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| In collaboration with CrossRef and our scientific advisory group - recently joined by Dr Ben Goldacre - we have developed a concept document proposing standard terms to describe articles relating to clinical trials, to help put our Threaded Publications initiative into practice, potentially across multiple journals and publishers. We invite the clinical research and publishing communities to share their views on the concept. |
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| Journal of Medical Case Reports published its 2000th report last week. The article, from Gahr et al., describes a novel treatment for schizophrenia in a patient with ultrarapid metabolization. The report is an example of the many important reports published by the journal in the last five years that have contributed to the expansion of medical knowledge. |
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European Journal of Medical Research converts to open access |
| European Journal of Medical Research has joined BioMed Central's portfolio of open access journals. The journal, launched in 1995 as a subscription publication, covers all aspects of medical research and will continue with its specific focus on clinical research. European Journal of Medical Research comes to BioMed Central with an Impact Factor of 1.09. |
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Journal of Physiological Anthropology is now accepting submissions |
| Journal of Physiological Anthropology, an official journal of the Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology, has now transferred to BioMed Central and is open for submissions on research on the physiological functions of modern mankind, with an emphasis on the bio-cultural effects on human adaptability to current environment. |
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Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control launches with BioMed Central |
| The spread of antimicrobial resistance and changes in health care systems are causing an increase in health-care associated infections. In addition, the rising popularity of international travel has made healthcare-associated infections a global challenge. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control (ARIC) will therefore become a key tool to those working to counter the rise in healthcare infections by ensuring the global dissemination of the latest research in the field. |
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New journal, Systematic Reviews, launches with commentary from the UK's Chief Medical Officer |
| Systematic Reviews, the first open access journal to provide a venue for systematic reviews in healthcare research, has launched. Systematic reviews are essential tools for evaluating bodies of evidence on the efficacy of healthcare interventions. Systematic Reviews will also accept submissions of systematic review protocols, updates and methodologies. Read more in the launch editorial and our launch blog. |
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Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice has published the abstracts from the Annual Conference on Hereditary Cancers 2010.
Szczecin, Poland. 10-11 December 2010. |
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BMC Proceedings has published the meeting abstracts from the First National Conference on Bringing Evidence into Public Health Policy (EPHP) 2010.
Bangalore, India. 10-11 December 2010. |
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BMC Genomics has published a series of selected articles from the Tenth Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference (APBC 2012). Melbourne, Australia. 17-19 January 2012. |
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BMC Microbiology has published a collection of articles "Arthropod symbioses: from fundamental studies to pest and disease management" edited by Gregory Hurst and Kostas Bourtzis. |
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International Journal for Equity in Health has published the abstracts from the International Society for Equity in Health: 6th International Conference 2011. Cartagena, Colombia. 26-28 September 2011. |
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The effects of folklore on conservation efforts
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012, 8:8
Human persecution and anti-conservation attitudes towards reptiles and amphibians in Portugal may be linked to folklore and negativistic values, indicating that these factors must be taken into account when dealing with conservation problems. |
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Incidence of adverse events after orthopaedic surgery
Patient Safety in Surgery 2012, 6:2
Analysis of adverse events after orthopaedic surgery from a Swedish database for patient claims show hospital-acquired infections and sepsis were the most common causes, and spinal surgery put patients at the highest risk of an injury or adverse event. |
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Arturo Casadevall and Liise-anne Pirofski explain in Q&A format the emergent properties of microbial pathogenesis that make the question 
