Communications Biology (May 2024)

Research culture in biomedicine: what we learned, and what we would like to do about it

  • Alexa T. McCray,
  • David Van Vactor,
  • James Gould,
  • Xiuqi Li,
  • Jelena Patrnogić,
  • Caroline Shamu,
  • Mary C. Walsh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06237-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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The significant stressors that affect the biomedical research community have the potential to negatively impact the conduct of science. Here we report on work done at Harvard Medical School to identify areas for improvement in research rigor, reproducibility, and responsibility in pursuit of continued research excellence.