ArticleeLife2020
A survey of research quality in core facilities.
Article in eLife, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Greater Reliance on Shared Resources Can Enrich the Future Success of Academic Research.Journal of biomolecular techniques : JBT · 2025Article
- Promoting the adoption of best practices and standards to enhance quality and reproducibility of stem cell research.Stem cell reports · 2025Review
- Core Facility for Supporting Research and Technological Development in Health: A Review of Its Concept and the Brazilian Context.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2025Review
- The crucial role of bioimage analysts in scientific research and publication.Journal of cell science · 2024Article
- Elevating the Educational Mission of "Full-Service" Core Facilities through Formal Biotechnology Workshops.Journal of biomolecular techniques : JBT · 2023Article
- Strategies for Shared Research Resources for Enhancing Research Sustainability: Communicating Between Stakeholders and Managing Expectations to Maximize Value and Impact.Journal of biomolecular techniques : JBT · 2022Article
- A Shift in Our Thinking: Reframing Shared Research Resources as Investments in Education and Innovation, Not Subsidized Science.Journal of biomolecular techniques : JBT · 2022Article
- Research Infrastructure Core Facilities at Research Centers in Minority Institutions: Part I-Research Resources Management, Operation, and Best Practices.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency in Shared Research Resources: Follow-Up Survey and Recommendations for Improvements.Journal of biomolecular techniques : JBT · 2022Article
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- Assessing and Improving Research Quality in Core Facilities.Journal of biomolecular techniques : JBT · 2022Article
- Do German university medical centres promote robust and transparent research? A cross-sectional study of institutional policies.Health research policy and systems · 2022Article
- Research data management for bioimaging: the 2021 NFDI4BIOIMAGE community survey.F1000Research · 2022Article
- Towards best practices in research: Role of academic core facilities.EMBO reports · 2021Article
- Quality standards in proteomics research facilities: Common standards and quality procedures are essential for proteomics facilities and their users.EMBO reports · 2021Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Core facilities are an effective way of making expensive experimental equipment available to a large number of researchers, and are thus well placed to contribute to efforts to promote good research practices. Here we report the results of a survey that asked core facilities in Europe about their approaches to the promotion of good research practices, and about their interactions with users from the first contact to the publication of the results. Based on 253 responses we identified four ways that good research practices could be encouraged: (i) motivating users to follow the advice and procedures for best research practice; (ii) providing clear guidance on data-management practices; (iii) improving communication along the whole research process; and (iv) clearly defining the responsibilities of each party.
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