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Other Sciences
Opinion: Peer review systems no longer guarantee academic rigor and a different approach is needed
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Peer review is a central function of academic research. This is the process by which research is finally published in an academic journal. Independent experts review the work of other researchers and recommend whether and how the work should be accepted by publishers and improved. Peer reviews are often thought to guarantee quality, but in reality…
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Environment
Scientists review 7,000 studies on microplastics, and their startling conclusions are a warning to humanity
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain It’s been 20 years since the journal Science published a paper showing the accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and fibres in the environment, particles that the journal dubbed “microplastics”. This paper opened up an entirely new field of research, and since then, over 7,000 studies have been published demonstrating the pervasiveness of microplastics in the environment,…
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