When I taught a writing course I reminded my students that scientific writing was an iterative process involving many revisions. Hence, when a paper is rejected following a reasonable or better review, it should be seen as an opportunity for improvement. It seems my view is nicely reinforced by a recent paper in The Scientist […]
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Pay-per-Article pilot program
There continues to be much confusion about the merits of Open Access journals. For readers, there is no doubt they are welcome. Print journals in many libraries are costly and in some cases the costs are passed on to the reader. So I was interested to find an article in The Scientist about a new […]
Listen and learn from others to prevent injury
Cross Fertilising Injury Prevention (IP) and the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) Preventing injuries needs more than just researchers to develop and evaluate interventions. It also needs more than just professionals or practitioners to implement programs and safety measures. It needs both. The August 2012 46(10) issue of the British Journal of […]
Physical activity promotion without injury prevention is doomed to fail
Cross Fertilising Injury Prevention (IP) and the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) Arguably two of the most pressing health behaviours that need priority attention in today’s world are those needed to reduce the risk of injury (across different settings and contexts) and those required to ensure more people are more physically active. A long […]
Is it any wonder that concussion prevention is not working?
Cross Fertilising Injury Prevention (IP) and the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) If any topic has to take the top prize for the most talked about sports injury issue globally in 2012, surely that has to be won by concussion, or head injury. Both scientific and public commentary has debated a range of prevention […]
The road to academic success is paved with stylish academic writing | Impact of Social Sciences
The road to academic success is paved with stylish academic writing | Impact of Social Sciences. This is sort of a post script to my last blog where I invited you to try this author’s neat little tool for analysing writing. Readers may be interested in a piece she wrote for the LSE Journal which […]
Diagnose your writing
Most authors struggle to improve their writing. I certainly do. So I was pleased when a colleague sent me the link below. It is a ‘quick and dirty’ way to diagnose your writing. You may not agree but it is fun and easy, so worth a try. For the record, I submitted some of the […]
Justifying BokSmart for rugby injury prevention
The June 2012, Volume 46 (8) issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine is led by the South African Sports Medicine Association and so it is fitting that it has a major focus on injury prevention in rugby union. In describing the issue, Patricios’ editorial item specifically mentions describes BokSmart which is South […]
Would you SMS for surveillance?
Could SMS (or text messaging) be used effectively to collect data for injury surveillance purposes? This is a question asked by Moller and colleagues in a paper in the June 2012, Volume 46 (7) issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine. These authors wanted to monitor injuries sustained by handball players in Denmark […]
Injury surveillance, the Olympic way
As the 2012 London Olympic Games begin, so does one of the most intense injury surveillance activities. Polyclinics around the Olympic Village and competition sites are providing medical and allied health support to inured athletes, officials and members of the Olympic family. When they do so, they also contribute to the largest medical coverage […]