Reproducible Analyses

 

Declaration of Helsinki: ethical norm in pursuit of common global goals

The World Medical Association’s Declaration of Helsinki is in the process of being revised. The following amendments are recommended to be incorporated in pursuit of the common goal of promoting health for all. 1. Data-driven research that …

Minimal criteria for reporting mesenchymal stem cells in veterinary regenerative medicine

The widespread application of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in veterinary regenerative medicine highlights their promising therapeutic potential. However, the lack of standardized characterization and reporting practices across studies poses a …

Minimizing Questionable Research Practices – The Role of Norms, Counter Norms, and Micro-Organizational Ethics Discussion

Breaches of research integrity have gained considerable attention due to high-profile scandals involving questionable research practices by reputable scientists. These practices include plagiarism, manipulation of authorship, biased presentation of …

Research Misconduct

A compilation of articles regarding Research Misconduct issues. This page offers news-worthy topics for the Responsible Conduct of Research and Research Misconduct.

GelBox: Open-source software to improve rigor and reproducibility when analyzing gels and immunoblots

GelBox is open-source software that was developed with the goal of enhancing rigor, reproducibility, and transparency when analyzing gels and immunoblots. It combines image adjustments (cropping, rotation, brightness, and contrast), background …

How flash mobs can be used for data collection in healthcare? A scoping review protocol

Background Traditional research methods often involve a lengthy process, but the emergence of flash mobs as an innovative data collection method offers the potential to gather substantial data within a short time frame. Flash mobs draw inspiration …

Primer on Reproducible Research in R: Enhancing Transparency and Scientific Rigor

Achieving research reproducibility is a precarious aspect of scientific practice. However, many studies across disciplines fail to be fully reproduced due to inadequate dissemination methods. Traditional publication practices often fail to provide a …

Questionable research practices among researchers in the most research-productive management programs

Questionable research practices (QRPs) among researchers have been a source of concern in many fields of study. QRPs are often used to enhance the probability of achieving statistical significance which affects the likelihood of a paper being …

Raising awareness of uncertain choices in empirical data analysis: A teaching concept toward replicable research practices

Throughout their education and when reading the scientific literature, students may get the impression that there is a unique and correct analysis strategy for every data analysis task and that this analysis strategy will always yield a significant …

The power of many brains: Catalyzing neuropsychiatric discovery through open neuroimaging data and large-scale collaboration

Recent advances in open neuroimaging data are enhancing our comprehension of neuropsychiatric disorders. By pooling images from various cohorts, statistical power has increased, enabling the detection of subtle abnormalities and robust associations, …
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