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It is time for the research community to rethink how the outputs of scientific research are evaluated and, as the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment makes clear, this should involve replacing the journal impact factor with a broad range of more meaningful approaches.

All editorial decisions at eLife are taken by working scientists in a process that emphasizes fairness, speed and transparency.

Eve Marder believes that many of the most important events in our lives, both personal and professional, depend to some degree on luck or chance.