Scientific Communication and Education

Gaming the Metrics? Bibliometric Anomalies and the Integrity Crisis in Global University Rankings

1. Lokman I. Meho

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Addressing cultural and knowledge barriers to enable preclinical sex inclusive research

1. Brianna N Gaskill
2. Benjamin Phillips
3. Jonathan Ho
4. Holly Rafferty
5. Oladele Olajide Onada
6. Andrew Rooney
7. Amrita Ahluwalia
8. Natasha A Karp

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  The authors quantified intentions and knowledge gaps in scientists' use of sex as a biological variable in their work, and used a workshop intervention to show that while willingness was high, pressure points centered on statistical knowledge and perceived additional monetary costs to research. These important findings demonstrate the difficulty in changing understanding - while interventions can improve knowledge and decrease perceived barriers, the impact was small. The evidence was solid, although the sample size was small for the intervention.

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LGBTQ+ realities in the biological sciences

1. Katelyn M. Cooper
2. Carly A. Busch
3. Alice Accorsi
4. Derek A. Applewhite
5. Parth B. Bhanderi
6. Bruno da Rocha-Azevedo
7. Abhijit Deb Roy
8. Joseph P. Campanale
9. Fred Chang
10. Jerry E. Chipuk
11. Lee A. Ligon
12. G.W. Gant Luxton
13. Austin J. Graham
14. Camila Hochman-Mendez
15. Imge Ozugergin
16. Zachory M. Park
17. Claire M. Thomas
18. Alex M. Valm
19. Hongxian Zhu
20. Rebecca S. Alvania

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Fast & Fair peer review: a pilot study demonstrating feasibility of rapid, high-quality peer review in a biology journal

1. Daniel A. Gorelick
2. Alejandra Clark

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A ChatGPT-Assisted Reading Protocol for Undergraduate Research Students

1. Marcus Sambar
2. Gonzalo R. Vázquez
3. Anne V. Vázquez
4. Frank X. Vázquez

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Biology exams rarely use visual models to engage higher-order cognitive skills

1. Crystal Uminski
2. Christian Cammarota
3. Brian A. Couch
4. L. Kate Wright
5. Dina L. Newman

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Quantifying Data Distortion in Bar Graphs in Biological Research

1. Teng-Jui Lin
2. Markita P. Landry

Reviewed by Arcadia Science

From impact metrics and open science to communicating research: Journalists’ awareness of academic controversies

1. Alice Fleerackers
2. Laura L. Moorhead
3. Juan Pablo Alperin
4. Michelle Riedlinger
5. Lauren A. Maggio

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Empowering future scientists: mentors employ various strategies to engage students in professional science disciplinary literacy practices

1. Trisha Minocha
2. Tanya Bhagatwala
3. Gwendolyn Mirzoyan
4. Gary McDowell
5. Sarah C. Fankhauser

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An updated and expanded characterization of the biological sciences academic job market

1. Brooklynn Flynn
2. Ariangela J. Kozik
3. You Cheng
4. Ada K. Hagan
5. Jennifer Ng
6. Christopher T. Smith
7. Amanda Haage
8. Nafisa M. Jadavji

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