Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37395453›Full record

ArticleeLife2023

Why every lab needs a handbook.

Benjamin C Tendler, Maddie Welland, Karla L Miller, WIN Handbook Team

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Article in eLife, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Benjamin C TendlerWellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-2095-8665
Maddie WellandWellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Karla L MillerWellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-2511-3189
WIN Handbook Team

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust Diversity & Inclusion Grant (221507/Z/20/Z)Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship (224573/Z/21/Z)Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship (222829/Z/21/Z)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A lab handbook is a flexible document that outlines the ethos of a research lab or group. A good handbook will outline the different roles within the lab, explain what is expected of all lab members, provide an overview of the culture the lab aims to create, and describe how the lab supports its members so that they can develop as researchers. Here we describe how we wrote a lab handbook for a large research group, and provide resources to help other labs write their own handbooks.

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Research PersonnelWritingHumanscareers in scienceearly-career researcherslab handbooksonboardingprincipal investigatorsresearch culture

Identifiers

PMID37395453
PMCPMC10317497

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