Randomized clinical trials are widely accepted as the gold standard approach to test new line of drugs, therapies, or treatments. They reduce bias by randomly allocating patients to either a treatment or a control group. In this scenario,…

The quality of data or goods resulting from scientific research must be held to high standards. For this reason, the GLP regulations, GCP guidelines, and GMP guidelines must be followed. Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) regulates the…

Synlett, an international chemistry journal published by Thieme, has successfully tried a new form of peer review aimed to make manuscript assessment faster and fairer. The journal’s editor in chief, Benjamin List of the Max Planck…

In 2014, the American Heart Association, the parent company of Circulation, retracted a cardiology research paper published in its journal in 2012 entitled “Cardiomyogenesis in the Aging and Failing Human Heart” after allegations of…

Style guides provide guidelines for citations and references depending on the discipline. The American Psychological Association (APA) is one organization that provides the format for those writing papers in the behavioral sciences. The…