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science publishing, techniques

Scientists Continue to Use Outdated Methods
Catherine Offord | Jan 8, 2018 | 7 min read
The use of underperforming computational tools is a major offender in science’s reproducibility crisis—and there’s growing momentum to avoid it.
Mass Resignation from Scientific Reports’s Editorial Board
Catherine Offord | Nov 6, 2017 | 2 min read
Nineteen researchers have stepped down after the journal decided not to retract a paper that they say plagiarized the work of a Johns Hopkins biomedical scientist.
A Little Help from My Friends
Sabrina Richards | Jul 1, 2012 | 7 min read
How to get the most out of your collaboration with bioinformaticians
Opinion: Missing Methods
Irwin H. Gelman | May 3, 2012 | 4 min read
A lack of methodological detail in the published literature threatens the foundation of scientific discourse.
The Scientist’s Amanuensis
Peter Murray-Rust and Brian Brooks | Jul 1, 2011 | 5 min read
A virtual lab—where all sorts of parameters are monitored and recorded—promises researchers a higher degree of reproducibility.
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