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Ten Common Statistical Mistakes to Watch out for when Writing or Reviewing a Manuscript
Ten Common Statistical Mistakes to Watch out for when Writing or Reviewing a Manuscript
What can authors and reviewers do to keep common statistical mistakes out of the literature?
Point of View: Tell Me a Story
Many authors start with the figures when writing a paper, but it is easier to tell a good story if you start with the Introduction and Results, and leave the figures to later.
Meta-Research: Centralized Scientific Communities Are Less Likely to Generate Replicable Results
Meta-Research: Centralized Scientific Communities Are Less Likely to Generate Replicable Results
Analysis of data on drug-gene interactions suggests that decentralized collaboration will increase the robustness of scientific findings in biomedical research.
ELife Announces New Funding to Support Diversity in Science
The Ben Barres Spotlight Awards will give scientists in underrepresented communities an opportunity to gain visibility for their work and increase collaboration.
Reproducible Document Stack: Towards a Scalable Solution for Reproducible Articles
Reproducible Document Stack: Towards a Scalable Solution for Reproducible Articles
ELife announces their roadmap towards an open, scalable infrastructure for the publication of computationally reproducible articles.
JetFighter: Towards Figure Accuracy and Accessibility
JetFighter screens preprints to improve data representation and colour-blind accessibility.
ELife Welcomes Michael Eisen As Editor-in-Chief
Leading open-access advocate will take eLife forward in its mission to transform publishing in the life and biomedical sciences.
ELife Ambassadors: Introducing ECRcentral
The community-curated website aims to connect early-career researchers with funding opportunities, useful resources and each other.
The Brazilian Reproducibility Initiative
A project to assess the reproducibility of findings in biomedical science by researchers based in Brazil has been published.
Peer Review: First Results from a Trial at ELife
New approach to peer review proves popular with authors, with very similar acceptance rates for male and female last authors, but with higher acceptance rates for late-career researchers compared to their early- and mid-career colleagues.
ELife Latest: Highlighting Meta-research
A new collection page brings together articles that eLife has published in the burgeoning field of meta-research.
ELife, Coko, Hindawi Limited and Digirati Commit to Libero for Open-source Publishing
ELife, Coko, Hindawi Limited and Digirati Commit to Libero for Open-source Publishing
The development of a brand-new version of Libero will be governed under a model that puts the community at the heart of the project.
ELife Backs Plaudit for Open Sharing of Research Recommendations
A collaboration between non-profits eLife, Flockademic and the Center for Open Science aims to make open endorsements of research content possible across platforms.
ELife Digests Get a New Home
The eLife website now has a dedicated section for plain-language summaries of the latest research.
eLife Looking for a New Editor-In-Chief
eLife is conducting an open search for a new Editor-in-Chief to succeed Randy Schekman.
Living Science - The Voice of Evidence
In an era in which evidence is being disregarded, scientists need to speak up in support of the pursuit for truth. If we do not successively train our youth to distinguish between truth and falsehood, we are at risk of raising a new generation unused to recognizing truth as derived from evidence.
Stencila - an Office Suite for Reproducible Research
Stencila launches the first version of its word processor and spreadsheet editor designed for researchers.
Peer Review: eLife Trials a New Approach
eLife authors are being invited to take part in a trial in which they decide how to respond to the issues raised during peer review.
A New Twist on Peer Review
eLife is conducting a trial in which authors will decide how to respond to the issues raised during peer review.
eLife Innovation Sprint 2018: Project Roundup
From gamification of sample-size identification to a decentralised lab notebook: a showcase of the projects developed at the eLife Innovation Sprint.
Investigating the Context of Citations
A report from a short project using natural language processing and machine learning on open-access content to understand what lies beneath a citation.
The NIH Must Reduce Disparities in Funding to Maximize Its Return on Investments from Taxpayers
Survey with Early-Career Researchers
Many researchers have strong views on peer review. To find out what early-career researchers think we conducted a survey in which we asked 10 questions about different aspects of peer review.
How Diy Communities Are Pushing the Frontiers of Science
Lucy Patterson reports back from Science Hack Day Berlin.
Binder 2.0: Share Your Interactive Research Environment
The Project Jupyter team shares its reboot of Binder, a tool allowing researchers to make their GitHub repositories executable by others.
Recognising Researchers for the Work They Do
Scientific careers are built on recognition. It influences every stage of employment, from obtaining your first postdoc to landing an academic position or winning funding.
eLife Welcomes the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
Leading Swedish research funder joins nonprofit coalition committing about £2.72 mio. to eLife for a 4-year period beginning in 2018.
The Running Costs of eLife 2.0
Paul Shannon, Head of Technology, looks at the costs of running eLife’s own continuous publication platform four months after the launch of eLife 2.0.
Motivating Participation in Open Science by Examining Researcher Incentives
Motivating Participation in Open Science by Examining Researcher Incentives
A survey of researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital provides insights into the challenges and opportunities involved in adopting an open science policy across an entire patient-oriented academic institution.
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