Plagiarism hurts
Jul
22
2010
First of all, for blindingly obvious reasons, I should acknowledge that the title of this blog post is not original. “Plagiarism hurts” was the title of an article in EMWA’s journal The Write Stuff by Elise Langdon-Neuner, its editor-in-chief (page 13 of this issue, 1.6 MB pdf). I’m sure that Elise won’t mind me re-using [...]
Internships available
Jul
16
2010
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New Lancet policy on systematic reviews
Jul
16
2010
The Lancet have recently introduced an interesting new policy. They now require anyone submitting the results of research (not just randomised trials, apparently, but all research) to The Lancet to include a systematic review with their research. This can be a reference to a recently published systematic review, but if no such review exists, then [...]
Publication ethics: not just an industry problem
Jul
01
2010
Much is written about ghostwriting in the medical literature. To be clear, ghostwriting is unethical, and pretty much everyone agrees about that. However, it seems to be a worrying trend that many of those who are most vocal in condemning it are guilty themselves of the practices they condemn.
My last blog post mentioned Senator Grassley’s [...]
Senator Grassley’s report on ghostwriting
Jun
28
2010
Those who follow developments on ghostwriting in the medical literature will be aware that US Senator Charles Grassley has been an outspoken critic of the practice. He has just released a report into his 2 years of inquiries into medical ghostwriting.
On the whole, much of what he writes is sensible, but there do seem to [...]
