New Directions for Higher Education is calling for proposals (1000 words) on integrating health and well-being into higher education as core to equity, resilience, and institutional sustainability using structural, public health, or justice frameworks. Deadline: 15 February 2026.
Pediatrics invites trainee essays on AI’s impact in child health, exploring its benefits, risks, ethics, and equity in clinical care and education for the Section on Pediatric Trainees (SOPT) monthly feature. There is no hard deadline.
In ten practical rules Bourne and Barbour urge scientists to nurture integrity, fairness, and community service alongside publications and metrics to build, protect, and sustain a lifelong scientific reputation.
[PLOS Comput Biol 2011;7(6):e1002108]
Genomic Medicine is calling for papers on integrating environmental factors into precision medicine through genomic and multi-omic research. Submission deadline: 19 May 2026.
This cross-sectional analysis by Hanauer et al. found rare but increasing emoji use, with doctors sprinkling 372 distinct emojis into EHR notes, mostly in patient messages across all ages. Does 😊 clarify or confuse care?
[JAMA Netw Open 2026;9(1):e2553770]
This edited collection of essays explores how health historians can approach the past ethically to research, teach, and write without perpetuating harm.
CUIMC Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Jennifer Ulrich has written an insightful review of the book.
This large-scale life science study uncovers gendered citation homophily — men overcite men and women overcite women — which, Zhou et al. argue, disadvantages women in male-dominated fields and distorts knowledge flow.
[Res Policy 2024;53(1):104895]
In this commentary by editors of Medical Teacher, Ken Masters and Jennifer Cleland urge transparent, accountable AI use in peer review, allowing assistive roles but protecting confidentiality and keeping humans responsible for editorial judgments.
[Med Teach 10 Jan 2026]
“Stealth corrections” — undocumented post-publication changes — are quietly rewriting published research, argue Aquarius et al., pointing to 131 altered articles that may only be the tip of the iceberg. What does this means for trust in science?
[Learn Publ 2025;38(2):e1660]
Emphasizing that referencing is a values-laden practice that not only provides credit but shapes knowledge itself, Bart Penders lays out ten practical rules to help authors cite in ways that are accurate, fair, and ethically responsible.
[PLOS Comput Biol 2018;14(4):e1006036]
