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Living science: Words without meaning

eLife (2020) 9
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.54867
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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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Marder, E. (2020). Living science: Words without meaning. ELife, 9. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.54867

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