Word processor support in citation managers: Is there a better way?
Citations of the relevant literature are an essential feature of scientific papers. Reference Manager software helps adding these citations and...
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Reference Manager Overview
18 April 2009: I've updated the chart and added 2collab, the “Read” category, sharing of PDF files, and...
What science is worth shouting about?
A few weeks ago I wrote about the different ways results of a clinical trial can be reported (What are the right numbers for JUPITER). Inspired by blog posts by Eva Amsen (Failure) and Sally Church...
Just DOI it!
With the December 18 issue Nature started to support XMP markup in article PDFs (reported last week on the Nascent blog by Tony Hammond)1. XMP stands for Extensible Metadata Platform and is a technology to...
Open access is not enough – the source is also important
Direct to consumer advertising (DTCA) – advertising for prescription drugs – is only allowed in the United States (since 1997, when restrictions were loosened) and New Zealand. Drug companies pay for direct to consumer advertising (more than $4...
What are the right numbers for JUPITER?
Results of clinical trials can sometimes not only change our understanding of the condition studied, but may also affect the way we practice medicine. The Justification for the Use of Statins in Primary Prevention: an Intervention...