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Contest models highlight inherent inefficiencies of scientific funding compet...
Scientific research funding is allocated largely through a system of soliciting and ranking competitive grant proposals. In these competitions, the proposals themselves are not... -
What Is Citizen Science? – A Scientometric Meta-Analysis
Context The concept of citizen science (CS) is currently referred to by many actors inside and outside science and research. Several descriptions of this purportedly new... -
MAGPIE: Simplifying access and execution of computational models in the life ...
: Over the past decades, quantitative methods linking theory and observation became increasingly important in many areas of life science. Subsequently, a large number of... -
A course-based undergraduate research experience examining neurodegeneration ...
As educators strive to incorporate more active learning and inquiry-driven exercises into STEM curricula, Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) are becoming... -
Introducing PLOS Biology's "Research Matters"
PLOS Biology's "Research Matters" is a new article series in which active scientists engage with the public about why basic research in their field matters. Research Matters... -
Training load quantification of high intensity exercises: Discrepancies betwe...
International audience; The purpose of this study was to quantify training loads (TL) of high intensity sessions through original methods (TRIMP; session-RPE;... -
Ten simple rules for international short-term research stays
Because science is a global endeavor, international mobility is common among researchers and academics around the world [1,2]. Short-term research stays (from a few weeks to a... -
Trade-offs in motivating volunteer effort: Experimental evidence on voluntary...
Author(s): Lyons, Elizabeth; Zhang, Laurina | Abstract: Digitization has facilitated the proliferation of crowd science by lowering the cost of finding individuals with the... -
An educational guide for nanopore sequencing in the classroom.
The last decade has witnessed a remarkable increase in our ability to measure genetic information. Advancements of sequencing technologies are challenging the existing methods... -
Ten simple rules for an inclusive summer coding program for non-computer-scie...
Since 2015, we have run a free 9-week summer program that provides non-computer science (CS) undergraduates at San Francisco State University (SFSU) with experience in coding... -
What exactly is ‘N’ in cell culture and animal experiments?
This Formal Comment responds to Jordan et al., and stresses that if scientific findings are to be robust, training in experimental design and statistics is critical to ensure... -
Provenance and risk in transfer of biological materials
Whereas biological materials were once transferred freely, there has been a marked shift in the formalisation of exchanges involving these materials, primarily through the use... -
A persistent lack of international representation on editorial boards in envi...
ABSTRACTThe scholars comprising journal editorial boards play a critical role in defining the trajectory of knowledge in their field. Nevertheless, studies of editorial board... -
When enough data are not enough to enact policy: The failure to ban chlorpyrifos
Strong evidence now supports the notion that organophosphate pesticides damage the fetal brain and produce cognitive and behavioral dysfunction through multiple mechanisms,... -
A correlation comparison between Altmetric Attention Scores and citations for...
This study considered all articles published in six Public Library of Science (PLOS) journals in 2012 and Web of Science citations for these articles as of May 2015. A total of... -
Researchers’ participation in and motivations for engaging with research info...
Researchers’ participation in online RIMSs This article examined how researchers participated in research information management systems (RIMSs), their motivations for...
