On the 8th of October 2014 the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) published a paper by a team of Dutch researchers which reported the findings of a large study lookin...
Science writer Richard Harris details in a new book the systemic problems of biomedical research. “In his book with the title Rigor Mortis, Richard Harris effectively illustrates an accessible overview of what can happen when a convergence of social, cultural and scientific forces, as well ...
“Science isn’t self-correcting, it’s self-destructing. To save the enterprise, scientists must come out of the lab and into the real world.” This states Daniel Sarewitz, professor of science and society at Arizona State University’s School for the Future of Innovation and Socie...
Three UMC Utrecht researchers make a plea for changing the academic reward system to improve translational medicine. This should start “by moving away from a myopic focus on publications”, they state. Because “a publication is a ...
Research by university medical centres in The Netherlands can contribute more to the quality and affordability of care and prevention. That concludes the Dutch Health Council in a report issued the health minister. To give research in university me...
About 65%-75% of papers published in a journal receive less citations than the journal impact factor of that journal suggests. A team of editors and science publishers decribes the skewed citation distribution in the journal bioRxiv. It is an attempt...
Awareness, inspiration and training is what this Utrecht University summerschool course offers. Key opinion leaders increase your awareness of how science really works and how this shapes translational medicine. International experts provide you with...