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What do you think about post-publication review? Should it be adopted more widely?
Conventional peer-review takes quite long, and is one of the major reasons for the snail-pace of the publication process. On the other hand, it seems attractive to quickly make your article public as a preprint (e.g. on bioRxiv), so that it can get readership and may be citations even before formal publication. Some journals (F1000Research, eLife, etc.) have started the practice of post-publication review. Here 'publication' means not 'acceptance', but making the article public with a valid...
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To what extent can AI be used in scientific writing?
Routine aspects of inspection and considerations include, but not limited to: Obtaining the research question and hypothesis, choosing statistical analytic approaches and methods, data Interpretation, English editing, content Generation, drawing conclusions, etc. These are just several aspects, however, the potential hazards include the risk of bias, uniform tone in writing, lack of creativity, etc. Although with supervised use all these aspects can be partially controlled, to what extend do...
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Are there concrete examples that genomics research or genomic selection led to superior crop cultivars?
Numerous articles predict that genomics research and genomic selection would accelerate plant breeding. We have been conducting a study to see how much more effective is genomic selection relative to conventional visual selection in plant cultivar development for a number of years and are about to write a summary article. We are interested in knowing similar researches and their results and conclusions.
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AI for academic writing: friend or foe?
Given the increasing availability of AI writing tools, how can academic institutions ensure the responsible use of these technologies while maintaining the integrity of research and scholarship?
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Is Oxidative Stress sufficient by itself as an indicator and compelling basis for a carcinogenic concern?
Oxidative Stress as a Precursor and Mechanism for Carcinogenicity IARC and others (Smith et al) have identified 10 key characteristics which may be used/considered in the evaluation of carcinogenicity, one of which is oxidative stress. How strong or compelling, if at all, would the data need to be for considering OS as a putative and defensible MOA for carcinogenicity, or would there need to be other tangential/correlative data (e.g., tumors) available. In other words, is OS sufficient by...
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Does a mule have by definition a diploid (2n) genome or 1n + 1n haploid genomes?
Dears, Does a mule have by definition a diploid (2n) genome or 1n + 1n haploid genomes? Best regards
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How should SciPinion improve their account profile page?
Currently, an account's profile includes a CV, education, employment. It also asks for an H-index but does not specify which source. It also excludes information about research output in general and limits itself seemingly to journal articles, chapters, and patents. It could ask about data sets, scientific software, and other research output forms. It can allow people to list an ORCID, ROR (institutes), Mastodon/Twitter, GitHub/GitLab accounts, etc, allowing people to establish a much richer...
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What questions would you like the SciPinion Community to address next in a SciPoll? $100
SciPinion is seeking your input for our upcoming SciPolls. Please participate in this SciPinion Ping (a single science-based question posted for other experts to answer) by posting your top multiple-choice question, including answer options. If you participate you will earn Ping credits to ask your own questions and if we choose your question, there is a $100 reward. We will choose at least one of the most popular and thought provoking questions. Please post your topic in the form of a...
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