Search results for authorship
Scientific wiki solves the 'who wrote what' problem
Aug 27, 2008 |
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Reporting in Nature Genetics, and working in conjunction with Society in Science, the ETH Zurich-administered fund that is dedicated to exploring new avenues in the relationship between science and society, scientist Robert ...
New strategies to tackle medical ghostwriting are debated
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Better strategies to tackle ghostwriting in the medical literature are the subject of a debate by leading authors in next week's issue of the open-access journal PLoS Medicine. Ghostwriting is scientific misconduct, argues ...
Use of ghostwriters, guest authors appears frequent for studies involving rofecoxib
Apr 15, 2008 |
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An examination of medical articles about rofecoxib (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug) and court documents from litigation related to this product indicates that company employees or other unacknowledged authors were ...
Where are the female scientists in research articles?
Dec 04, 2009 |
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A recent research article published in the journal Scientometrics by a team from the University of Extremadura (UEX) has proved something that was already obvious to its scientific community - the extreme imbala ...
Probing Question: Did Shakespeare really write all those plays?
Dec 04, 2008 |
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“Done to death by slanderous tongues.” So wrote William Shakespeare in his play, Much Ado About Nothing. Or did he? Even people who have never actually read Shakespeare have heard the theories: Shakespeare’s ...
Lost in the middle: author order matters, new paper says
Nov 05, 2007 |
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Rare is the scientific paper today written by a single author. With research being conducted by teams of scientists, most studies now boast a half-dozen or so authors. According to a new study led by a scientist at the Oklahoma ...
New biosensors reveal workings of anti-psychotic drugs in the living brain
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 13, 2009 |
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Scientists have resolved a question about how a popular class of drugs used to treat schizophrenia works using biosensors that reveal previously hidden components of chemical communication in the brain.
Almost 30 percent of cancer studies report conflict of interest
May 11, 2009 |
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A new analysis finds that a considerable number of clinical cancer studies published in respected medical journals have financial connections to pharmaceutical companies. Published in the June 15, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer ...
Computerized Analysis Helps Researchers Define Shakespeare's Work Using 'Literary Fingerprint'
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 27, 2006 |
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A team of researchers that includes scholars from the University of Massachusetts Amherst is using computerized analysis of the writing of William Shakespeare to dispel lingering doubts about his authorship of many works ...
The art of faking it: gallery puts forgeries on show
Jul 22, 2009 |
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The National Gallery in London will exhibit a collection of fake and wrongly-attributed paintings next year, in a show exploring how modern science has lifted the lid on centuries of forgery.
Texts to reveal 'Whodunnit'
Aug 10, 2006 |
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Psychologists at the University of Leicester are to investigate texting language to provide new tools for criminal investigation.
A one-stop shop for minimal information standards
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Aug 08, 2008 |
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More than 20 grass-roots standardisation groups, led by scientists at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), have combined forces to form the "Minimum Information about ...
First functional stem-cell niche model created
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Dec 10, 2008 |
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Like it or not, your living room probably says a lot about you. Given a few uninterrupted moments to poke around, a stranger could probably get a pretty good idea of your likes and dislikes, and maybe even your future plans. ...
Editors' leadership role impacts on quality of biomedical research journals
Jul 02, 2008 |
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The factors allowing a journal to achieve high quality are not fully understood, but good editorial practices such as accurate and author-helpful peer review and in-house editing are thought to be important. Now, a new study ...
Review of online breast cancer information encourages healthy skepticism for consumers
Feb 11, 2008 |
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In an extended analysis of Web pages dedicated to disseminating breast cancer information, researchers at two University of Texas institutions in the Houston have determined that while most breast cancer data found online ...
