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Through its parent company, mega-publisher Elsevier, it offers many features to the scientific community: Mendeley, SciVal and electronic lab notebook Hivebench, to name a few. вЂњWeвЂ™re not chasing citations but we donвЂ™t want to publish work that will not be cited,вЂќ said Marcus, who is also the CEO of Cell Press. Cell has even jumped on the bandwagon with its Sneak Peek group on Mendeley, which allows advance viewing and commenting of in-press papers at Cell Press journals. On the issue of pre-prints, Campbell and Marcus both cleared up a common misconception: Nature and Cell Press journals all accept manuscripts that have been posted online as pre-prints. Over 140 people attended Phil CampbellвЂ™s talk at RIKEN on May 23rd In fact, Campbell said institutions should avoid using the impact factor to assess people.

#HIVEBENCH ELECTRONIC LAB NOTEBOOK PLUS#

(More on the future in the report вЂњWhat might peer review look like in 2030?вЂќ.) Instilling lab integrity in junior researchers is also key, said Campbell: вЂњInteresting claims are almost always wrong, and nature plus your brain plus your equipment can deceive you surprisingly often.вЂќ Getting a Nature paper, he reminded the audience, does not make you a great scientist. He also cited the changing nature of peer review- Nature now offers double-blind peer review, while Nature Communications publishes refereesвЂ™ reports. Nature also has an online editorial collection dedicated to reproducibility. In the life sciences, Nature submissions now have to go through a checklist of all methods and materials.

Better understanding of statistics, better mentoring and better experimental design would all boost reproducibility, said Campbell. The entire family of Nature journals is now focusing on robustness in research, not just for the credibility of the published results but to encourage public trust in science. Campbell (also known as Sir Philip) acknowledged that submitting to Nature вЂњcan lead to pain, but occasional delightвЂќ for successful papers.

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