BMC Methods is seeking submissions that explore innovative approaches to paleogenomic methods in ancient DNA analysis, genomic sequencing, and phylogenetic techniques that help enhance our understanding of extinct and extant species. Deadline: 14 December 2025.
Does open access’ primary benefit lie in broadening access beyond the core research community, which often has institutional access to most journals, rather than enhancing research visibility within it? In this classic study Davis suggests it does.
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CUIMC’s Dagi et al. used the Jerome P. Webster papers in Archives & Special Collections to understand Webster’s educational approach and surgical practice. In this interview Jarrod Bogue and Katherine Satriano unpack the project.
[J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2025;108:147-150]
Publishing all study results — whether significant or not — yields more accurate and unbiased science than does selective reporting, argue van Assen et al., thereby improving meta-analyses and saving research time and resources.
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Annals of Family Medicine seeks manuscripts looking to advance research methods in family medicine and primary care. Possible topics include multi-level influences on healthcare, innovative research applications, and the challenges of COVID-19. There is no submission deadline.
In a scathing critique of reliance on impact factors to measure academic quality, Smeyers and Burbules argue that such dependence distorts research agendas, undervalues diversity, and promotes gaming the system over rewarding true scholarly merit.
[J Philos Educ 2011;45(1):1-17]
Despite their importance, medical journals have ethical flaws, poor standards, biased peer review, and conflicted industry ties and are in need of serious reform, Richard Smith argued in 2006. Has anything really changed in the last two decades?
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JAMA invites manuscripts that explore innovations in clinical trial design, implementation, funding, regulation, education, and application that may bring randomized trial evidence to more effectively address needs in clinical practice. There is no submission deadline.
Despite pressures from technological, social, and political interests, Williamson et al. envision a hopeful shift in publishing by 2035 — centered on critical research, open access, community engagement, and revitalized academic practices.
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Peer review is evolving under new pressures, shifting practices, and rapid innovations. This trends report by the technology company Silverchair — despite its corporate biases — takes a crack at predicting where scientific publishing is headed when it comes to peer review.
