• Archive for February, 2007

    Vancouver guidelines

    by  • Monday 5 February 2007 • Research • 0 Comments

    As a member of the university’s research committee, I have been reading the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication (more popularly know as the Vancouver guidelines) as a basis for creating new and general guidelines for the university. I particularly find the section about authorship credit...

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    PhD, ph.d. and other abbreviations

    by  • Monday 5 February 2007 • Research • 0 Comments

    PhD degrees are new in Norway. Until a couple of years ago, each faculty used to have their own degrees: dr.art., dr.ing. etc. Now, as Norwegian universities are awarding degrees entitled philosophie doctores, I have been used to reading and writing PhD as PhD. However, I just got to know that the official Norwegian...

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