The Cochrane Students’ Journal Club

The Cochrane Students’ Journal Club

This is a brand new initiative to sensitize students to the concepts and practice of Evidence Based Medicine, and to critically read medical literature outside their key areas of study. Available at http://csjconline.informer.org.in/, it will follow a regular schedule. On the 1st of every month a Clinical scenario with a PICO style question will be posted. Students are encouraged to post their search strategies and the best review they find on the question. On the 7th, moderators will post the best review and the search strategies (this part will be a contribution from QMedKF). Next, students are invited to post their…
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Plagiarism Checker

Plagiarism Checker

Free Online Plagiarism checker. The word "Plagiarism" keeps surfacing every now and then, in several contexts. We know that in the simplest sense it means "copying". But when we sit down to write an article several doubts come up. "If I reference whatever I have copied, does that constitute plagiarism"? "If I copy from my previous article is that plagiarism"? And, if these doubts do not enter our heads, the Editorial Board members ensure that they do! The Free Online Plagiarism Checker (Searchengine reports) checks and points out online sources from where matter may have been copied. Here is a…
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Retraction of an article

Retraction of an article

Off and on we come across papers that have been "retracted" from a journal. What is retraction and why does it happen? A retraction of a published article means that the author/journal wishes to "take it back". In other words they indicate that the article should not have been published, and that its data and conclusions should not be used / quoted for any future research or publications. The common reasons for retraction of articles are scientific misconduct by way of falsifying data, plagiarism and several other actions. An interesting Blog on Retracted papers was brought to our notice by…
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