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Striving for transparent and credible research: practical guidelines for behavioral ecologists.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- MIReAD, a minimum information standard for reporting arthropod abundance data.Scientific data · 2019Article
- Family ties: the multilevel effects of households and kinship on the networks of individuals.Royal Society open science · 2018Article
- Questionable research practices in ecology and evolution.PloS one · 2018Article
- Color vision improves foraging success and accelerates reproduction in a jumping spider.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
- Transparent and credible practices under the microscope: a response to comments on Ihle et al.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
Science is meant to be the systematic and objective study of the world but evidence suggests that scientific practices are sometimes falling short of this expectation. In this invited idea, we argue that any failure to conduct research according to a documented plan (lack of
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