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Guest post by Dr. Eva Furrer, Center for Reproducible Science, UZH p-hacking, among others also called data dredging or fishing for significance, is one of several questionable research practices, that is denounced and fought against increasingly in the last few years. But the awareness of the issue is not new, for example: “The Meaning of […]

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In a standard literature search, relevant hits are searched for with a precise search query. The systematic literature search, on the other hand, should be so widespread that all potentially interesting literature on a topic is found. The challenge here is to formulate the search strategy broadly without achieving too many irrelevant hits. A systematic […]

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EBSCOhost offers an alternative way to search for academic information and is one of the world’s most biggest multidisciplinary database for academic web resources and contains more than 36 disciplinary databases. In comparison to Web of Science and Scopus, EBSCOhost is characterised by the following features: Especially in Sociology, Political Science, Economics, Psychology, Asian Studies […]

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Traditional indicators for measuring research impact include the number of peer-reviewed publications (first / last / corresponding authorship) and h-index for researchers, or the impact factor for journals (JIF). However, these are difficults to compare between researchers, since they do not take into account the different publication and citation behaviours in different research areas. They […]

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The new series of Coffee Lectures will start on 12 November 2019. From 1:30 to 1:45 pm we offer free coffee in the Dozentenfoyer Y22-G-74. This interesting and diverse program is waiting for you (detailed program HS 2019): Come by, enjoy a coffee and listen to exciting short presentations! Registration is not necessary.

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For almost two years now, the SNSF has been requiring researchers to submit a data management plan (DMP) with their funding application. We asked the SNSF: How do you rate the quality of the DMPs submitted so far? The positive answer: 70% of the DMPs are accepted without further comments. The most frequent reasons for […]

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Open source, well documented data formats are key for the long-term availability of data. General principles are: Open and non-proprietary file formats are preferable to closed and proprietary formats, text-based formats are better than binary formats; depending on the research area, this is not always possible. Certain data formats can be converted/exported into formats that […]

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Guest post Dr. med. Andrea Degen, EUrelations The best way to write a successful grant application (grant writing) is still high-quality science. Success comes to those who can propose innovative, original and creative solutions. That’s why it is worthwhile to engage with innovation and how it can be promoted. How do you come to innovative […]

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Researchers not only produce publications, but often start a project with a grant application before data is collected or experimentally produced and published. In addition, researchers are often invited to review data, applications and papers of others. All this work is part of the scientific output and should receive appropriate recognition. In the Internet, repositories […]

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Literature management programs allow you to collect, organize, reuse, and share literature. The 4 most popular programs at the UZH are Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote and Citavi. Each program has certain specifications, which are presented here. Zotero This program is free of charge and is particularly suitable for people who work a lot with library catalogues. […]

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