All data articles – Page 6
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NewsImage manipulation in biomedical papers is commonplace
Almost 4% of pictures in papers surveyed over past 20 years contain evidence of tampering
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NewsLack of data on BPA exposure in developing countries
Few studies focus on developing countries where regulations around BPA use are less strict
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CareersThe latest pay and reward survey results
Find out how your wage packet compares with the results of the latest Royal Society of Chemistry pay and reward survey
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News‘Map’ of chemical landscape could cut animal testing
Searchable database of 10,000 chemicals could help to create safety profiles for untested compounds
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NewsChemists take stock of chemical auditing and management
Online auditing platforms may spell the end for log books and shelves of forgotten chemicals
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NewsRetracted papers get hooked up to linguistic lie-detector
Study reveals possible link between obfuscation and massaged data in retracted papers
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NewsExpert wiki to expose low-quality chemical probes
Trip Advisor-like project will fight use of poor probes contaminating the literature
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Science Europe proposes ‘diamond engagement’ open access plan
Call for data repository policies to be harmonised and promoted across Europe
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OpinionBe careful what you wish for
Measuring R&D productivity is a thorny issue. Dennis Lendrem urges the pharmaceutical industry to learn from its mistakes.
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NewsData falsification hits polymer mechanochemistry papers
Misconduct by member of Christopher Bielawski’s group has led to several retractions
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US health agencies expands open access policy
Move will add 110,000 new papers to PubMed every year
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NewsForgotten synthetic PhD theses set to be given new lease of life
Chemical structures will be harvested from graduate work and analysed for promising drug and materials leads
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NewsOpen records laws used to bully, harass academics
Most US universities unprepared to deal with a deluge of freedom of information requests, report finds
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White House appoints first chief data scientist
Industry veteran D J Patil, who formerly worked at the Pentagon, will take up the new post
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US National Academies to revisit scientific misconduct
New report will move beyond old definitions and promote better working practices
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OpinionReflections on the REF
Richard Catlow and Graham Hutchings evaluate the state of chemistry research and find it enjoying rude health
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NewsCost of scientific misconduct smaller than feared
Analysis puts a price on misconduct for US funder and claims it only comes to $58 million over 10 years
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OpinionIn defence of metrics
Are metrics a necessary evil, or can they be a force for good? Anthony Olejniczak sticks up for stats
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BusinessEMA wrangles restrain trial data progress
Attempts to balance industry and research interests on transparency draw suggestions of improper collusion
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NewsScientific data disappearing at alarming rate
Canadian researchers find that the chances of a data set being of any use to science falls by 17% a year