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Guest post by Dr. Lars Malmström, S3IT, Computational Biology, UZH Scientific endeavors across multiple domains, including the life sciences, are changing as a result of the proliferation of digital devices and sensors that produce vast amounts of data. As a result, it is increasingly important to manage the scientific data actively and to document the […]

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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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Under this motto our information campaign is currently running on all information screens of the UZH on the subject of ORCID. An ORCID iD distinguishes you from every other researcher and creates linkages between you and your professional activities ensuring that your work is recognized. You can now tag your existing publications in ZORA. Find […]

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The Cochrane Handbook is the reference manual when conducting a systematic review of an intervention. Even when publication of the review is planned in another journal than Cochrane, this handbook includes essential guidance through the steps of conducting a review, e.g. planning, searching and selecting studies, data collection, synthesis, and (newly included) network meta-analysis.

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Graphic medicine (or graphic pathographies) tells us in an intuitive, easily accessible way about experiences, actions, thoughts and feelings of patients, relatives and medical personnel. Often the stories are biographical, autobiographical or semi-autobiographical. The combination of texts and illustrations leads to a more visceral and enriched understanding compared to texts only. Facial expressions or changes […]

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There are a number of checklists available for adhering to quality standards when conducting and reporting a systematic review of the literature. It has been shown that their implementation has led to a more complete reporting (1,2). Even though most quecklists are meant for reporting, they are worth consulting already when planning and conducting a […]

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