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Words without meaning

Eve Marder
eLife, Vol.9
02/21/2020
PMCID: PMC7034975
PMID: 32081134

Abstract

evaluation language Living Science mechanism peer review impact
Many of the words used by scientists when reviewing manuscripts, job candidates and grant applications – words such as incremental, novelty, mechanism, descriptive and impact – have lost their meaning.
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https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.54867View
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