I get linked into a lot of thought-provoking debates about blinded peer review because of a post I wrote a couple…
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Bias The Fractured Logic of Blinded Peer Review in Journals
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Evidence Catch-22, Clinical Trial Edition: Protecting Women and Children
“I remember wheeling down this long, narrow corridor into my office, just a confused, scared mess, but I had to confront him.&rdquo…
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Science Communication Innovations in Peer Review and Scientific Publishing
Over 500 science journal editors, publishers, and meta-researchers are gathered in Chicago for the 8th Peer Review Congress (#PRC8), a once-every-4-years researchfest about “enhancing…
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Science Communication Good Enough? Editors, Statistics & Grant Peer Review
Over 500 science journal editors, publishers, and meta-researchers are gathered in Chicago for the 8th Peer Review Congress (#PRC8), a once-every-4-years researchfest…
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Science Communication Bias, Conflicts, Spin: The 8th Olympiad of Research on Science & Publishing Begins
Once every 4 years editors, publishers, and meta-researchers assemble in Chicago for the Peer Review Congress – an intense researchfest about “enhancing the…
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Bias What’s Open, What’s Data? What’s Proof, What’s Spin?
My last post on the use of open science badges for articles set off a flurry of debate. There were…
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Bias Bias in Open Science Advocacy: The Case of Article Badges for Data Sharing
I like badges – I have a lot of them! I’m also an open science advocate. So when a group of…
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Evidence Circling the Wagons, Science Style: AHA Saturated Biases Redux
It shocks me when a professional group circles the wagons and starts firing shots at people who point out undeniable errors in their…
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History Why Pockets and Waves of De-Feminization in Science’s Past Matter Now
I knew there wasn’t a steady, inexorable rise of women in science. I still thought of it as a trajectory of progress though: virtually…
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Evidence 5 Tips for Understanding Data in Meta-Analyses
There’s a deluge of scientific studies of all sorts – thousands every day. There’s often a few studies looking for answers on…
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Bias Saturated Biases: Where the AHA Advice on Coconut Oil Went Wrong
Even for an evidence food fight – and those get plenty heated – the hue and cry about the new American Heart…
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Listicles 3 Things Expressions of Concern Reveal About the Research Publication System
An editorial expression of concern is a way to alert readers to behind-the-scenes worries about the integrity of a publication. It emerged in…