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Conducting Research
Faced with negative results and a publication bias, authors sometimes resort to unethical means such as tweaking the data or changing the research question, in their…
- Kakoli Majumder
- December 22, 2015
Most governments and the scientific community in general aim to have a humane approach towards animals used in research. Therefore, it is important for authors to follow…
- Kakoli Majumder
- June 1, 2016
How can you decide whether reading a full paper is worth your time and what can you do to understand and evaluate a paper efficiently? This articles shares some overall…
- Editage Insights
- October 11, 2021
In evidence-based medicine, statistical information is critical for investigators to interpret observations and make treatment recommendations. A dichotomous way of…
- Dr. Dhriti Bhattacharyya
- November 22, 2017
Take this quiz to find out how much you know about academic writing and publication. If you get all questions right, you get the right to brag about it to your…
- Kakoli Majumder
- May 11, 2015
As noted in my previous post, a handful of the STAP authors from RIKEN have issued a protocol exchange document detailing ‘essential technical tips’ to reproduce STAP…
- Satyajit Rout
- March 17, 2014
The foundation of every clinical trial is a clinical protocol. It is an important document that describes in detail all the crucial elements of the research. In fact,…
- Dr. Kalpataru Mukherjee
- April 26, 2018
Barbara Gastel (BA, MD, MPH), coordinates the master's degree program in science and technology journalism at Texas A&M University. She has written three books…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- December 21, 2016
The literature review is an essential part of an article. Without a strong analysis of prior literature, there can be no certainty that an article addresses important…
- Caven Mcloughlin
- January 9, 2020
A series of unplanned events led me to a copy of Charlie Munger’s famous speech titled “The Psychology of Human Misjudgment” and got my brain whirring. In the speech he…
- Shachi Gautam
- March 22, 2018