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ArticleFEBS open bio2025

Improving experimental reproducibility through comprehensive research protocols.

Ivana Novak

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Article in FEBS open bio, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Ivana NovakUniversity of Split, School of Medicine, Croatia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0682-7052

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With this "In the Limelight: Research Protocols" special issue, FEBS Open Bio aims to highlight the critical importance of publishing reproducible and detailed scientific protocols that can be broadly adopted by laboratories working in molecular and cellular life sciences. This collection includes four protocols focused on sample preparation for structural analysis of macromolecules using X-ray crystallography, covering both in vitro and in vivo approaches. Two additional protocols demonstrate the use of cellular systems to screen the enzymatic activity of various proteins, with potential applications in high-throughput screening. Another protocol provides a comprehensive guide for the preparation and analysis of selective autophagy flux in cultured cells using flow cytometry. Finally, the issue concludes with a protocol integrating classical behavioral tests with cognitive components to assess both physical and cognitive dimensions of frailty.

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Crystallography, X-RayReproducibility of Results

Identifiers

PMID40170274
PMCPMC11961370

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