Publishing study protocols: Maximising research transparency and spotting spurious statistics by Perry, D, Costa, M

Comparison of protocols and registry entries to published reports for randomised controlled trials. by Dwan, K, Altman, D, Cresswell, L, Blundell, M, Gamble, C, Williamson, P

“…Twelve studies compared protocols to published reports and four compared trial registry entries to published reports. …”

Homocysteine and vascular disease: Review of published results of the homocysteine-lowering trials by Clarke, R, Halsey, J, Bennett, D, Lewington, S

“…This review is based on a meta-analysis of published results of eight homocysteine-lowering trials for preventing vascular disease. …”

Adventures in semantic publishing: exemplar semantic enhancements of a research article by Shotton, D, Portwin, K, Klyne, G, Miles, A

“…We hope the showcase of examples and ideas it contains, described in this paper, will excite the imaginations of researchers and publishers, stimulating them to explore the possibilities of semantic publishing for their own research articles, and thereby break down present barriers to the discovery and re-use of information within traditional modes of scholarly communication.…”

The Cartolari family from Perugia: From paper sellers to publishing house by Panzanelli Fratoni, M

“…In particular I will focus on the role played by Francesco Cartolari and the strategies he adopted in leading a transformation which ended up with the reintroduction of printing activity in Perugia and the foundation of a publishing house. In 1471, when the earliest printing company was founded in Perugia, its associates decided to establish the workshop in a place owned by one of them, Matteo Baldeschi, as it was in a very central location: the main square, the ‘piazza maggiore’, close to the workshop of the ‘cartolarius’ Baldassarre di Francesco. …”

Neuraminidase inhibitors for preventing and treating influenza in children (published trials only) by Wang, K, Shun-Shin, M, Gill, P, Perera, R, Harnden, A

“…In addition, the inclusion of data from published trials only may have resulted in significant publication bias. …”

Harmonizing and publishing heterogeneous premodern manuscript metadata as Linked Open Data by Koho, M, Burrows, T, Hyvonen, E, Ikkala, E, Page, K, Ransom, L, Tuominen, J, Emery, D, Fraas, M, Heller, B, Lewis, D, Morrison, A, Porte, G, Thomson, E, Velios, A, Wijsman, H

Like a rolling stone: the dynamic world of animal ecology publishing by Wilson, K, Sheldon, B, Gaillard, J, Sanders, N, Hoggart, S, Newton, E

Watch out, it's behind you: publishers' tactics and the challenge they pose for librarians by Rumsey, S, Kingsley, D

“…While many of these initiatives reflect publishers' need to broaden their revenue streams due to changes in scholarly publishing there is a question about whether these initiatives pose a challenge to or complement academic library staff in their support role for the research community. …”

Fear of the academic fake? Journal editorials and the amplification of the 'predatory publishing' discourse by Inouye, K, Mills, D

“…This analysis of 229 editorials and opinion pieces published in science and medical journals explores the affective discourses used to characterise so-called predatory publishing. …”

Publishing the history play in the time of Shakespeare: stationers shaping a genre by Lidster, A

The wrong word for the job? the ethics of collecting data on ‘race’ in academic publishing by McMillan, J, Earp, B, Kong, WM, Suleman, M, Shahvisi, A

Homocysteine and vascular disease: review of published results of the homocysteine-lowering trials. by Clarke, R, Halsey, J, Bennett, D, Lewington, S

“…This review is based on a meta-analysis of published results of eight homocysteine-lowering trials for preventing vascular disease. …”

Neuraminidase inhibitors for preventing and treating influenza in children (published trials only). by Wang, K, Shun-Shin, M, Gill, P, Perera, R, Harnden, A

“…In addition, the inclusion of data from published trials only may have resulted in significant publication bias. …”

Publishing protocols of systematic reviews: comparing what was done to what was planned. by Silagy, C, Middleton, P, Hopewell, S

“…The texts of published protocols and completed reviews were compared. …”

Discussion sections in reports of controlled trials published in general medical journals. by Clarke, M, Alderson, P, Chalmers, I

“…A previous study showed that most reports of controlled trials published in 5 general medical journals in May 1997 were deficient in this respect. …”

What can we learn from publishing endoscopy trial protocols? by Koutsoumpas, A, East, J

Towards agreement on best practice for publishing raw clinical trial data. by Hrynaszkiewicz, I, Altman, D

“…Similarly, the journal Trials aims to address inadequate reporting in randomised controlled trials, and in order to fulfil this objective, the journal is working with the scientific and publishing communities to try to establish best practice for publishing raw data from clinical trials in peer-reviewed biomedical journals. …”

Quality of descriptions of treatments: a review of published randomised controlled trials by Schroter, S, Glasziou, P, Heneghan, C

“…DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. SETTING: Trials published in the BMJ, a general medical journal. PARTICIPANTS: Fifty-one trials published in the BMJ were independently evaluated by two raters using a checklist. …”

Randomized trials published in Chinese or Western journals: comparative empirical analysis. by Purgato, M, Cipriani, A, Barbui, C

“…In this systematic survey of randomized trials, we compared the characteristics of studies published in Chinese journals with those of studies published in Western journals. …”