The average number of authors on scientific articles has increased 5-fold over the last 100 years, from one author per paper in 1913 to more
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Category: Publication Ethics
Funder data sharing policies
As well as journals, funders (NIH, STFC, NERC, Wellcome Trust, et al.) are also starting to implement mandatory data sharing policies [1], with applicants being asked
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Publisher data sharing policies
Many journals (PLOS One, Nature, The Royal Society, et al.) now have mandatory data sharing policies. This means that researchers must make their datasets publicly
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Reproducibility and data repositories
The scientific method is founded on confirming results through repeat experiments. By replicating the results of a study, researchers can confidently claim the results are
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Conflict of Interest
What is a conflict of interest? “Conflict of interest is a set of conditions in which professional judgement concerning a primary interest (such as patients’
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