Diego A. Forero, MD, PhD

Our manuscript has been submitted to Biological Psychology (IF: 2.8, Q1)

YouTube video by caduceus7 Diez reglas simples para ejecutar exitosamente proyectos de investigación financiados

Hoy creé un vídeo corto, en español, sobre nuestro artículo reciente "Ten simple rules for successfully carrying out funded research projects"
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Our recent article about peer review

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Predatory journals: what can we do to protect their prey?
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Non‐pharmacological management of hypertension Non-pharmacological methods are an integral part of management of hypertension. It includes lifestyle changes in farm of special diets and reduction of salt, alcohol, and saturated fat. Reduction of ....

Non-pharmacological management of hypertension
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The Prompt Report: A Systematic Survey of Prompting Techniques Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) systems are increasingly being deployed across diverse industries and research domains. Developers and end-users interact with these systems through the use ...

The Prompt Report: A Systematic Survey of Prompting Techniques
arxiv.org/abs/2406.06608

Posiblemente VLOOKUP sea una de las funciones de Excel más potentes y subutilizadas (en ciertos contextos)
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Frugal Innovation: Meta-Analysis of Bibliographic Relationships and Identification of Research Trends for the Period 2010–2021 Global social, economic, and environmental challenges have stimulated the emergence of local innovation initiatives. The current study aims to systematize the knowledge about frugal innovation based o...

Frugal Innovation: Meta-Analysis of Bibliographic Relationships and Identification of Research Trends for the Period 2010–2021
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Using Bibliometrics to Detect Questionable Authorship and Affiliation Practices and Their Impact on Global Research Metrics: A Case Study of Fourteen Universities Abstract. From 2019 to 2023, a subset of 80 highly published universities demonstrated research output increases exceeding 100%, compared to the global average of 20%. Among these, 14 institutions sho...

Using Bibliometrics to Detect Questionable Authorship and Affiliation Practices and Their Impact on Global Research Metrics: A Case Study of Fourteen Universities
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Bridging genomics’ greatest challenge: The diversity gap Corpas et al. present a detailed assessment of global diversity in genomic datasets, revealing underrepresentation of non-European ancestries in GWASs, pharmacogenomics, clinical trials, and direct-to-consumer genetic testing. They highlight ongoing challenges and the need to expand efforts to address persistent biases in genomic research.

Bridging genomics’ greatest challenge: The diversity gap
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My 2024 (a word cloud for the titles of the articles, theses and book chapters citing me during 2024)

Gaps between Open Science activities and actual recognition systems: Insights from an international survey There are global movements aiming to promote reform of the traditional research evaluation and reward systems. However, a comprehensive picture of the existing best practices and efforts across variou...

Gaps between Open Science activities and actual recognition systems: Insights from an international survey
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OpenAI whistleblower found dead at 26 in San Francisco apartment | TechCrunch A former OpenAI employee, Suchir Balaji, was recently found dead in his San Francisco apartment, according to the San Francisco Office of the Chief

OpenAI whistleblower found dead at 26 in San Francisco apartment
techcrunch.com/2024/12/13/o...

Science Communication: Seven tips for discussing preprints on social media Gain insights into tried-and-tested actions for communicating preprinted research effectively and responsibly on social media.

14/ #Preprints are accelerating scientific discovery, but are our public conversations keeping up?

Find 7 tips to help you with your #SciComm and communicate preprinted research effectively and responsibly on social media and beyond!
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Attitudes and perceptions of medical researchers towards the use of artificial intelligence chatbots in the scientific process: an international cross-sectional survey Chatbots are artificial intelligence (AI) programs designed to simulate conversations with humans that present opportunities and challenges in scientific research. Despite growing clarity from publish...

Attitudes and perceptions of medical researchers towards the use of artificial intelligence chatbots in the scientific process: an international cross-sectional survey
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How Sensitive Are the Free AI-detector Tools in Detecting AI-generated Texts? A Comparison of Popular AI-detector Tools - PubMed The integration of AI technology in academic writing is becoming more prevalent. Nonetheless, relying solely on AI-generated content can diminish the author's credibility, leading most academic journa...

How Sensitive Are the Free AI-detector Tools in Detecting AI-generated Texts? A Comparison of Popular AI-detector Tools
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39564235/

One of the most valuable recommendations in academic activities

StatCheck (statcheck.io)
Regcheck (regcheck.app)
Anything else?

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Bridging the Python Training Gap for Bioscientists in Brazil: Improvements and Challenges https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.25.624749v1 The rapid evolution of high-throughput technologies in biosciences has generated diverse and volumin

Bridging the Python Training Gap for Bioscientists in Brazil: Improvements and Challenges https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.25.624749v1

Theodor W. Hänsch, from his Nobel lecture in 2005 (www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...

Curiosity-driven research vs goal-oriented research

Bueno, lo prometido es deuda. Va una primera versión de #CientificosLatam en múltiples áreas.

Si alguien quisiera que su contacto fuera agregado, por favor dejarlo en comentarios🥂

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Advanced biostatistics and R/Python programming

In 2024 what foundational concepts, skills, proficiencies and learning outcomes do you think we should include in the formal training of such a program? I’m looking for the full range of things we all have been teaching for years, but also new topics and different slants to old. Thanks all.

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