eLife (Mar 2020)
Framework for advancing rigorous research
- Walter J Koroshetz,
- Shannon Behrman,
- Cynthia J Brame,
- Janet L Branchaw,
- Emery N Brown,
- Erin A Clark,
- David Dockterman,
- Jordan J Elm,
- Pamela L Gay,
- Katelyn M Green,
- Sherry Hsi,
- Michael G Kaplitt,
- Benedict J Kolber,
- Alex L Kolodkin,
- Diane Lipscombe,
- Malcolm R MacLeod,
- Caleb C McKinney,
- Marcus R Munafò,
- Barbara Oakley,
- Jeffrey T Olimpo,
- Nathalie Percie du Sert,
- Indira M Raman,
- Ceri Riley,
- Amy L Shelton,
- Stephen Miles Uzzo,
- Devon C Crawford,
- Shai D Silberberg
Affiliations
- Walter J Koroshetz
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
- Shannon Behrman
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- iBiology, San Francisco, United States
- Cynthia J Brame
- Center for Teaching and Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
- Janet L Branchaw
- Department of Kinesiology and Wisconsin Institute for Science Education and Community Engagement, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, United States
- Emery N Brown
- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States; Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Medical Engineering and Sciences, the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, and the Institute for Data Systems and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, United States
- Erin A Clark
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- Department of Biology and Program in Neuroscience, Brandeis University, Waltham, United States
- David Dockterman
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- Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States
- Jordan J Elm
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, United States
- Pamela L Gay
- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, United States
- Katelyn M Green
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- Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
- Sherry Hsi
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- The Concord Consortium, Emeryville, United States
- Michael G Kaplitt
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, United States
- Benedict J Kolber
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, United States
- Alex L Kolodkin
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- Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States
- Diane Lipscombe
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- Carney Institute for Brain Science, Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, United States
- Malcolm R MacLeod
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Caleb C McKinney
- Biomedical Graduate Education, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, United States
- Marcus R Munafò
- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Barbara Oakley
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- Oakland University, Rochester, United States
- Jeffrey T Olimpo
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, United States
- Nathalie Percie du Sert
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- National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs), London, United Kingdom
- Indira M Raman
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- Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, United States
- Ceri Riley
- Complexly, Missoula, United States
- Amy L Shelton
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- Center for Talented Youth and School of Education, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
- Stephen Miles Uzzo
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- New York Hall of Science, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, United States
- Devon C Crawford
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
- Shai D Silberberg
- ORCiD
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.55915
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9
Abstract
There is a pressing need to increase the rigor of research in the life and biomedical sciences. To address this issue, we propose that communities of 'rigor champions' be established to campaign for reforms of the research culture that has led to shortcomings in rigor. These communities of rigor champions would also assist in the development and adoption of a comprehensive educational platform that would teach the principles of rigorous science to researchers at all career stages.
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