International collaboration tends to yield higher impact
International collaboration increases (via Research sans frontières : Nature News). This reminds me of some recent work looking at the effect of international collaboration on the prestige of...
View ArticleA competitive network theory of species diversity
That the most probable outcome is the coexistence of a large number of species. What more do you need to know? As in systems of culture, laws, ethnicity, species and probably many others, complexity is...
View ArticleOf exceptional importance – connecting patients to research
For quite some time, I’ve been very interested in the disconnect between the research being undertaken and the questions that people (especially patients and doctors) need answered. There is a huge...
View ArticleOn open access – practical issues
Upulie Divisekera, prolific tweeter and all-around awesome scientist, wanted to write a thing about open access and was nice enough to ask me for some help. The result, which you can find on Crikey and...
View ArticleMeasuring only skin deep conflicts of interest won’t help
Conflicts of Interest in Cardiovascular Clinical Practice Guidelines In the most recent issue of Archives, a group of US researchers have analysed the cardiovascular clinical practice guidelines on...
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