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Study Finds No Publishing Bias Against Novel Research

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The researchers analyzed peer-reviewed data from nearly 50 journals in the physical and life science fields and found that evaluators didn’t show any noticeable bias against novelty, as has long been the fear. The researchers focused their attention on later-stage selection, as this is when projects are typically complete.

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Is It Time For A Peer-Reviewed Bonus System?

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While both companies may have opened up the door to such systems becoming a popularity contest, the idea of distributing bonus power to all employees is a innovative idea for counter-acting our tendency to assess our work and compare it with others.

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How Scientific Communication Can Spread Misinformation

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It is not without costs, however, as the peer-review process is usually removed in the rush to print. While peer review doesn’t guarantee rigor, it is an invaluable safety valve to ensure robust results enter the public domain. This has obviously been beneficial during the pandemic as time has been of the essence.

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Nurses Are Key In Fighting The Infodemic

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“Now is the time for nurses to flex their communication and trust muscles in both traditional and innovative ways to advance the health of the public through trusted, actionable messaging in addition to exceptional patient care,” they conclude.

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Is An Academic Life A 9-5 Life?

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The researcher trawled through nearly 50,000 manuscripts and 76,000 peer review online submissions to both the BMJ and BMJ Open journals to assess whether the submissions were made outside of traditional working hours. Where does the academic world sit on this spectrum?

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Academic Reputation Matters When It Comes To Getting Published

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They hope that their work might trigger some changes in the peer review process so that it’s fairer. “As scientists, we are constantly working to improve our methods and processes. This is why the results of our current study have attracted a great deal of interest, particularly in the academic world.

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Pre-Print Studies Not Labelled As Such During Covid

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The normal publishing process would not allow sufficient expediency to this process, so many papers have been published as preprint research that has not been peer-reviewed. The Covid-19 pandemic has seen a deluge of papers published by researchers around the world who are striving to understand and document the situation.

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