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      Titles and abstracts of scientific reports ignore variation among species

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      Journal: eLife
      Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
      Keywords: species variation, X inactivation, scientific publishing, D. melanogaster, E. coli, human, mouse

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          An analysis of more than 1000 research articles in biology reveals that the name of the species being studied is not mentioned in the title or abstract of many articles. Consequently, such data are not easily accessible in the PubMed database. These omissions can mislead readers about the true nature of developmental processes and delay the acceptance of valid species differences. To improve the accuracy of the scientific record, I suggest that journals should require that authors include the name of the species being studied in the title or abstract of submitted papers.

          DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05075.001

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                Peter Rodgers: Role: Reviewing editor
                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): eLife
                Journal ID (hwp): eLife
                Journal ID (publisher-id): eLife
                Title: eLife
                Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
                ISSN (Print): 2050-084X
                ISSN (Electronic): 2050-084X
                Publication date (Electronic, pub): 24 December 2014
                Publication date Collection: 2014
                Volume: 3
                Electronic Location Identifier: e05075
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                [1 ] Barbara R MigeondeptMcKusick Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine , Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, United States
                eLife , United Kingdom
                eLife , United Kingdom
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                [* ]For correspondence: bmigeon@ 123456jhmi.edu
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                Publisher ID: 05075
                DOI: 10.7554/eLife.05075
                PMC ID: 4275570
                PubMed ID: 25537194
                SO-VID: 49e43ce2-38b6-4c3d-b38d-055b185105c7
                Copyright © © 2014, Migeon
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                This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.

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                The author declares there was no grant funding for this research. The Institute of Genetic Medicine, which provides my salary had no role in this research.
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                Subject: Feature Article
                Subject: Developmental Biology and Stem Cells
                Subject: Genomics and Evolutionary Biology
                Subject: Research
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                Author impact statement Ignoring the probability of species variation when reporting observations about biological processes leads to misinterpretation of the experimental data.

                ScienceOpen disciplines: Life sciences
                Keywords: species variation,x inactivation,scientific publishing,d. melanogaster,e. coli,human,mouse
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Life sciences
                Keywords: species variation, x inactivation, scientific publishing, d. melanogaster, e. coli, human, mouse

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