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: Received: 14 October 2018 / Approved: 16 October 2018 / Online: 16 October 2018 (11:33:46 CEST)
How to cite:
Forrester, S. The Rule of Two: A Star Wars Edict or a Method of Reproducibility and Quality?. Preprints2018, 2018100357. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201810.0357.v1
Forrester, S. The Rule of Two: A Star Wars Edict or a Method of Reproducibility and Quality?. Preprints 2018, 2018100357. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201810.0357.v1
Forrester, S. The Rule of Two: A Star Wars Edict or a Method of Reproducibility and Quality?. Preprints2018, 2018100357. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201810.0357.v1
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Forrester, S. (2018). The Rule of Two: A Star Wars Edict or a Method of Reproducibility and Quality?. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201810.0357.v1
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Forrester, S. 2018 "The Rule of Two: A Star Wars Edict or a Method of Reproducibility and Quality?" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201810.0357.v1
Abstract
In recent years, biomedical research has faced increased scrutiny over issues related to reproducibility and quality in scientific findings(1-3). In response to this scrutiny, funding institutions and journals have implemented top-down policies for grant and manuscript review. While a positive step forward, the long-term merit of these policies is questionable given their emphasis on completing a check-list of items instead of a fundamental re-assessment of how scientific investigation is conducted. Moreover, the top-down style of management used to institute these policies can be argued as being ineffective in engaging the scientific workforce to act upon these issues. To meet current and future biomedical needs, new investigative methods that emphasize collective-thinking, teamwork, shared knowledge and cultivate change from the bottom-up are warranted. Here, a perspective on a new approach to biomedical investigation within the individual laboratory that emphasizes collaboration and quality is discussed.
Keywords
Reproducibility, quality, research integrity, universities, methods, science policy, rigor
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Other
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
