#Peer

why do people treat current peer review system as if it was optimized to help authors and advance science when its primary features - pre-publication review by 2-3 people, binary
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Science journalism, in practice, covering a new study. 1. Read study.2. Contact study authors.3. Spend forever finding the just-right sources who can speak with authority&expertise on the study&have no association
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How to become a SUCCESSFUL academic: a guide 1/n How do I know how to become a successful academic? I don't, but I have received plenty of advice. As a
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Hey all. I want to do a quick thread abt reviewing journal articles. I'm writing this as a former managing editor & as someone who routinely participates in the peer
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Thread: I've been thinking a lot about s3x work in the age of covid, and how it's necessarily moved our work online where cash can no longer be used in
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Important read @EmmaLBriant, calling out many significant methodological flaws w/ the Oxford Internet Institute’s (almost entirely non-peer reviewed) Computational Propaganda project. It’s not just her — its controversy within the
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Science has been in a “#replication crisis” for a decade. Have we learned anything? https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/21504366/science-replication-crisis-peer-review-statistics That's a good summary, but I think the diagnosis that
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This is pathetic and disingenuous. Also, peer pressure is actually an effective way of ensuring adherence to social norms. If you don't want your neighbors to think less of you,
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We need a plan to counter the wild speculation & ignorance that will roar to life the day Pfizer's & Moderna's vaccines are authorized by FDA.This was driven home to
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Thread: Great article by @Heather_at_ACTS regarding paralysis, war, and the always sensational argument Maneuver vs Attrition. Her article is a great reminder that the idea of maneuver should not be
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There are so many good takeaways from this discussion about open source investigations, but one that I really like is @KAlexaKoenig's anecdote about anchoring bias and the need to have
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We have written another 60 page dissection of the Drosten PCR protocol.This should end all of the criticism of the initial retraction request not having enough “wet-lab” proof.20 peer reviewed
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The reason I don't like cis people acting like the know it all authority on trans issues is really simple I'll spell it out. It's the same reason Maine Trans
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Brilliant, necessary idea! For organisers of these workshops, please ensure that they're friendly and supportive of scholars of colour. Navigating the publication process by itself is one thing but being
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Someone (with more knowledge than me...) of this process badly needs to do a thread explaining why "science by press release" happens (cont) Because every time a big-news trial drops
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I didn't do any dev until high school (visual basic class!) and then circa 2006 my (computer illiterate) dad desperately tried to convince me not to go to college for
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