Last week we posted an article by two journalists, Paul D. Thacker and Charles Seife, who argued that the integrity of the…
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Debate The Trouble with TransparencyRead more
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Debate Post Removed by PLOS – The Fight Over Transparency: Round TwoRead more
Statement from PLOS: PLOS Blogs is, and will continue to be, a forum that allows scientists to debate controversial topics. However, given…
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Advocacy New Charges of Climate Skeptic’s Undisclosed Ties to Energy Industry Highlight Journals’ Role as GatekeeperRead more
In theory, it shouldn’t matter where authors of scientific papers get their research funding, a longtime journal editor once told me. Papers…
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Funding A Crisis at NCRIS – Australia’s Science Infrastructure under Threat.Read more
by Ginny Barbour (updated March 16th – see foot of post) There’s a high-stakes game of chicken currently being played out in…
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Community The European Conference on Fungal Genetics: Luis Corrochano and Joe HeitmanRead more
As part of its mission to encourage engagement within the genetics community, PLOS Genetics is sponsoring a number of conferences and meetings…
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Biology It’s official – the animal study literature is biased… but whose fault is it?Read more
Testing a new drug on human subjects is expensive, risky and ethically complex, so the vast majority of potential treatments are…
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