Meta-research, or the scientific study of research practices, aims to characterize existing standards and ultimately improve the quality and reliability of scientific research. We collect here…
Subject Area: Research Analysis & Policy
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Research Analysis & Policy Meta-Research: Reporting
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Computer & Information Sciences Stories from the Road: ISCB Student Council Collection
For the past 10 years the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Student Council has provided events and activities to help support and encourage young budding scientists. This article…
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Research Analysis & Policy Reporting Guidelines
Reporting guidelines are statements intended to advise authors reporting research methods and findings. They can be presented as a checklist, flow diagram or text, and describe what is required to…
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Research Analysis & Policy Altmetrics
Altmetrics is the study and use of non-traditional scholarly impact measures that are based on activity in web-based environments. As scholarship increasingly moves online, these metrics track…
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Computer & Information Sciences The Roots of Bioinformatics
This collection of essays from prominent workers in the field of bioinformatics relates how selected scientific, technological, economic, and even cultural threads came to influence the development of…
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Biology & Life Sciences Public Engagement in Science
Over the past few decades, numerous initiatives have sought to engage members of the public in decisions concerning life sciences research and biotechnologies as early as possible in their development…
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Biology & Life Sciences PLOS Pathogens & PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Twinning Collection
PLOS Pathogens and PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases present a collection of primary research articles on topics spanning these sister journals, including: proteomics, kinetoplastids, insect vectors…
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Medicine & Health The Geopolitics of Neglected Tropical Diseases
To commemorate the 5th Anniversary of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (PLOS NTDs), we are releasing a collection focusing on geographic perspectives on the global burden of the neglected tropical…
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Research Analysis & Policy Animals, Research, and Alternatives: Measuring Progress 50 Years Later
In 2010, a multi-disciplinary, international conference in Washington, DC addressed opportunities and challenges to implementing alternatives to animal research. This symposium aimed to advance the…
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Computer & Information Sciences Biocurators
The number and scope of scientific databases has soared in recent years, creating a new profession, the biocurator. These "museum catalogers of the Internet age" face a continuous struggle…