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...
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Reproducibility 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...
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Intro
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...
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Back 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...
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TS 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...
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The 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...
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In 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...
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This 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...
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Diversity
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...
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The 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...
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Contemporary scientific research faces
major cultural and institutional hurdles. Some of the primary challenges
include an exploding knowledge base and organizational complexity of many
scientific ...
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Disclaimer: 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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