientific evidence is a concept from the field of evidence-based medicine. Most physicians strive to offer care that is...
Open Access Journals
As I have mentioned before, Journals today operate in one of two major business models: the traditional pay-wall model and the...
Managing the writing of a multi-author paper
Current research is very rarely done by a single investigator and thus a scientific paper almost always has multiple authors. Writing an...
