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The Illusion of Academic Freedom: A Reflection

" I thought it was freedom But in truth, it was the bars of a prison Of a prison " Engenheiros do Hawai, Brazilian rock band In this...

Papers accepted with responses from ChatGPT: copy and paste, and publish

It may sound like a joke, but it is not. There are papers being published with outputs from ChatGPT. The first reaction people have is:...

Collaboration or Competition? The Pros and Cons of Co-Authorship in Science

In recent years, the number of authors per scientific publication has been increasing. A study conducted by Liu, Olivola, and Kovács...

The Perils of Publish or Perish: How Current Academic Incentives Undermine Science and Society

In the world of academia, the mantra "publish or perish" (POP) has long been the unwritten rule that governs the careers of countless...

The open-review system and its challenges

One interesting fact about receiving +20 reviews on a single paper is that: it can be contradictory, conflicting. One reviewer may say...

Testing a new academic writing assistant

There are several styles of abstracts. One of the is the Indicative (descriptive): Like a table of contents, it lists topics but does not...

The anatomy of an abstract: basic components

Example of a generic abstract (<250 words) Scientists must write to succeed, but few receive training in scientific writing. We studied...

Overlay journals and preprints

As it becomes each time clearer that the peer-review is broken, new options start to emerge. This is the natural path: journals were born...

Qeios is experimenting with a review process that is not blind. Is the blind review really better?

Qeios is a platform for publishing papers, which does not follow the traditional way: there is no fee, and there is no editor. Also, they...

Evidence-based medicine: the science of considering evidences on decisions

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is a philosophy that emphasizes the integration of clinical expertise and the best external evidence in...

ChatGPT and biases: how ChatGPT could support on handling human`s biases

Cognitive biases are mental shortcuts, they are everywhere: from our decisions to our writings. Could artificial intelligence be an ally...

About the usage of artificial intelligence for writing on academia

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in academia, specifically in the field of writing, is a topic of interest and debate...

Why Smart People Can Be So Stupid?

We all have been there: how come can I be so stupid, and hold a PhD? better, more pleasant, how can a PhD from Harvard be so stupid?

Heuristic question: how come do I have this impression my question was not answered?

Have you ever wondered why people seem to dodge from tough questions? It may not be intentional! This is called heuristic questions.

Asking questions on surveys: it is not that trivial

Does you research demands collecting answers to questions. Make sure you follow some basic guidelines! 🙄

The Hidden Habits of Genius: commentary

"Picasso could not remember the sequence of the letters in the alphabet and saw symbolic numbers as literal representations: a 2 as the...

PRISMA-S: a systematic literature review methodology

Reproducibility and replicability in science are the pillars in scientific investigation. We talk about a tools for systematic reviews.

Systematic Literature Review: take a superficial, but still scientific view of a topic

Primary vs. secondary research Primary is when you actually collect the data, which is related strongly to inductive methods: you are...

I have published on Nature: how out of context publication ads can drive you crazy

Since I have joined the online world, one of the biggest challenges I have been struggling with is dealing with social media feeds. Some...

Negotiating: speak up and defend your position

"Speak up is one of the biggest sources of regrets" Daniel Pink "Low Power double bind is when you do not have power to speak, but you...

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