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New Journal Scrutinizes the Research Process | The Scientist Magazine® Studies in Research Integrity and Peer Review analyze ethics and quality in both science and publishing.

The Increasing Use of Predatory Journals for “Advocacy Research” A recent article in the National Review used the term “advocacy research” to describe unscientific articles published in predatory journals to promote a social or political agenda.

If you fail to reproduce another scientist’s results, this journal wants to know New journal aims to shine a light on reproducibility

Exercises for Your Abs | The Scientist Magazine® Companies make the antibodies, but it’s up to you to make sure they work in your experiments.

Antibody Alternatives | The Scientist Magazine® Nucleic acid aptamers and protein scaffolds could change the way researchers study biological processes and treat disease.

Professional Development: Teaching Philosophy Statement Asking for a statement of teaching philosophy from candidates who haven’t taught very much is kind of crazy, but the document is a standard requirement for an application package in academia. Having recently taken a new position and having written my second teaching statement after 16 years, I reali…

FASEB releases reproducibility recommendations On January 14, FASEB issued a set of recommendations aimed to promote the reproducibility and transparency of biomedical and biological research.

How to read a scientific paper Our columnist describes how he learned to read—and actually understand—journal articles