In: Guidelines

To Have Practical Relevance, Scientific Claims Need to be Accurate
September 10, 2018

For all different stakeholders within the scientific community (researchers, reviewers, editors, policymakers, funding agencies, journalists, and the general public) it is…

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Guidelines on statistics for researchers using laboratory animals: the essentials
September 10, 2018

There is a growing concern that flawed statistics and deficient reproducibility in biomedical studies results in an unethical waste of animals…

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A randomised controlled trial of an Intervention to Improve Compliance with the ARRIVE guidelines (IICARus)
September 10, 2018

The ARRIVE guidelines are widely endorsed but compliance is limited. The IICARus Collaboration group sought to determine whether journal-requested completion of…

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Unambiguous identification of antibodies, cell lines and organisms around the globe: A call for the Research Resource ID
August 21, 2018

Unambiguous identification of antibodies, cell lines and organisms around the globe: A call for the Research Resource ID The reproducibility crisis…

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FAIR and ALCOAplus – data management principles
August 13, 2018

Data recording practices play a central element in research and can vary largely from lab to lab and researcher to researcher….

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Newly developed ‘Harmonized animal research reporting principles’ (HARRP) published
July 9, 2018

The International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS) has recently published Harmonized Animal Research Reporting Principles (HARRP), the first step of…

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Improving animal research reporting standards
June 6, 2018

For decades, scientists and organizations have expressed concerns about the quality of animal research reporting. These concerns and efforts to establish…

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PREPARE (Planning Research and Experimental Procedures on Animals: Recommendations for Excellence) Guidelines
March 30, 2018

As part of ongoing efforts to reduce waste and increase the reproducibility of animal research and testing, a group of experts…

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PREPARE: guidelines for planning animal research and testing
February 26, 2018

The PREPARE (Planning Research and Experimental Procedures on Animals: Recommendations for Excellence) guidelines were published in 2017 to provide overarching guidance on…

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Study Design
August 17, 2017

These articles are presenting ideas on how to improve experiments. Howells, DW et al. 2014. “Bringing rigour to translational medicine.” Nature…

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