Reforming Science
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Reforming science: methodological and cultural reforms.
Contemporary science has brought about technological advances and an unprecedented understanding of the natural world. However, there are signs of dysfunction in the scientific community as well as threats from diverse antiscience and political forces. Incentives in the current system place scientists under tremendous stress, discourage cooperation, encourage poor scientific practices, and dete...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Microbe Magazine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1558-7452,1558-7460
DOI: 10.1128/microbe.7.254.1