An ancient martial arts dogma states that one should not envy those who practice 10.000 punches once, but respect those that practice one punch 10.000 times. It is in a way not different in science...
Read ItReproducibility is the cornerstone of scientific research. A lack of reproduced data causes knowledge gaps, skepticism towards scientific research and an inability to subject hypotheses to changing...
Read ItIntro Peer review, the process by which subject experts evaluate a piece of work, is an integral part of scholarly publishing. In most cases peer review is coordinated by an editor at a scholarl...
Read ItBack in February, much significance was attributed to the fact that some biologists, including Nobel laureate Carol Greider, were posting their research articles directly on the web. Amy Harmon wro...
Read ItTS Eliot predicted the current corruption of science by pervasive dishonesty of motive and communication when he described characteristic modern Men: They constantly try to escape/ From the darkne...
Read ItThe following is a short, possibly humorous essay providing two concrete ideas to increase reproducibility in science research. The two ideas are united under the notion of a “culture of reproduc...
Read ItIn several recent articles, I proposed the creation of new graduate programs aimed at training scientific generalists. Here, I collect and respond to a number of comments and criticisms raised in...
Read ItThis paper describes a case study of how the University of Edinburgh gathered information about open access Article Processing Charges (APCs) that were paid by its affiliated academic authors, with...
Read ItDiversity supports the well-being of any healthy and productive ecosystem. The scholarly research enterprise is no different in this regard. Diversity needs to be designed into the research ecos...
Read ItThe following document is the approximate transcript for a directed discussion on the topic of work and family balance. The audience contained mostly professionals in chemistry (academia and indu...
Read ItContemporary scientific research faces major cultural and institutional hurdles. Some of the primary challenges include an exploding knowledge base and organizational complexity of many scientific ...
Read ItDisclaimer: Maybe you do not agree with some of the points. But before you rush to the comment section or Twitter: Think about it. Just one day or night. Purpose of this text is to give some impres...
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