By Laura Klinkhamer Equity, diversity, and inclusivity (EDI) should always be considered when planning and conducting research activity. The hierarchical world of academia is plagued by many EDI-related issues, including equity problems in access to (undergraduate) education [1] and a lack of diversity in higher rankings [2,3]. Unfortunately, the energetic and progressive open research […]
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Why are there not more preclinical registered reports?
By Anthony Isles ——————————————————————————————————————- I have been a preclinical researcher for 25 years, and in that time, there has been a great deal of change in the way we do and report our science. The direction of change is generally for the better, as researchers and policy-makers have pushed to make things more open and […]
Diversity in science isn’t just about the workforce – it is about the research itself
By Natasha Karp When you hear the phrase “diversity in science”, you typically think about the efforts to create a diverse and inclusive scientific workforce. However, it is also about the research we conduct. For over twenty years [1] papers have been raising an issue that we have a sex bias as the research community […]