Scientific rigor also includes transparency in reporting
full experimental details so that others may reproduce experimental procedures and extend the findings.
They blame the problem on poor training, an emphasis on provocative conclusions in papers, a dearth
of experimental details, and an overemphasis on publications in high - impact journals.
The two men «developed a framework for describing the intrinsic mass of quarks which has been verified in
spectacular experimental detail,» Callan said in his statement.
An interaction annotation is composed of the interaction type, name of the interactor, assay type (e.g., Two - Hybrid), annotation type (e.g., manual or high - throughput), and a reference, as well as
other experimental details.
In December 2011, the board said that
experimental details of the two studies should be redacted from any publications, because of concerns that the information could be used in a bioterror attack.
In December 2011, the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity said that
experimental details of two studies on the transmissibility of H5N1 flu virus in ferrets should be redacted because of bioterror concerns and fears about virus accidentally escaping the lab.
The short format of Science articles means that a lot of
the experimental details are not shown.
It is arguable that the big mistake that Fleischman and Pons made was to publish
their experimental details in enough detail to allow others to try to replicate them.