The impact of public involvement in health research: what are we measuring? Why are we measuring it? Should we stop measuring it?

Erythema nodosum :what should we consider about it?

Rotten Apples or Bad Harvest? What We Are Measuring When We Are Measuring Abuse

Internet security and technology policy research regularly uses technical indicators of abuse in order to identify culprits and to tailor mitigation strategies. As a major obstacle, readily available data are often misaligned with actual information needs. They are subject to measurement errors relating to observation, aggregation, attribution, and various sources of heterogeneity. More precise...

What Are We Measuring When We Evaluate Journals?

This article undertakes two studies to examine issues related to journal rankings. Study 1 examines the consistency between journal rankings reported in past studies. It finds that while there is consistency when comparing these studies, this consistency does not always occur outside the top-ranked journals. Study 2 explores whether individuals believe that the weighting of four underlying eval...

Racial profiling in medical research: what are we measuring?

Health Outcome after Major Trauma: What Are We Measuring?

IMPORTANCE Trauma is a global disease and is among the leading causes of disability in the world. The importance of outcome beyond trauma survival has been recognised over the last decade. Despite this there is no internationally agreed approach for assessment of health outcome and rehabilitation of trauma patients. OBJECTIVE To systematically examine to what extent outcomes measures evaluate...