A study, published in BMJ Evidence Based Medicine, reports the use of ‘spin’ (defined as the use of reporting strategies … read more

In September 2018, cOAlition S, an international group of research funders announced Plan S, an initiative to accelerate the transition … read more

The Lancet Countdown was established to provide an independent, global monitoring system dedicated to tracking the health dimensions of the impacts of, and the response to, climate change. read more

In a paper in Science researchers attempted to replicate 100 recently published psychology studies. They report that they could successfully repeat the original experiments in most of them, but that they were able to reproduce the original results in less than half. read more

An independent panel decided the BMJ did not need to retract two articles on statins – one opinion piece and one analysis – both of which made claims about side effects which were subsequently withdrawn. read more

Randy Schekman, a winner of this year’s Nobel prize in physiology or medicine declared a boycott of top science journals, claiming they are distorting the scientific process. read more