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Preproducibility15 June 2018Stark PB. Before reproducibility must come preproducibility. Nature 2018 May 24(doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-05256-0) Most papers fail to report many aspects of an experiment or an analysis that are crucial to understanding […]
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Conference newsletters uploaded14 June 2018The Poenaru Post is the daily newsletter accompanying the 14th EASE Conference, printed Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with a digital-only edition on Monday following the conference, to summarise the final […]
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Conference newsletters uploaded14 June 2018The Poenaru Post is the daily newsletter accompanying the 14th EASE Conference, printed Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with a digital-only edition on Monday following the conference, to summarise the final […]
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B – Journal identity theft8 June 2018Cochran A. Paper accepted… unless the letter was forged. The Scholarly Kitchen 2018 Apr 18 The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has become aware of seven fake acceptance letters […]
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B – Experimental philosophy8 June 2018Colombo M, Duev G, Nuijten MB, et al. Statistical reporting inconsistencies in experimental philosophy. PLOS One 2018 Apr 22(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194360) Experimental philosophy (x-phi) is a young field of research in […]
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B – Anonimity in scientific publishing8 June 2018Roediger HL. Anonimity in scientific publishing. Observer 2018;31(4) Is there room for anonymous manuscript submissions and reviews in the era of transparency in science? In this article, the Past President of […]
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B – Journal selection criteria8 June 2018Wijewickrema M, Petras V. Journal selection criteria in an open access environment: A comparison between the medicine and social sciences. Learned Publishing 2017;30(4)(doi: 10.1002/leap.1113) This study compares 16 factors that influence […]
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B – Do physicians read medical journals?5 June 2018Packer M. Does anyone read medical journals anymore? Medpage Today 2018 March 28 In the past physicians kept up with the medical literature. But today dutifully physicians just click on […]
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B – Analysis on peer review research5 June 2018Grimaldo F, Marušić A, Squazzoni F. Fragments of peer review: A quantitative analysis of the literature (1969-2015). PLOS ONE 2018 Feb 21(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193148) This paper examines research on peer review […]
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B – Open access to bibliographic references5 June 2018Shotton D. Funders should mandate open citations. Nature 2018 Jan 9 Analyses of citations can reveal how scientific knowledge develops over time and illuminate patterns of authorship. Such information is […]
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B – How to be a great journal editor5 June 2018How to be a great journal editor: advice from eight top academic editors. Times Higher Education Features 2017, Dec. 14 Editing an academic journal is a vital and rewarding task, […]
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B – Detection of duplicated images4 June 2018Acuna DE, Brookes PS, Kording KP. Bioscience-scale automated detection of figure element reuse. bioRxiv 2018 Feb. 22(doi: 10.1101/269415) The authors describe a copy-move detection algorithm that finds reused images in […]