introduction: websites of academic journals have an important role in communicating and providing services to researchers. the present study aimed to determine the number of incoming links of iranian journal of medical sciences websites. besides, it aimed to determine the rate of visibility of core websites based on these findings. methods: this descriptive study was performed using webometrics...

BACKGROUND In addition to publishing in the dermatologic literature, some dermatologists also publish articles in the general medical journals, which enjoy wide circulation and whose articles are often cited. OBJECTIVE To identify articles and citations to these articles that the most frequently cited authors in the dermatologic literature published in highly cited general medical journals. ...

BACKGROUND For biomedical research findings to contribute toward health gains they must reach clinicians. Academic journals have historically been considered important information sources. Birken and Parkin found seven journals to most consistently contain the best pediatric evidence and, of these seven, four were general medical journals. METHODS We surveyed clinicians in three UK medical sp...

the present article is a brief presentation of various aspects of scientific misconduct in medical papers. the best approach for prevention of scientific misconduct in medical journals is the application of accepted codes of publication ethics.