生物医学雑誌における技術編集の効果:体系的なレビュー
Elizabeth Wager1, Philippa Middleton
1Sideview, Buckinghamshire, England. liz@sideview.demon.co.uk
JAMA
|June 1, 2002
まとめ
生物医学雑誌の記事の技術的編集は,読みやすさと正確さをわずかに改善しているように見えますが,その広範な影響を確認するには,さらなる研究が必要です. 抽象的な調理指示の証拠は,目に見える効果を示さなかった.
科学分野:
- バイオメディカル・パブリッシング
- 科学的コミュニケーション 科学的コミュニケーション
背景:
- テクニカルエディタリングは,科学的出版物の正確性と明確性を高めると推定されます.
- 生物医学研究報告書に対する技術編集の実際の影響は,まだ十分に検討されていない.
研究 の 目的:
- バイオメディカルジャーナルの研究記事に対する技術編集の効果に関する証拠を評価する.
主な方法:
- コクレーン・メソッドを用いた体系的なレビューが行われました.
- 検索には,MEDLINE,EMBASE,および2000年2月までの雑誌の手動検索が含まれていました.
- オリジナル研究記事に影響を与える編集プロセスに関する比較研究が選択され,分析されました.
主要な成果:
- テクニカル編集では,記事の読みやすさがわずかに改善された (Gunning Fog,Fleschスコア).
- 証拠は,参照の精度,引用の精度,抽象的な品質の改善を示唆しています.
- 著者に抽象的な準備ガイドラインを提供しても,大きな効果は得られなかった.
結論:
- 資源投資にもかかわらず,技術的編集と住宅スタイルの影響は十分に理解されていません.
- 専門の技術編集者を擁するジャーナルの研究結果は,読みやすさと質の面で利点があることを示唆しているが,一般化性は不確実である.
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