Can't get no reproduction: Leading researchers discuss the problem of irreproducible results

Circulation Research

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 667-670

  Williams, Ruth ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SCIENTIST; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDITORIAL POLICIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETRACTION OF PUBLICATION AS TOPIC; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

EID: 84942436963     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.307532     Document Type: Short Survey

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