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Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Journal of the Medical Library Association: Ethics

The Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) announces a special issue on ethics to be guest edited by Deborah Halsted, Senior Associate Director, Operations of Texas Medical Center Library.  The articles in this issue will consist of full length papers, systematic reviews, case studies or research reports and/or brief communications. For guidelines and descriptions of the types of  articles including full-length papers, brief communications and case studies, please see the Information for Authors. http://www.mlanet.org/publications/jmla/jmlainfo.html

Be advised, that these will be research papers, not opinion pieces.

Some suggested topics include (but this is not an exhaustive list):

Research

Personnel (HR)

Collection Development

Scholarly Communication

Publishing

Licensing

Copyright

Retractions

Consumer Health

If you are interested, please contact Deborah Halsted by June 30 with your proposed topic. If selected for consideration, authors will be required to submit a 200 word abstract to  by August 30, 2013.  Completed manuscripts should be submitted by February 1, 2014 and will go through the regular peer review process.  The publication date for this issue is October 2014.

Call for Papers for the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine on Research to Reality: The Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Behavioral Medicine

Public health programs are only effective if they are widely disseminated and implemented. The different values and perspectives of practitioners, program implementers, policy makers and researchers may be a significant barrier to this. Practitioners often find generic evidence-based interventions difficult to implement in community settings, especially when there is limited information about how to adapt programs to the local context. Furthermore, public health decision makers and program implementers are often reluctant to consider new interventions when effectiveness has not been demonstrated in their particular setting or country. In contrast, researchers place greater emphasis on internal validity than on generalizability and external validity.

“Dissemination” refers to the flow of evidence-based but customised information or intervention to well-defined target audiences.  “Implementation” refers to the adoption and integration of evidence-based health interventions into specific settings. “Translation” refers to applying or adapting research findings or evidence to different community or population settings.

Effective dissemination, implementation and translation of public health and behavioral medicine interventions require the triangulation of evidence from formal trials with case studies, expert opinion, network analysis, and systems thinking, as well as assessment of the local context.

As a follow-up to a highly successful satellite forum on dissemination and implementation at the 11th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Budapest, August 2012, the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine is issuing an international call for papers to address issues pertaining to dissemination, implementation and translation in behavioral medicine. Manuscript submissions are due July 1, 2013.

Research Questions: We are particularly interested in papers that address, but are not limited to, these topics:

What theoretical models and approaches are relevant to understanding and improving dissemination, implementation and translation in Behavioral Medicine? What evidence demonstrates the effectiveness of these models and approaches?

What methods and strategies are being used in dissemination and implementation studies in behavioral medicine?

How can we maximize the impact of behavioral medicine evidence on public health policy and practice?

We will consider papers that report original research, conceptual or theoretical papers, meta-analyses, systematic reviews, and papers that highlight innovative methodologies. Papers from studies conducted in both developed and developing countries are welcome.

Instructions: Please submit your manuscript by July 1, 2013 following the standard requirements for IJBM articles and are subject to standard editorial and peer review processes. See http://www.springer.com/medicine/journal/12529#.

Please address any questions regarding this special issue to the Guest Editors: Dr. Carina Chan (carina.chan@monash.edu), Dr. Brian Oldenburg (brian.oldenburg@monash.edu) and Dr. Vish Viswanath (vish_viswanath@dfci.harvard.edu).

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Journal of Philosophy, Science, and Law: Responsible Conduct of Research

Within the context of a shifting research environment, the Journal of Philosophy, Science, and Law is inviting authors to submit new manuscripts that address the responsible conduct of research (RCR). Scientific research is conducted in a significantly different environment than it was 20 – or even 10 – years ago. Among the most notable changes are: new technologies that both yield highly novel results and decrease the transparency of the methods used; the increased pressure on academic researchers to secure intellectual property rights to their research; and interdisciplinary research efforts that are conducted collaboratively across the globe. These changes raise new challenges and questions about modern research practices. 

Topics suitable for this Call for Papers include but are not limited to:

• How technology contributes to the occurrence, or detection, of research misconduct.

• Whether the incidence of falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism or other problematic research practices is increasing.

• Whether contemporary peer review processes are adequate for assessing journal submissions or whether alternative methods should be used (e.g., open peer review).

• How RCR policies from federal agencies, including those ones from NSF and NIH, are affecting research practices.

• How federal regulations, including those from the U.S. Public Health Service relating to fCOI, are affecting research communities.

• Whether recent community RCR guidelines, such as the Singapore Statement, adequately address the challenges emerging from a highly interdisciplinary and international research environment.

Manuscripts submitted for inclusion in this special issue must be original work and should not be under consideration with any other journal. The word count for submitted manuscripts, including references and notes, should not exceed 5000 words.  Manuscripts should be accompanied by an abstract of no more than 200 words.  Authors should adhere as closely as possible to the Journal’s publication guidelines:  http://www.miami.edu/ethics/jpsl/submission.html. Authors should submit their manuscripts and abstracts via email attachments no later than August 1, 2013 to Dr. Levi Wood: LBWOOD(at)PARTNERS(dot)ORG. The email subject line should read JPSL-RCR. Accepted manuscripts will be published online in December 2013/January 2014.