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Literature search methods are most importat, but most neglected
Posted by kshitish
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27 Jul 2013 at 04:35 GMT
Search engines and query-sets are often not specified in the research papers/reviews. Reproducibility of results depends on these details. Unfortunately, many researchers are not even aware of multiple search engines and their relative advantages (for a list and comparative study, see http://precedings.nature.... ).
