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Nature is making a step towards greater reproducibility for life-sciences research
June 7, 2017This month Nature started to publish, alongside every life-sciences manuscript, a new reporting-summary document, to which authors are now expected to add…
Read MoreAdditional Reads in May 2017
May 19, 2017Zu Risiken und Nebenwirkungen fragen Sie Ihren Bibliothekar (in German) Defending Biomedical Science in an Era of Threatened Funding Open review and…
Read MoreMethodological Rigor in Preclinical Cardiovascular Studies: Targets to Enhance Reproducibility and Promote Research Translation
May 19, 2017Methodological sources of bias and suboptimal reporting contribute to irreproducibility in preclinical science and may negatively impact research translation. Randomization, blinding,…
Read MoreQuestionable science and reproducibility in electrical brain stimulation research
May 19, 2017Electrical brain stimulation (EBS) is a popular new technique used to change brain function and treat neurological, psychiatric and psychological disorders….
Read MoreThe credibility crisis in research: Can economics tools help?
May 19, 2017The issue of low data robustness and nonreplicable results in biomedical research is accompanied by an increasing interest in reforming research…
Read MoreProgress toward openness, transparency, and reproducibility in cognitive neuroscience
May 19, 2017Accumulating evidence suggests that many findings in psychological science and cognitive neuroscience may prove difficult to reproduce; statistical power in brain…
Read MoreAligning physiology with psychology: Translational neuroscience in neuropsychiatric drug discovery
May 19, 2017This review by Robert A. McArthur published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews presents an overview of some of the pre-clinical and…
Read MoreIncreasing value and reducing waste in stroke research
May 15, 2017Stroke is a major burden to patients and society, and resources spent on stroke research must be used efficiently and show…
Read MoreReproducible and reusable research: are journal data sharing policies meeting the mark?
April 25, 2017This study by N. Vasilevsky et al. set out to analyze the pervasiveness and quality of data sharing policies in the…
Read MoreAdditional Reads in April 2017
April 19, 2017How original are your scientific hypotheses really? (a german version can be found here) More than 3Rs: the importance of scientific validity for…
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