Editorial: Embracing Scrutiny

Editorial: Embracing Scrutiny

are accustomed to scrutiny such as experimental protocol reviews, oversight on research conduct, and critiques provided during the peer-review publication process. We especially anticipate the post-publication period during which others attempt to reproduce, validate , and then build on our work. All this scrutiny is basic to establishing the credibility of our findings. We therefore should not...

Under Scrutiny

Embracing the principles of the San Francisco Declaration of Research Assessment: Robert Balaban’s Editorial

Early career scientists today face many obstacles in their effort to achieve an independent career, including stiff competition for grant funding and jobs. Many of these hurdles reappear throughout one's scientific career; thus, for example, achieving and maintaining external funding for one's research is a widely used criterion in evaluations for academic advancement. One widely perceived barr...

Embracing Changes

Embracing change.