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The past, present and future of Registered Reports
December 20, 2021Registered Reports are a form of empirical publication in which study proposals are peer reviewed and pre-accepted before research is undertaken….
Read MoreAdditional Reads in November 2021
November 3, 2021Science Forum: A community-led initiative for training in reproducible research Reproducibility: expect less of the scientific paper Share methods through visual…
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 MoreeLabFTW as an Open Science tool to improve the quality and translation of preclinical research
November 3, 2021Together with the group of Ulf Kahlert from the University of Düsseldorf, PAASP’s Björn Gerlach published an article in F1000Research on…
Read MoreAdditional reads in June 2021
June 16, 2021Nonreplicable publications are cited more than replicable ones Good research begins long before papers get written Why indirect contributions matter for…
Read MorePutting the Self in Self-Correction: Findings from the Loss-of-Confidence Project
June 16, 2021Science is often perceived to be a self-correcting enterprise. In principle, the assessment of scientific claims is supposed to proceed in…
Read MoreCreating clear and informative image-based figures for scientific publications
June 16, 2021Scientists routinely use images to display data and images are a critical part of a scientific report or publication.However, many resources…
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