Ten simple rules for good research practice

Simon Schwab^{1

2}, Perrine Janiaud³, Michael Dayan⁴, Valentin Amrhein⁵, Radoslaw Panczak⁶, Patricia M Palagi⁷, Lars G Hemkens^{3

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9}, Meike Ramon¹⁰, Nicolas Rothen¹¹, Stephen Senn¹², Eva Furrer^{1

2}, Leonhard Held^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Reproducible Science, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
² Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
³ Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
⁴ Human Neuroscience Platform, Fondation Campus Biotech Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Department of Environmental Sciences, Zoology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
⁶ Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
⁷ SIB Training Group, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁸ Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.
⁹ Meta-Research Innovation Center Berlin (METRIC-B), Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
¹⁰ Applied Face Cognition Lab, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
¹¹ Faculty of Psychology, UniDistance Suisse, Brig, Switzerland.
¹² Statistical Consultant, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Editorial

Simon Schwab et al. PLoS Comput Biol. 2022.

. 2022 Jun 23;18(6):e1010139.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010139. eCollection 2022 Jun.

¹ Center for Reproducible Science, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
² Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
³ Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
⁴ Human Neuroscience Platform, Fondation Campus Biotech Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Department of Environmental Sciences, Zoology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
⁶ Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
⁷ SIB Training Group, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁸ Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.
⁹ Meta-Research Innovation Center Berlin (METRIC-B), Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
¹⁰ Applied Face Cognition Lab, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
¹¹ Faculty of Psychology, UniDistance Suisse, Brig, Switzerland.
¹² Statistical Consultant, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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