Last Monday I started the week admiring the beautiful and impressive 900 year old Westminster Hall, with its medieval timber roof, at the Palace of Westminster in London, UK. I was there not as a tourist, but to attend the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Medical Research Summer Reception, entitled, A Healthy Future for UK Medical… Read more »
Being open is what GigaScience is all about – open access, open data, open peer review; giving credit to authors and peer reviewers. But now GigaScience peer reviewers can get further recognised for their efforts through our formal partnership with Publons –an exciting, innovative approach that gives peer reviewers due credit for the work that… Read more »
Ever thought about starting your own academic journal? Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar is the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice and is based at the School of Pharmacy, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Six years ago, he started his journal – then named Southern Med Review. Here he shares his tips for starting and running… Read more »
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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 »
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May was a busy month on the BioMed Central blogs. If you think you might have missed something, not to worry. Here’s a round up of some of our top content… A good night’s sleep Counting sheep not working? James Balm may have some tips for you in his post on the science of quality… Read more »