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Recent findings of authorship criteria violations in the manuscripts submitted to Biochemia Medica show that almost 40% of authors do not meet necessary criteria for authorship and thus indicate the need for better dissemination of editorial policy on authorship in our journal. We believe that such cases are mostly due to the authors’ unawareness or the lack of understanding of the authorship c...

For a manuscript to be published in prestigious dermatology journals, its content must be of sufficient scientific merit and properly presented in terms of structure, format, and style. Even when this is the case, targeting the wrong journal may cause substantial delay in publication. When choosing a journal, authors often give too much priority to English language journals, overestimate the ac...

—Null hypothesis testing of correlational predictions from weak substantive theories in soft psychology is subject to the influence of ten obfuscating factors whose effects are usually (1) sizeable, (2) opposed, (3) variable, and (4) unknown The net epistemic effect of these ten obfuscating influences is that the usual research literature review is well nigh uninterpretable Major changes in gra...

ANNALS EDITORIAL the six decades of Indian independence have witnessed too many plans, papers and proposals giving top priority to the health issues in India. Unfortunately, despite huge economic growth, health continues to be the greatest predicament. Even the WHO slogans 'Health for All', 'Millennium Development Goals and more recently 'universal health care have not translated into meaningfu...

Throughout 2010, the editorial policy of The Journal of Physiology has focused on maintaining high and consistent standards of peer review of submitted research articles and providing readers with a range of informative reviews and commentaries by recognised experts. The Journal has continued to attract papers across all areas of physiology and to increase online readership. Initiatives to exte...

Authorship problems are deep-rooted in the field of science communication. Some of these relate to lack of specific journal instructions. For decades, experts in journal editing and publishing have been exploring the authorship criteria and contributions deserving either co-authorship or acknowledgment. The issue of inconsistencies of listing and abbreviating author names has come to the fore l...

I open with the simple observation that large amounts of information about the material culture of the ancient Mediterranean world are becoming available online. While grounded in specific examples, this chapter is interested in the sources of that information and how diverse entities contribute to, link to, copy or otherwise reuse resources that are discoverable on the public Internet. The mai...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review will identify ethical issues arising from conflicts of interest in sponsored clinical trials, and the need for compliance with recent privacy legislation. It will guide investigators facing ethical dilemmas that compromise the integrity of their research because of conflicts of interest or a flawed consent process. Authors will learn about changes in journal editor...

rheumatology and areas closely linked to rheumatology. I will continue the editorial policy of Professor van de Putte. The editorial priority will be to publish high quality original research and to achieve a good balance between basic, translational and clinical research. The journal will continue to have editorials, special communications and articles and also reviews, but will not compete wi...