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 Transparency
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Debate Post Removed by PLOS – The Fight Over Transparency: Round Two
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 Gatekeeper
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.
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 Heitman
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?
Testing a new drug on human subjects is expensive, risky and ethically complex, so the vast majority of potential treatments are…