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"Ambiguous one-word journal titles are a MDPI trademark (“Foods”, “Plants”). In the spirit of “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em”, Springer Nature has launched a series of journals, the “Discover” series, with near-identical names (Discover Food, Discover Plants).
(...) You can try it yourself in our “Guess Who Is Who” mini-game (...)
Why? How? And let’s ask the most important question of all: who will this benefit? It’s certainly not the authors."
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Springer Nature Discovers MDPI – The Strain on Scientific Publishing
Home page for the paper ‘The Strain on Scientific Publishing’ by Mark A Hanson, Dan Brockington, Paolo Crosetto and Pablo Gomez Barreirothe-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io
What's the best way to debunk a misleading graph? 📊
A new study suggests that providing an "accurate alternative" is most effective.
Misleading graphs can omit baselines to exaggerate differences and cherry-pick sections of data to hide greater trends. The other methods tested included providing a warning arrow pointing to the issue or an educational or general text warning next to the graph.
doi.org/10.22323/2.21070207
#SciComm #ResearchIntegrity #Misinformation #Science @academicchatter
Debunking strategies for misleading bar charts
Graphs are useful to communicate concisely about complex issues. Although they facilitate intuitive reading of data, trends, and predictions, hasty readers may still come to the wrong conclusions, especially if graphs are misleading due to violated d…JCOM - The Journal of Science Communication