FASEB has a new tool available for researchers to improve the rigor and reproducibility of science submitted to FASEB journals. An automated tool, SciScore, is now integrated into the journals’ submission system, and provides key recommendations and practical steps researchers can take to improve the rigor and reproducibility of their reported science.
SciScore is an automated text-mining tool that evaluates the methods section of scientific articles and checks compliance against recommendations, requirements, and best practices for rigor and reproducibility. The tool generates for researchers both an overall score and a detailed report that provides guidance on potential improvements. FASEB has included the tool in their submission and peer review process as a support tool for authors, available for use at submission and again prior to publication.
By giving researchers direct access to the tool, the report, and the score at both initial submission and again pre-publication, the aim is to empower the community with resources to better understand rigor and reproducibility issues and to enact their own change. FASEB will also be able to review aggregated scores over time and assess how the community is improving in this key metric for research integrity, helping identify and solve additional researcher needs as we move towards an open science world.
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