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Publication bias, in which positive results are preferentially reported by authors and published by journals, can restrict the visibility of evidence against false claims and allow such claims to be canonized inappropriately as facts.

Analysis of data on drug-gene interactions suggests that decentralized collaboration will increase the robustness of scientific findings in biomedical research.

The use of Research Resource Identifiers (RRIDs) improves the proper use of cell lines in the biomedical literature.

Interviews with senior biomedical researchers reveal a perceived decline in trust in the scientific enterprise, in large part because the quantity of new data exceeds the field's ability to process it appropriately.

Community nurturing is the single most important factor in determining the sustainability of an open source project such as BioJS.

When making decisions about funding and jobs the scientific community should recognise that most of the tools used to evaluate scientific excellence are biased in favour of established disciplines and against interdisciplinary research.

There are many reasons for submitting your best work to eLife, especially if you are an early career researcher.

The linguistic characteristics of peer review reports are not influenced by research area, type of review or reviewer gender, which is evidence for the robustness of peer review.

Early-career researchers propose seven actions that can be taken by research institutions and departments to improve science training.