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Compound Interest - A Rough Guide to Spotting Bad Science

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 Source: http://www.compoundchem.com/2014/04/02/a-rough-guide-to-spotting-bad-science/ A Rough Guide to Spotting Bad Science Click to enlarge A brief detour from chemistry, branching out into science in general today. This graphic looks at the different factors that can contribute towards ‘bad’ science – it was inspired by the research I carried out for the recent aluminium chlorohydrate graphic , where many articles linked the compound to causing breast cancer, referencing scientific research which drew questionable conclusions from their results. The vast majority of people will get their science news from online news site articles, and rarely delve into the research that the article is based on. Personally, I think it’s therefore important that people are capable of spotting bad scientific methods, or realising when articles are being economical with the conclusions drawn from research, and that’s what this graphic aims to do. Note that this is not a comprehensive overview, no...
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Interview with MDPI: Lessons Learned in more than 20 Years of Open Access Publishing - The Scholarly Kitchen

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Source: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2017/09/28/interview-mdpi-lessons-learned-20-years-open-access-publishing Among various highlights of this year’s SSP Annual Meeting , I unearthed a few well-kept mysteries about MDPI , Swiss-based open-access (OA) journal publisher. Launched 21 years ago by Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, a chemist who graduated from ETH Zurich, MDPI started off as something very different than a publishing house. Despite cycles of controversy , MDPI continues to grow, now employing more than 900 people across seven offices. Their CEO, Dr. Franck Vazquez, joined MDPI just three years ago, after an academic career in life and health sciences. Vazquez, recently appointed to the OASPA board , met with me between SSP sessions to share their story.   Tell me about your journals, what disciplines do they address? Am I correct in my understanding that they are all gold OA titles? MDPI launched as a repository for rare chemical samples and, from the s...
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Academic social networking websites

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 Source: http://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2017/02/academic-social-networking.aspx Psychological Science Agenda | February 2017 From The Science Student Council Academic social networking websites A guide to managing your online presence. By Joshua C. Palmer and Justin Strickland Over the last two decades, the development of new and readily accessible means of communication, particularly the growth of social networking platforms, have changed the way we view the world and interact with others. Individuals now have the unprecedented opportunities to connect with peers and colleagues, seek out new information and disseminate new ideas to the broader public. For the scientific community, social networking platforms provide a low-cost way to create a personal brand or identity (Dutta, 2010) and develop a professional online presence (Donelan, 2015). In this article, we will discuss the benefits of ...
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