Shunning the scoop: Sidestepping the race to publish.

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Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada.

Published: April 2022

What happens when a researcher finds out that research very similar to their own is already being conducted? What if they find out that the said research is also very close to being published? First, there is probably anxiety and panic. Maybe, there are frantic calls to collaborators. Perhaps Twitter rants about the phenomenon of scooping that plagues all researchers, especially those early-career researchers who often feel they are in a race to get their best work out to the world.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104080DOI Listing

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Shunning the scoop: Sidestepping the race to publish.

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Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada.

What happens when a researcher finds out that research very similar to their own is already being conducted? What if they find out that the said research is also very close to being published? First, there is probably anxiety and panic. Maybe, there are frantic calls to collaborators. Perhaps Twitter rants about the phenomenon of scooping that plagues all researchers, especially those early-career researchers who often feel they are in a race to get their best work out to the world.

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