Intellectual property considerations in the development and use of HRQL measures for clinical trial research

As a result of the expanded use of health-related quality of life (HRQL) measures in clinical trial research, a variety of legal and ethical issues have surfaced. These issues can be put in the form of the following questlons: (1) Under what circumstances should access to HRQL measures be restricted? (2) Under what circumstances is it appropriate for the developers of HRQL measures to assert their intellectual property rights to the instruments? (3) Under what circumstances is personal profit from the sale and use of HRQL measures legally and socially appropriate? Access to HRQL research is to be encouraged since this is necessary for this field to progress. However, the need for protection against misuse of ongoing work is real and may justify the assertion of intellectual property rights. HRQL measures developed entirely with public monles should remain in the public domain or be managed for the public good. Instruments developed with private funds or with a mix of public and private funds should be treated in a manner that refiects a fair balance between the rights of the private developer and those of the scientific community and the public. HRQL questionnaires are regularly being refined; such work is costly. Investigators continuing research directly related to instrument refinement might reasonably ask for compensation from those who wish to use their work.     

Publishing in open access era: focus on respiratory journals

We have entered an open access publishing era. The impact and significance of open access is still under debate after two decades of evolution. Open access journals benefit researchers and the general public by promoting visibility, sharing and communicating. Non-mainstream journals should turn the challenge of open access into opportunity of presenting best research articles to the global readership. Open access journals need to optimize their business models to promote the healthy and continuous development.     

数字水印技术及其在图书馆中的应用

阐述了数字水印的定义、特性、分类与算法,并从版权保护、使用控制、注释、操作跟踪、内容认证、主页防护及隐蔽通信7方面探讨了数字水印技术在图书馆中的应用。     

Pirated Manuscripts From Radiology’s Most Impactful Journals: An International Analysis of Copyright-Infringing Downloads

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The world’s largest scholarly literature pirate website, Sci-Hub, permits readers to bypass journal paywalls, thus facilitating no-cost copyright-infringing article downloads. We studied download characteristics of internationally pirated radiology journal articles.

医学期刊论文作者署名状况及问题思考

目的调查研究医学期刊论文作者署名问题。方法选择《中国煤炭工业医学杂志》、《首都医科大学学报》、《中国健康心理学杂志》、《中国综合临床》、《全科医学临床与教育》和《中国医院统计》6种刊物2010年发表的3 156篇学术论著的9 429名署名作者进行研究;并对≥4名作者的988篇学术论文中的2 468名署名作者中进行问卷调查。结果每篇论文署名作者1～16名不等,平均3名作者;省级以上基金项目1 030项,署名865项,占84%;≥4名作者的学术论文的2 468名署名作者符合作者资格者1 086名,占44%;532名署名第一作者符合作者资格者475名,占89%;43名通讯作者符合作者资格者38名,占88%;532张收回问卷有53张问卷的署名作者均不具备作者资格,占6%。结论作者的《著作权法》和学术道德伦理意识不强,不重视署名问题;作者、志谢对象、著作权、著作权人、署名权、署名资格等基本概念模糊;作者署名功能异化,署名具有很大的随意性。     

合理使用学位论文

总结了目前国内硕博士学位论文的收藏和使用情况,讨论了学位论文著作权的归属与合理使用的范畴问题。提出通过签署合理的使用协议,规范学位论文的流通范围、使用规则,以及通过赞助出版、网络出版等方式,实现学位论文资源的合理应用。