BMC Medicine becomes the first medical journal to accept Registered Reports - BioMed Central blog

lterrat's bookmarks 2017-08-24

Summary:

"s a pioneering open access publisher, BMC is always aiming to push the envelope when it comes to scientific progress and serving the needs of our research communities. In this spirit of innovation, transparency and scientific rigor, we are offering an exciting new article format, Registered Reports in BMC Medicine. One of the top ten broad medical journals*, BMC Medicine publishes research articles and reviews in all areas of research and practice in medicine and global health.

A Registered Report is an article format that includes only the rationale and proposed methodology behind the study (with some pilot data potentially included). The initial report is peer-reviewed and accepted in principle, based on the strength of the suggested methods and hypotheses. Other assessment criteria include the importance of the research question(s) and its potential implications for future research, policy or practice; and the novelty and need for the study vis-à-vis existing literature and the arguments presented by the authors.

A second round of peer review is conducted to assess compliance with the original report and the validity of the conclusions. A report that passes this stage is guaranteed publication as a complete article."

Link:

http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2017/08/24/bmc-medicine-becomes-the-first-medical-journal-to-accept-registered-reports/

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Date tagged:

08/24/2017, 20:01

Date published:

08/24/2017, 16:01