SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION IN BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTH: UNIVERSITY TEXTBOOK REVIEW

Abstract

The University of Mostar recently published the university textbook "Znanstvena komunikacija u biomedicini i zdravstvu" ("Scientific Communication in Biomedicine and Health") by Professor Josip Šimić and Professor Branko Krišto.
The authors have been noted for many years as excellent and renowned experts in the scientific and professional fields they deal with, and this textbook is the result of the need to professionally and scientifically process and present all the most important concepts of scientific communication with a focus on the field of biomedicine and health in one place and at the University of Mostar.
The reviewers of the textbook were: Professor Miro Leventić from the University of Mostar, Professor Sonja Špiranec and Professor Slobodan Mihaljević from the University of Zagreb.
In the author's preface and introductory part, the authors discuss science and bring into context the entire system of scientific information whose development cannot be separated from the development of scientific activity and modern science in the field of biomedicine and health. The textbook consists of a total of nine chapters – “Science”, “Scientific Communication”, “Scientific
Communication Systems”, “Scientific Productivity”, “Information Literacy as a Basis for the Implementation of Scientific Communication”, “Characteristics of Scientific Information in Biomedicine and Healthcare”, “Artificial Intelligence and Scientific Publishing in Medicine”, “The Role of Libraries in Strengthening Scientific Research Infrastructure".