Scientific Communication and Education

COVID-19 and the abrupt shift to remote learning: Impact on grades and perceived learning for undergraduate biology students

1. K. Supriya
2. Chris Mead
3. Ariel D. Anbar
4. Joshua L. Caulkins
5. James P. Collins
6. Katelyn M. Cooper
7. Paul C. LePore
8. Tiffany Lewis
9. Amy Pate
10. Rachel A. Scott
11. Sara E. Brownell

Reviewed by ScreenIT

National Institutes of Health Institute and Center Award Rates and Funding Disparities

1. Michael Lauer
2. Jamie Doyle
3. Joy Wang
4. Deepshikha Roychowdhury

• Curated by eLife

  Evaluation Summary:

  This paper provides the basis for further discussion about the perceived inequities in NIH funding based on race. The strengths of this manuscript are the detailed breakdown of the available data in order to evaluate for biases, the availability of data for multiple years (2011-2015) and the consideration of alternate explanations (e.g. new applications vs resubmissions; single vs multi PI). With that said, given their conclusion that Institute (IC) assignment was the main determinant of funding rates, the approach for IC assignment should have been discussed. Other issues relate to the complexity of statistical analyses and a lack of clarity on confounding issues towards firm conclusions.

  (This preprint has been reviewed by eLife. We include the public reviews from the reviewers here; the authors also receive private feedback with suggested changes to the manuscript. Reviewer #1 and Reviewer #2 agreed to share their name with the authors.)

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Gender, race and parenthood impact academic productivity during the COVID-19 pandemic: from survey to action

1. Fernanda Staniscuaski
2. Livia Kmetzsch
3. Eugenia Zandonà
4. Fernanda Reichert
5. Rossana C. Soletti
6. Zelia M.C Ludwig
7. Eliade F. Lima
8. Adriana Neumann
9. Ida V.D. Schwartz
10. Pamela B. Mello-Carpes
11. Alessandra S.K. Tamajusuku
12. Fernanda P. Werneck
13. Felipe K. Ricachenevsky
14. Camila Infanger
15. Adriana Seixas
16. Charley C. Staats
17. Leticia de Oliveira

Reviewed by PREreview, ScreenIT

Analysing the effectiveness of Twitter as an equitable community communication tool for international conferences

1. Niall W. Duncan
2. Russell Shean

Reviewed by PeerJ

Lots of movement, little progress: A review of reptile home range literature

1. Matt Crane
2. Inês Silva
3. Benjamin Michael Marshall
4. Colin Thomas Strine

Reviewed by PeerJ

Only two out of five articles by New Zealand researchers are free-to-access: a multiple API study of access, citations, cost of Article Processing Charges (APC), and the potential to increase the proportion of open access

1. Richard K.A. White
2. Anton Angelo
3. Deborah Fitchett
4. Moira Fraser
5. Luqman Hayes
6. Jessica Howie
7. Emma Richardson
8. Bruce White

Reviewed by PeerJ

Insights from a survey of mentorship experiences by graduate and postdoctoral researchers

1. Sarvenaz Sarabipour
2. Natalie M Niemi
3. Steven J Burgess
4. Christopher T Smith
5. Alexandre W Bisson Filho
6. Ahmed Ibrahim
7. Kelly Clark

Reviewed by preLights

A survey of Rare Disease awareness among healthcare professionals and researchers in India

1. Laxmikant Vashishta
2. Purna Bapat
3. Yashodhara Bhattacharya
4. Mohua Chakraborty Choudhury
5. Narendra Chirmule
6. Susan D’Costa
7. Shilpa Jindani
8. Manohar Rao
9. Smritie Sheth

Reviewed by preLights

From policy to practice: Lessons learned from an open science funding initiative

1. Sonya B. Dumanis
2. Kristen Ratan
3. Souad McIntosh
4. Hetal V. Shah
5. Matt Lewis
6. Timothy H. Vines
7. Randy Schekman
8. Ekemini A. Riley

Reviewed by preLights

Explanation implies causation?

1. Leslie Myint
2. Jeffrey T. Leek
3. Leah R. Jager

Reviewed by PREreview