Authorship is a central element of scientific research carrying a variety of rewards and
responsibilities, and while various guidelines exist, actual author contributions are often …

How can the scientific literature provide unbiased conclusions if it represents a biased
sample of available studies? Publication bias refers to phenomena arising from bias in …

To the Editor—Almost three centuries since Linnaeus introduced the system of binomial
classification 1, thousands of species new to science are still described every year 2. Any …

Field ecology has been included in a 'replication crisis' that extends across many scientific
disciplines. However, the underlying concepts of replication, reproducibility and replicability …

INTRODUCTION Understanding the differing data management practices among academic
disciplines is an important way to inform existing and emerging library research support and …

Replication is a fundamental tenet of science, but there is increasing fear among scientists
that too few scientific studies can be replicated. This has been termed the “replication …

Authorship is intended to convey information regarding credit and responsibility for
manuscripts. However, while there is general agreement within ecology that the first author …

Professionals working in practical conservation management and scientists often complain
about an information gap between science and practice. Which kinds of information sources …

Peer review is widely held to be essential for enhancing the quality of scientific
communications [1]. Opinions differ, however, as to how to ensure that reviews are as fair …

Access to analytical code is essential for transparent and reproducible research. We review
the state of code availability in ecology using a random sample of 346 nonmolecular articles …