Section outline

  • Week 2:        

    Wednesday, April 15 (Health Sciences West 300) or Thursday, April 16 (Byers Aud., Genentech Hall 106)

     

    Publications and Peer Review

    Vivian Siegel – Director of Scientific Education and Public Communication, The Broad Institute

    of MIT and Harvard; Past Editor-in-Chief of Cell and of Executive Director of PLoS

    The purpose and importance of scientific publication, and the responsibilities of the authors. Includes topics such as collaborative work and assigning appropriate credit, acknowledgments, appropriate citations, repetitive publications, fragmentary publication, sufficient description of methods, corrections and retractions, conventions for deciding upon authors, author responsibilities, and the pressure to publish.  Also, the purpose of peer review in determining merit for research funding and publications.  Includes topics such as, the definition of peer review, impartiality, how peer review works, editorial boards and ad hoc reviewers, responsibilities of the reviewers, privileged information and confidentiality.

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