Opinion: Postdocs as Competent Peer Reviewers
Opinion: Postdocs as Competent Peer Reviewers
Constructively critiquing the scientific literature should be an essential part of the postdoctoral experience, and early career researchers have shown that they are up to the task.
Constructively critiquing the scientific literature should be an essential part of the postdoctoral experience, and early career researchers have shown that they are up to the task.
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Opinion: Exorcising Ghostwriting from Peer Review
James L. Sherley | Jan 13, 2020 | 4 min read
Training young scientists to review submitted manuscripts should be an academic exercise, not a facet of professional scientific publishing.
Contributors
The Scientist | Jan 13, 2020 | 4 min read
Meet some of the people featured in the January/February 2020 issue of The Scientist.
Trainees Often Ghostwrite PIs’ Peer Reviews: Survey
Jef Akst | Nov 4, 2019 | 4 min read
Half of early-career researchers say they’d participated in the peer review process with their mentors without getting credit.
Overhauling Industry-Sponsored Studies
Bob Grant | May 23, 2012 | 2 min read
Major pharmaceutical companies have agreed to a handful of recommendations aimed at increasing the transparency of clinical trials they fund.
Opinion: Ghost Writing is Fraudulent
Simon Stern and Trudo Lemmens | Nov 2, 2011 | 3 min read
A legal remedy is needed to curb unethical “guest authorship” in medical journals.