The diverse world of citation indexing services
When assessing the impact of a published research article, it might seem logical to look at the Impact Factor of the journal that you find it in. But as… Read more »
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- The diverse world of citation indexing services - 21st July 2014
- From butterfly wing patterns to epigenetic clocks – a year in review from Biome - 7th May 2014
- Discovery notes – brief research findings, published fast - 21st March 2014
From butterfly wing patterns to epigenetic clocks – a year in review from Biome
To mark its first year, BioMed Central’s online magazine Biome has pulled together some of their highlights from the last 12 months. Biome is designed for the… Read more »
Discovery notes – brief research findings, published fast
Most researchers will tell you that, at some point, they have had a bad experience with peer review, which at its worst is a slow, oblique process which… Read more »
How should citizen science be published? A debate at Citizen Cyberscience Summit 2014
Citizen science - the public participation in gathering data for scientific studies - is certainly not new, but facilitated by the ease of sharing information… Read more »
Biome – BioMed Central’s new magazine
With the recent launch of our new online magazine Biome, we are bringing together a selection of highlights from BioMed Central journals and, in various ways,… Read more »
Can open peer review work? Biology Direct suggests it can…
Peer review is a process integral to the scientific research cycle, and, for the majority of biology journals, one that takes place behind closed doors. In… Read more »
The growth of open access journals – an Open Access Week twitter chat
To conclude Open Access Week 2012, BMC Medicine hosted a twitter chat with Stephen Curry, Mikael Laakso and Bo-Christer Björk to discuss the growth and future… Read more »
Open Access Week – highlights, and looking ahead
BMC Medicine kicked off their Open Access Week activities with the publication of a research article looking at the changing landscape of open access scientific… Read more »
Assessing research impact at the article level
The impact of academic research has long been measured using citations, often with the Journal Impact Factor being used to assess individual publications within… Read more »
Newly discovered viral genome has implications for theories of viral evolution
A ‘fishing expedition’ in an acidic, high temperature lake has led to the discovery of a previously unknown group of viruses, which might change the way we… Read more »