John Ioannidis on Moving Toward Truth in Scientific Research
Channel: PLOS Video Channel
Date: 2015-01-12

In this short video, PLOS author John Ioannidis, Professor of Medicine, of Health Research and Policy, and of Statistics at Stanford University, considers how the scientific community can move toward greater truth in published research. Ioannidis is the author of two widely read articles published in PLOS Medicine:

Why Most Published Research Findings Are False
This influential article surpassed one million views in April 2014, the first PLOS article to achieve this milestone. 

How to Make More Published Research True
Ioannidis’ most recent essay is number 50 in the Altmetric 2014 Top 100, a review of academic research articles receiving the most attention online this year.

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