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Since the early 20th century, the primary source of research funding has been the government. Academic scientists put forward project proposals that are evaluated by government agencies, in what is an increasingly competitive system. As…

China is steadily moving towards playing a major role in the global economy. Changes to its economic policy, starting in the late 1970’s, initiated a shift away from isolationism. According to the World Bank, this has brought about “the…

The American Physical Society (APS) and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) have signed an agreement that will see high energy physics articles in Physical Review Letters, Physical Review D, and Physical Review C being…

We have been looking at various ways in which statistics is essential in all clinical trial phases. We have examined hypothesis testing, error types, p-values, power, sample size determination, and multiplicity issue.  Can we use…

Image credits: Natalia Kepesz via ekfs.de Prof. Karl Deisseroth, of Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Stanford University, is the recent winner of the Else Kröner Fresenius Prize. This Prize is given once every four years and has a…

Have you ever picked up a research article, only to put it down again before you have finished reading the first page? The research is interesting, but the manuscript is not well written. These issues can affect the impact of your own…

Recently, the Russian Ministry of Education and Science has entered into a multi-year agreement with Clarivate Analytics. This will result in the number of scientific research institutions across the Russian Federation with access to the…

Clinical trials very often involve performing multiple comparisons on the clinical data. This leads to multiplicity problem. The multiplicity problem occurs because the more statistical tests one runs the higher the likelihood that the…

Scientists know that their research carries great value for society. However, the impact is not only a reflection of the nature of the discovery itself; but rather, research makes its greatest impact when it is widely shared. The impact of…

In 2014, the American Heart Association, the parent company of Circulation, retracted a cardiology research paper published in its journal in 2012 entitled “Cardiomyogenesis in the Aging and Failing Human Heart” after allegations of…