scholarly journals Covid-19 refereeing duration and impact in major medical journals

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Kayvan Kousha ◽  
Mike Thelwall
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Citation Impact ◽  
Medical Journals ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Scholarly Impact ◽  
Health Related Research ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Speed Advantage

Abstract Two partly conflicting academic pressures from the seriousness of the Covid-19 pandemic are the need for faster peer review of Covid-19 health-related research and greater scrutiny of its findings. This paper investigates whether decreases in peer review durations for Covid-19 articles were universal across 97 major medical journals, Nature, Science, and Cell. The results suggest that on average, Covid-19 articles submitted during 2020 were reviewed 1.7–2.1 times faster than non-Covid-19 articles submitted during 2017–2020. Nevertheless, whilst the review speed of Covid-19 research was particularly fast during the first five months (1.9–3.4 times faster) of the pandemic (January–May 2020), this speed advantage was no longer evident for articles submitted November–December 2020. Faster peer review also associates with higher citation impact for Covid-19 articles in the same journals, suggesting it did not usually compromise the scholarly impact of important Covid-19 research. Overall, then, it seems that core medical and general journals responded quickly but carefully to the pandemic, although the situation returned closer to normal within a year. Peer Review https://publons.com/publon/10.1162/qss_a_00176

scholarly journals Internalization of Phospholipid-Coated Gold Nanoparticles

Crystals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 544
Author(s):  
Lindsay J. Shearer ◽  
Nils O. Petersen
Keyword(s):  
Gold Nanoparticles ◽  
A549 Cells ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Endocytic Pathway ◽  
Cell Entry ◽  
Potential Drug ◽  
Cell Type ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Health Related Research ◽  
Health Related

Gold nanoparticles are used in health-related research; however, their effectiveness appears to depend on how well they are internalized and where they are destined to travel. Internalization in cells is efficient if the gold nanoparticles are biocompatible, where one possible pathway of cell entry and processing is clathrin-mediated endocytosis. In this work we studied the co-localization of phospholipid-coated gold nanoparticles (PCAuNPs) with markers of the endocytic pathway (Rab and LAMP-1 proteins) in C2C12 and A549 cells and found that the internalization was consistent with clathrin-mediated endocytosis and was cell type dependent. We further found that the time evolution of uptake and disposal of these PCAuNPs was similar for both cell types, but aggregation was more significant in A549 cells. Our results support the use of these PCAuNPs as models for potential drug delivery platforms.

scholarly journals Addressing disorder in scholarly communication: Strategies from NISO 2021

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Jodi Schneider ◽  
Michele Avissar-Whiting ◽  
Caitlin Bakker ◽  
Hannah Heckner ◽  
Sylvain Massip ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Information ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Science Standards ◽  
Validation And Verification ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Health Related Research ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Conference Session

Open science and preprints have invited a larger audience of readers, especially during the pandemic. Consequently, communicating the limitations and uncertainties of research to a broader public has become important over the entire information lifecycle. This paper brings together reports from the NISO Plus 2021 conference session “Misinformation and truth: from fake news to retractions to preprints”. We discuss the validation and verification of scientific information at the preprint stage in order to support sound and open science standards, at the publication stage in order to limit the spread of retracted research, and after publication, to fight fake news about health-related research by mining open access content.

scholarly journals Effect of promoting current local research activities on large monitors on the population’s interest in health-related research: a randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. e028714
Author(s):  
Ronny Gunnarsson ◽  
Paul Cullen ◽  
Clare Heal ◽  
Jennifer Banks
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Randomised Controlled Trial ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Waiting Room ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Current Health ◽  
Local Current ◽  
Health Related Research ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Randomised Controlled

ObjectiveThe objectives of this study were threefold: to estimate people’s interest in health-related research, to understand to what extent people appreciate being actively informed about current local health-related research and to investigate whether their interest can be influenced by advertising local current health-related research using large TV monitors.DesignRandomised controlled trial using a stepped wedge design.SettingThe emergency department waiting room at two public hospitals in northern Queensland, Australia.ParticipantsWaiting patients and their accompanying friends and relatives in the emergency department waiting room not requiring immediate medical attention.InterventionsA TV monitor advertising local current health-related research.Main outcome measuresOR for the effect of intervention on changing the interest in health-related research compared with a control group while adjusting for gender, age and socioeconomic standard.ResultsThe intervention significantly increased the short-term interest in health-related research with an OR of 1.3 (1.1–1.7, p=0.0063). We also noted that being female and being older was correlated to a higher interest in health-related researchConclusionsThis study found that proactive information significantly increased the general populations’ interest in health-related research. There are reasonable set up costs involved but the costs for maintaining the system were very low. Hence, it seems reasonable that research-active organisations should give much higher priority to this type of activity.Trial registration numberACTRN12617001085369

scholarly journals Patient participation in research funding: an overview of when, why and how amongst Dutch health funds

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Willemijn M. den Oudendammer ◽  
Jacquelien Noordhoek ◽  
Rebecca Y. Abma-Schouten ◽  
Lieke van Houtum ◽  
Jacqueline E. W. Broerse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Patient Participation ◽  
Research Funding ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Patient Organisation ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Dutch Health ◽  
Health Related Research ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Stage 1

Abstract Background Patient participation in decision-making on health-related research has gained ground. Nineteen Dutch health-related research-funding organisations (HFs) have taken up the challenge to include patients in their funding process. A ‘Patient participation (PP) advisory team’ was set-up, with HF-representatives and patient advocates, who together initiated this study. We provide an overview of when, why, and how PP activities take place in HFs’ funding processes, share main challenges and identify possible solutions. Methods A qualitative research design was used. Data was gathered by questionnaires (n = 14) and semi-structured interviews (n = 18) with HF employees responsible for patient participation, followed by a workshop (n = 27) with involved employees of HFs and key players in PP from national patient organisations and research organisations. A descriptive analysis was used for the questionnaire. A semi-directed content analysis was used for the interviews and the workshop. Results Three stages can be identified in the funding process in which HFs carry out PP activities: (1) strategic decision-making about focus of research (e.g. shared research agendas); (2) call for and receipt of research proposals (e.g. mandatory inclusion of letter of recommendation from patient organisation); (3) decision-making about the funding of research proposals (e.g. patients reside in a patient panel to co-review research proposals). Main challenges identified to carry out PP activities include: how to accommodate diversity of the patient body (mainly encountered in stage 1 and 3); to what extent should patients receive training to successfully participate (mainly encountered in stage 1 and 3); and who is responsible for patient-researcher dialogues (mainly encountered in stage 1 and 2). All nineteen HFs agree that patients should be included in at least one stage of the funding process for health-related research. CONCLUSION: Further broadening and optimising patient involvement is still needed. The proposed solutions to the identified challenges could serve as inspiration for national and international research funding foundations that aim to structurally include patients in their funding process.

scholarly journals Metallomics in environmental and health related research: Current status and perspectives

2012 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
LiGang Hu ◽  
Bin He ◽  
YuChuan Wang ◽  
GuiBin Jiang ◽  
HongZhe Sun
Keyword(s):  
Current Status ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Health Related Research ◽  
Health Related
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