In: Commentaries
Is N-Hacking ever OK?
February 1, 2020It has been proposed repeatedly that adding samples based on results of initial experiments is a form of p-hacking (see e.g. new…
Read MoreInstead of replicating studies with problems, let’s replicate the good studies
December 18, 2019A few months ago, the “Reproducibility and Replicability in Science” report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine was…
Read MoreAn ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
December 18, 2019We have read with great interest a recent commentary in Nature about scientific research organizations hiring integrity reviewers to vet their manuscripts before…
Read MoreARRIVE 2.0
November 22, 2019A long-awaited revision of the ARRIVE guidelines has finally been published (The ARRIVE guidelines 2019).What impact can we expect from ARRIVE…
Read More“Avoiding the Edge Effect – How to increase reproducibility of in vitro microplate experiments?”
August 12, 2019The randomization of study subjects is commonly discussed for in vivo studies and is in general an accepted practice. However, for…
Read More“Integrity and Trust, a University cannot do Without”
August 12, 2019“Trust us, we are a University”KU Leuven was ranked the most innovative university in Europe for the fourth year in a row! This…
Read MoreInvited Commentary: Qeios – from a powerful writing tool to an immidiate Open Access platform
August 12, 2019By Gabriele MarinelloCo-founder, Qeios We have just started with Qeios the path towards the necessary revolution in research production, quality check and sharing.We…
Read MoreMANILA – A web tool for designing reproducible and transparent preclinical intervention studies
May 22, 2019Teemu D. Laajala1,21: University of Turku, Turku (Finland), Department of Mathematics and Statistics2: University of Colorado, Denver (CO, US), Anschutz Medical…
Read MoreSearching for incentives to do better research
May 22, 2019n a recent commentary, Dorothy Bishop has referred to “the four horsemen of the reproducibility apocalypse: publication bias, low statistical power, P-value…
Read MoreIt takes two to do the dance
May 22, 2019We are often asked what is meant by “quality culture”. As one of our colleagues put it, “quality culture is the…
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