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Black History Month Black History Month: Mathematicians’ Powerful StoriesRead more
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Science Communication Transparency, Recognition, & Innovation: The ASAPbio Peer Review MeetingRead more
All those “Reviewer 2″s – can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em! So how can we improve both the quality of…
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Science Communication Principles, Open Access, & Everyday ChoicesRead more
It’s not enough to mean well, is it? Principles matter, but so do the effects of acting on our strongly held…
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Annual open access roundup Open Access 2017: A Year of Stand-Offs, Showdowns, & Funders’ Own JournalsRead more
This was the fifth year I tracked events in open access. Sifting through the mass of developments I collected along…
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Evidence Infographic vs Text: Evidence Throwdown!Read more
A paper recently dropped a trio of randomized trials of an infographic going head-to-head with text. The reaction to the performance…
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Bias 6 Tips for Deciphering Outcomes in Health StudiesRead more
It’s way too easy to get a false impression of a study’s results. The combination of jargon and specialized measurement techniques can get…
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Science Communication Rebranding Retractions and the Honest Error HypothesisRead more
We have a serious problem with errors and irredeemably flawed studies: there’s a lot of them, and they keep leading…
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History Peak Gender Gap: Women at the Top of Science AgenciesRead more
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Bias The Fractured Logic of Blinded Peer Review in JournalsRead more
I get linked into a lot of thought-provoking debates about blinded peer review because of a post I wrote a couple…
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Evidence Catch-22, Clinical Trial Edition: Protecting Women and ChildrenRead more
“I remember wheeling down this long, narrow corridor into my office, just a confused, scared mess, but I had to confront him.&rdquo…
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Science Communication Innovations in Peer Review and Scientific PublishingRead more
Over 500 science journal editors, publishers, and meta-researchers are gathered in Chicago for the 8th Peer Review Congress (#PRC8), a once-every-4-years researchfest about “enhancing…
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Science Communication Good Enough? Editors, Statistics & Grant Peer ReviewRead more
Over 500 science journal editors, publishers, and meta-researchers are gathered in Chicago for the 8th Peer Review Congress (#PRC8), a once-every-4-years researchfest…