We normally accept the the statements 0f Scientists as Gospel.
We never get to know the othe side of the story.
The Data is interpreted to suit the Scientist’s (not all scientists indulge in this) view or worse still the view of the Sponsor,say a Pharma Company.
Peer reviewed Journals are also guilty of this crime.
A Medical Student has come out with a web service, where Scientists papers are Published straight , with out moderation .
Negative comments are published.
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It’s a way of bringing academics together online, but it’s also a means of instantly publishing research. Yes, there are other sites that let you self-publish academic work — most notably Cornell University’sarXiv and the Public Library of Science — but ResearchGate goes further. Part of the aim is to share research even before it’s packaged into a formal paper — including “negative data” that may show that a particular thesis isn’t worth following.
“There has to be a way for scientists to share negative data, so that we’re not just making the same mistakes again and again,” Madisch says. “We spend so much time and money on experiments that we already know don’t work.”
Today, the service claims nearly 2 million registered users, and though it continues to battle the skepticism of researchers who still see traditional journals as the best way to share and validate research — not to mention build a career — it’s slowly winning over many of its most ardent critics.
It’s a great thing — and I was surprised it’s a great thing,” says Rafael Luque, a professor of organic chemistry at the University of Córdoba, who shares completed research papers as well as raw experiments and ideas. “At first, it looked like just another version of Facebook. I have nothing against Facebook. I just don’t have time for it. But ResearchGate is different. It stimulates thought.”
Madisch grew up in Germany, where he studied medicine before coming to the States for an M.D.-Ph.D. program at Harvard. It was there he dreamed up the idea of ResearchGate. “I wanted to form teams of scientists all over the world,” he says. “And I wanted to go across disciplines.” The idea was so attractive to him, he eventually decided to curtail his medical studies so he could spend more time developing it — a decision that raised the ire of his longtime adviser back in Germany.
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