A platform for reproducibility

Plinio Cabrera Casarotto; Björn Brembs

Editorial Vol. 1: Inaugural Issue23 February 2020Updated 4 August 2023

A platform for reproducibility

Plinio Cabrera Casarotto & Björn Brembs

Abstract

This is an open editorial about the issues on reproducibility and the current publication system that led us to launch the Journal for Reproduciblity in Neuroscience.

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