https://blogs.biomedcentral.com Fri, 15 Oct 2021 11:53:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2016/06/15/challenges-open-peer-review/ https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2016/06/15/challenges-open-peer-review/#respond Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:53:45 +0000 https://7.31877 Last week I took part in a workshop ‘Open Peer Review: Models, benefits and limitations’ organised by OpenAIRE. As a member of the panel, I shared what I see as the challenges of open peer review.]]> https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2016/06/15/challenges-open-peer-review/feed/ 0 https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2016/04/15/retrospectively-registered-trials-editors-dilemma/ https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2016/04/15/retrospectively-registered-trials-editors-dilemma/#respond Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:29:27 +0000 https://7.31758 Prospective clinical trial registration aims to address publication and reporting bias. Unfortunately, not all clinical trials are registered before they start. Here we discuss the dilemma faced by editors when receiving submissions reporting a clinical trial that was not registered prospectively, and a new policy for increasing transparency when a trial was registered after participant recruitment has begun. ]]> https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2016/04/15/retrospectively-registered-trials-editors-dilemma/feed/ 0 https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2016/03/21/quiz-right-path-publication/ https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2016/03/21/quiz-right-path-publication/#respond Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:30:53 +0000 https://7.31717 Getting your work published in a journal can be a long and challenging process, but by following some simple rules you could be one step closer to success. To conclude our series where we advise you on ‘How to get published’, we're putting your knowledge to the test, are you preparing and writing your manuscript correctly? Find out here.]]> https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2016/03/21/quiz-right-path-publication/feed/ 0 https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2016/03/18/addressing-bias-peer-review/ https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2016/03/18/addressing-bias-peer-review/#respond Fri, 18 Mar 2016 09:51:52 +0000 https://7.31713 How can we address bias in peer review? How can we make the system more effective? How can early career researchers get involved? These are just some of the topics discussed at the recent Academic Career Development Event at the 2016 Alzheimer’s Research UK Conference.]]> https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2016/03/18/addressing-bias-peer-review/feed/ 0 https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2015/05/18/future-peer-review/ https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2015/05/18/future-peer-review/#respond Mon, 18 May 2015 09:58:48 +0000 https://7.31065 How can we support and acknowledge peer reviewers? How can we involve early career researchers in peer review? What is the future of peer review? These are just a few of the topics I recently discussed with some of BioMed Central’s Editors.]]> https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2015/05/18/future-peer-review/feed/ 0 https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2015/05/01/righting-peer-review-trust-incentives-key/ https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2015/05/01/righting-peer-review-trust-incentives-key/#respond Fri, 01 May 2015 11:11:19 +0000 https://7.31017 What can we do to increase trust in peer review? How can we encourage more researchers to take part in peer review? These were just some of the issues considered in a panel discussion on 'Righting Peer Review' at the ARCS conference earlier this week.]]> https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2015/05/01/righting-peer-review-trust-incentives-key/feed/ 0 https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2014/06/04/a-case-for-open-peer-review-for-clinical-trials/ https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2014/06/04/a-case-for-open-peer-review-for-clinical-trials/#respond Wed, 04 Jun 2014 17:36:01 +0000 https://7.26675 A few weeks ago I played the part of an expert witness in the Medical Journalist Association’s mock trial, Trials on Trial. The charge was: “Is the current system of publishing clinical trials fit for purpose?” The jury’s verdict was a resounding ‘no’. You can read more about the event in Jane Feinmann’s write up... Read more »]]> https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2014/06/04/a-case-for-open-peer-review-for-clinical-trials/feed/ 0 https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/on-medicine/2014/06/03/complete-reporting-more-than-just-trials/ https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/on-medicine/2014/06/03/complete-reporting-more-than-just-trials/#respond Tue, 03 Jun 2014 16:08:07 +0000 https://6.26606 Recently I attended the EQUATOR scientific meeting and annual lecture in Paris. The theme of the day was ‘improving reporting to decrease the waste of research’. The focus was not on the familiar, and very important, topic of reporting of randomised controlled trials (RCTs), but on issues that receive less attention – how to report... Read more »]]> https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/on-medicine/2014/06/03/complete-reporting-more-than-just-trials/feed/ 0 https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2014/03/26/publication-ethics-in-europe-cope-european-seminar-2014/ https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2014/03/26/publication-ethics-in-europe-cope-european-seminar-2014/#respond Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:51:59 +0000 https://7.24774 Read more »]]> https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2014/03/26/publication-ethics-in-europe-cope-european-seminar-2014/feed/ 0 https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2013/11/07/peer-review-under-scrutiny/ https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2013/11/07/peer-review-under-scrutiny/#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2013 14:09:39 +0000 https://7.19413 Peer review is a key process in the publication of scientific research, and often finds itself under scrutiny and the topic of debate. Discussions around the future of peer review and problems with current models have led to experiments with open peer review, post publication peer review and double-blind peer review. At BioMed Central we offer... Read more »]]> https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2013/11/07/peer-review-under-scrutiny/feed/ 0