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. 2020 Mar 4:9:e55915.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.55915.

Framework for advancing rigorous research

Walter J Koroshetz  1 , Shannon Behrman  2 , Cynthia J Brame  3 , Janet L Branchaw  4 , Emery N Brown  5   6 , Erin A Clark  7 , David Dockterman  8 , Jordan J Elm  9 , Pamela L Gay  10 , Katelyn M Green  11 , Sherry Hsi  12 , Michael G Kaplitt  13 , Benedict J Kolber  14 , Alex L Kolodkin  15 , Diane Lipscombe  16 , Malcolm R MacLeod  17 , Caleb C McKinney  18 , Marcus R Munafò  19 , Barbara Oakley  20 , Jeffrey T Olimpo  21 , Nathalie Percie du Sert  22 , Indira M Raman  23 , Ceri Riley  24 , Amy L Shelton  25 , Stephen Miles Uzzo  26 , Devon C Crawford #  1 , Shai D Silberberg #  1
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Framework for advancing rigorous research

Walter J Koroshetz et al. Elife. .

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.

Keywords: education; mentoring; none; research culture; scientific rigor.

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Conflict of interest statement

WK, SB, CB, JB, EB, EC, DD, JE, PG, KG, SH, MK, BK, AK, DL, MM, CM, MM, BO, JO, NP, IR, CR, AS, SU, DC, SS No competing interests declared

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Outline of an educational resource on the principles of rigorous research suitable for a variety of audiences.
We envision a comprehensive resource that can be used by scientists at all stages of their career to explore the principles of rigorous research at various levels of detail. We envision modules on a range of topics (such as reducing cognitive biases), each of which contains a number of topics (such as blinding), each of which contains a number of lessons (such as practical examples).
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