By: Christoph Emmerich
Misidentified biomedical resources: Journal guidelines are not a quick fix
December 20, 2021Some journals have implemented guidelines regarding the use and reporting of cell lines, antibodies, and laboratory animals to improve the value…
Read MorePre-Clinical Common Data Elements for Traumatic Brain Injury Research: Progress and Use Cases
December 20, 2021Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an extremely complex condition due to heterogeneity in injury mechanism, underlying conditions, and secondary injury. Pre-clinical…
Read MoreMethodology over metrics: current scientific standards are a disservice to patients and society
November 3, 2021Although the issues related to poor quality of medical research are well known, the research community fails to properly address them….
Read MoreToward Standardized Guidelines for Investigating Neural Circuit Control of Behavior in Animal Research
November 3, 2021With the advent of tools for recording and manipulating activity with high spatiotemporal resolution in defined neural circuits in behaving animals,…
Read MoreInitial evidence of research quality of registered reports compared with the standard publishing model
November 3, 2021In registered reports (RRs), initial peer review and in-principle acceptance occur before knowing the research outcomes. This combats publication bias and…
Read MoreTechnological advances in preclinical meta-research
November 3, 2021Preclinical systematic reviews are vital; they serve many purposes by assessing the range and quality of the evidence. Through these reviews…
Read MorePEERS – An Open Science “Platform for the Exchange of Experimental Research Standards” in Biomedicine
November 3, 2021Do I need to consider the sex of the animals for my study? Is the background noise level likely to vary?…
Read MoreMaterials Design Analysis Reporting (MDAR) Reports via SciScore
November 3, 2021We have recently introduced the Materials, Design, Analysis, and Reporting (MDAR) framework aiming at helping authors, editors, and other interested parties to increase…
Read MoreNewsletter June 2021
June 16, 2021NEWS – New EQIPD paper published – Read more – The MDAR Framework –…
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