NINDS Rigor Resources
November 3, 2021The National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) has been gathering a list of currently available public resources that are, or can…
Read MoreOf peer review and data sharing
November 3, 2021We (preclinical) learn from the Big Brother (clinical). For example, they recognize the risks of bias in study design, conduct and…
Read More“Don’t cut the tree you are sitting on!”
November 3, 2021According to a recent press release from the European parliament, an EU-wide action plan is requested with ambitious and achievable objectives for phasing-out…
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 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?…
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