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Know when your numbers are significant
Experimental biologists, their reviewers and their publishers must grasp basic statistics, urges David L. Vaux, or sloppy science will continue to grow.
- David L. Vaux
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Rejection improves eventual impact of manuscripts
A study of papers’ histories from submission to publication unearths unexpected patterns.
- Philip Ball
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It is time for full disclosure of author contributions
Online databases could increase fairness and transparency by fully documenting the role of each contributor to a paper, says Sebastian Frische.
- Sebastian Frische
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Science publishing: The trouble with retractions
A surge in withdrawn papers is highlighting weaknesses in the system for handling them.
- Richard Van Noorden
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'Flawed' infant death papers not retracted
Authors, institutions and editors did not act on findings of inquiry into organ harvesting.
- Jo Marchant
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Techniques: Records in the field
Good notebook skills are vital for documenting observations of the natural world, finds Sandra Knapp.
- Sandra Knapp
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Faculty members in conflict with president of Japanese university
Allegations over research results highlight the difficulties of investigating high-ranking administrators.
- David Cyranoski
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Best is yet to come
Ten years after the human genome was sequenced, its promise is still to be fulfilled.
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Psychology: A social animal revealed
The inner strengths of psychologist Elliot Aronson are on display in his honest autobiography, finds W. F. Bynum.
- W. F. Bynum
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Biography: From grasshopper to grand old man
Jonathan Hodgkin enjoys a life story of Sydney Brenner, one of the fathers of molecular biology.
- Jonathan Hodgkin
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German paper chase to end
Funding agency cuts number of publications needed for grant applications.
- Quirin Schiermeier
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On the shoulders of giants
A volume of essays celebrating 350 years of Britain's Royal Society highlights the continuing gulf between science and the public, says John Gribbin.
- John Gribbin
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Literature mining: Speed reading
Scientists are struggling to make sense of the expanding scientific literature. Corie Lok asks whether computational tools can do the hard work for them.
- Corie Lok
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Journal Editorials give indication of driving science issues
- Cathelijn J. F. Waaijer
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To make progress we must remember and learn from the past
- Bart Penders
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A guide to the Nature Index
Preprint servers: follow arXiv's lead
Spinning threads
Genius who shuns the limelight