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Date Title & Description Contributors
2017-11-28

  Episode 27: Ivan Oransky on the Value of Tracking Retractions

Science is self-correcting in nature, but the mechanism for correcting the literature could be more transparent. In 2010, Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus recognized this transparency issue and launched the blog Retraction Watch to shed light on what happe...
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2017-10-17

  Episode 26: ECRs reinvent science publishing: An interview with Jessica Polka

Early Career Researchers (ECRs) are leading the way when it comes to challenging traditional approaches to scientific research and publishing, but achieving buy-in from senior investigators and peer scientists isn’t always easy. Jessica Polka would kno...
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2017-09-20

  Episode 25: Exploring the World of Medical Research: An interview featuring Lauren Maggio

How do physicians access medical research at the point of care? Furthermore, how does the general public access and interpret this research, including the use of newspapers and Wikipedia? In this week’s PLOSCast, Elizabeth dives into these questions wi...
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2017-08-06

  Episode 24: Check Your Stats: An interview featuring Michèle Nuijten

Good research should be replicable, but there are various issues that can impact reproducibility in science. In this PLOSCast, Elizabeth discusses some of these issues with Michèle Nuijten, a PhD Student at Tilburg University. Her research focuses on m...
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2017-07-07

  Episode 23: Big Data in the Social Sciences: An interview featuring Ian Mulvany

How big is Big Data, and how does it apply to the realm of social sciences? In this latest PLOSCast episode, Elizabeth explores that question with Ian Mulvany, the Head of Product Innovation at SAGE Publications. They discuss his journey from astrophys...
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2017-05-23

  Episode 22: Building Taxonomies: An interview featuring Bob Kasenchak

In this PLOScast, Elizabeth interviews Bob Kasenchak, the Director of Product Development at Access Innovations, about how taxonomies help organize and find content, in scholarly publishing and beyond.
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2017-05-03

  Episode 21: Why Open Research featuring Erin McKiernan

Sharing research can be challenging. In this episode Erin shares with Elizabeth her journey to Open Access, what the difference is between Open Access and Open Research and explains her Open Research Project.
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2017-03-24

  Episode 20: Science Communication and Critique: An interview featuring Hilda Bastian

Communication and critique are important for the public understanding of and progress in science. In this PLOSCast, Elizabeth speaks with Hilda Bastian, an Editor at PubMed Commons. She connects her current work at PubMed Commons and her previous exper...
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2017-02-21

  Episode 19: Accessing Academic Sources on Wikipedia featuring Jake Orlowitz

How might access to these research articles impact the use of Wikipedia and how might Wikipedia in turn impact science? In this PLOScast, Elizabeth Seiver speaks with Jake Orlowitz, the founder of Wikipedia Library, a program from the Wikimedia Foundat...
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2017-01-24

  Episode 17 Part 2: Science of Peer Review featuring Eamon Duede

In this episode Eamon Duede, the Executive Director of Knowledge Lab at the University of Chicago, speaks with Elizabeth about the latest modeling research using big data to understand behaviors and patterns surrounding manuscript review. This is the s...
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