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To Read More Papers, or to Read Papers Better? A Crucial Point for the Reproducibility Crisis
Author(s) -
França Thiago F. A.,
Monserrat José M.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bioessays
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1521-1878
pISSN - 0265-9247
DOI - 10.1002/bies.201800206
Subject(s) - reproducibility , reading (process) , point (geometry) , computer science , epistemology , political science , mathematics , law , philosophy , geometry
The overflow of scientific literature stimulates poor reading habits which can aggravate science's reproducibility crisis. Thus, solving the reproducibility crisis demands not only methodological changes, but also changes in our relationship with the scientific literature, especially our reading habits. Importantly, this does not mean reading more, it means reading better.