How bibliometrics and school rankings reward unreliable science
How much is a citation worth? $3? $6? $100 000?Any of those answers is correct,…
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Unveiling hidden inequalities in diversity and inclusion in medical research
Uncovering inequalities, measuring disparities, and identifying the barriers that exist in healthcare and society were…
Regression towards the mean—a plea for civility in peer review
Peer review is integral to the ongoing publication of high quality research. In pursuit of…
EU sets out plans to digitise health records across member states
The European Commission is looking to digitise all medical records in the European Union by…
EU institutions have made major improvements in reporting trial results, report finds
Major European research institutions have shown a “dramatic improvement” in their rates of reporting clinical…
Do overly complex reporting guidelines remove the focus from good clinical trials?
Yes—Jeremy Howick, Rebecca Webster, and J André KnottnerusIn 1996 a group of medical journal editors,…
Europe’s drug regulator wins court backing for data transparency policy
The European Union’s highest court has decisively upheld the European Medicines Agency’s right to publish…
Clinical trial reporting: compliance with US rules is poor and not improving, study finds
Only 41% of clinical trials reported their results to the US clinical trials registry within…
US researchers’ conflicts of interest are still widespread and under-reported, investigations find
Industry payments that could skew research results are still commonplace in the United States and…