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To Crowdfund Research, Scientists Must Build an Audience for Their Work.
As rates of traditional sources of scientific funding decline, scientists have become increasingly interested in crowdfunding as a means of bringing in new money for research.... -
Non-financial conflicts of interest in academic grant evaluation: a qualitati...
International audience; BACKGROUND: Peer review is the most widely used method for evaluating grant applications in clinical research. Criticisms of peer review include lack of... -
Financial conflicts of interest and reporting bias regarding the association ...
Maira Bes-Rastrollo and colleagues examine whether financial conflicts of interest are likely to bias conclusions from systematic reviews that investigate the relationship... -
The catalytic role of a research university and international partnerships in...
Objective In Peru, the past three decades have witnessed impressive growth in biomedical research catalyzed from a single research university and its investigators who secured... -
International insights into peer support in a neonatal context: A mixed-metho...
Peer support is a widely used intervention that offers information and emotional support to parents during their infant’s admission to the neonatal unit and/or post-discharge.... -
Assessing the Cost of Global Biodiversity and Conservation Knowledge.
Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T15:30:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2016-08-16 MAVA foundation Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT)... -
Premature Discontinuation of Prospective Clinical Studies Approved by a Resea...
Background Premature discontinuation of clinical studies affects about 25% of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) which raises concerns about waste of scarce resources for... -
Strategies to Prevent or Reduce Gender Bias in Peer Review of Research Grants...
Objective To review the literature on strategies implemented or identified to prevent or reduce gender bias in peer review of research grants. Methods Studies of any... -
The Influence of Peer Reviewer Expertise on the Evaluation of Research Fundin...
Although the scientific peer review process is crucial to distributing research investments, little has been reported about the decision-making processes used by reviewers. One... -
Do feasibility studies contribute to, or avoid, waste in research?
In the context of avoiding research waste, the conduct of a feasibility study before a clinical trial should reduce the risk that further resources will be committed to a trial... -
Crowdfunding scientific research: Descriptive insights and correlates of fund...
Crowdfunding has gained traction as a mechanism to raise resources for entrepreneurial and artistic projects, yet there is little systematic evidence on the potential of... -
Amelioration of Acute Sequelae of Blast Induced Mild Traumatic Brain Injury b...
Background Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) secondary to blast exposure is the most common battlefield injury in Southwest Asia. There has been little prospective work in the... -
Review and Analysis of Publication Trends over Three Decades in Three High Im...
Context Over the past three decades, industry sponsored research expanded in the United States. Financial incentives can lead to potential conflicts of interest (COI)... -
Modeling timelines for translational science in cancer; the impact of technol...
This work examines translational science in cancer based on theories of innovation that posit a relationship between the maturation of technologies and their capacity to... -
Scientific output scales with resources. A comparison of US and European univ...
By using a comprehensive dataset of US and European universities, we demonstrate super-linear scaling between university revenues and their volume of publications and... -
Which Neurodevelopmental Disorders Get Researched and Why?
AIM: There are substantial differences in the amount of research concerned with different disorders. This paper considers why. METHODS: Bibliographic searches were conducted to... -
Identifying the Science and Technology Dimensions of Emerging Public Policy I...
Public policy requires public support, which in turn implies a need to enable the public not just to understand policy but also to be engaged in its development. Where complex... -
Implementation science: Relevance in the real world without sacrificing rigor
: Three members of PLOS Medicine's editorial board who are leading researchers in implementation science define the characteristics of high-quality studies and invite their... -
Reproducible research practices, transparency, and open access data in the bi...
Currently, there is a growing interest in ensuring the transparency and reproducibility of the published scientific literature. According to a previous evaluation of 441...
