Protocols: The Devil is in the Details

0000-0002-8715-2896 Protocols: The Devil is in the Details   Posted May 3, 2017 by Emma Ganley in Announcement, Biology, Data, Debate, Editorial policy, News, Open access, PLOS Biology, Policy, Publishing, Resources, Video post-info AddThis Sharing

The Trouble with Transparency

Last week we posted an article by two journalists, Paul D. Thacker and Charles Seife, who argued that the integrity of the scientific and medical literature depends on protecting tools that ensure greater transparency about financial ties to industry that … Continue reading »

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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 should be judged on their own merits, not based on who funded the scientists who collected and analyzed the … Continue reading »

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