Titles and abstracts of scientific reports ignore variation among species

An analysis of more than 1000 research articles in biology reveals that the name of the species being studied is not mentioned in the title or abstract of many articles. Consequently, such data are not easily accessible in the PubMed database. These omissions can mislead readers about the true natur...

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Autor principal: Migeon, Barbara R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2014
Materias:
Developmental Biology and Stem Cells
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4275570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25537194
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05075
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description An analysis of more than 1000 research articles in biology reveals that the name of the species being studied is not mentioned in the title or abstract of many articles. Consequently, such data are not easily accessible in the PubMed database. These omissions can mislead readers about the true nature of developmental processes and delay the acceptance of valid species differences. To improve the accuracy of the scientific record, I suggest that journals should require that authors include the name of the species being studied in the title or abstract of submitted papers. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05075.001
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spelling pubmed-42755702015-01-29 Titles and abstracts of scientific reports ignore variation among species Migeon, Barbara R eLife Developmental Biology and Stem Cells An analysis of more than 1000 research articles in biology reveals that the name of the species being studied is not mentioned in the title or abstract of many articles. Consequently, such data are not easily accessible in the PubMed database. These omissions can mislead readers about the true nature of developmental processes and delay the acceptance of valid species differences. To improve the accuracy of the scientific record, I suggest that journals should require that authors include the name of the species being studied in the title or abstract of submitted papers. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05075.001 eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2014-12-24 /pmc/articles/PMC4275570/ /pubmed/25537194 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05075 Text en © 2014, Migeon http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Titles and abstracts of scientific reports ignore variation among species
title_sort titles and abstracts of scientific reports ignore variation among species
topic Developmental Biology and Stem Cells
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4275570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25537194
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05075
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