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1Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK.
The FEBS Journal
|August 31, 2019
Abstract:
Current biomedical science is governed by an 'economy of attention' which has led to adoption of unhealthy research practices. From a junior scientist's perspective, such practices distort academic assessment and threaten the collective advancement of scientific knowledge. The Open Science movement promises to change this, provided that all scientists - irrespective of career stage - get on board.
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Provide some background information about the environment from which each branch was collected.
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