A study piqued my curiosity in a news feed recently. Yoga could reduce depression symptoms, researchers said – but only if…

A couple of heavy-duty battering rams have hit the journal subscription system in Europe. And they are so big, this…

Many studies are so thin on details, they’re unverifiable, unusable, or both. Many are too small, badly designed, or otherwise…

A very influential nutrition trial just tanked. It was retracted from the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on 13 June…

It should never be a rushed afterthought. An awful lot is riding on the quality of scientific abstracts. Most readers…

What should scientific editors be able to do well? We would all be able to agree easily on some basics…

It’s easy to be a little blinded by the specialized statistical techniques in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. As with any type…

As soon as people started getting serious about systematic reviews and meta-analyses in the 1970s, the bashing started. It’s not…

Technically, the “most journals don’t charge authors” statement could well be true. Most open access journals may not charge authors…

There’s a sort of Godwin’s Law for discussions on open peer review. Sooner or later, someone’s going to say, “We can’t expect early…

It was a turning point. The previous year, the US Civil Rights Act had passed. On 26 January 1969 in…

All those “Reviewer 2″s – can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em! So how can we improve both the…