Naslov
Why do we publish? The reproducibility crisis in ceramic synthesis.

Autori
Macan, Jelena ; Žužić, Andreja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
1st ACDC 2023 BOOK of ABSTRACTS / Mandić, Vilko - Zagreb : Sveučilište u Zagrebu Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije, 2023, 38-38

ISBN
978-953-6470-99-0

Skup
1st International Conference of the Croatian Ceramic Society: Advanced Ceramics in Derivative Configurations

Mjesto i datum
Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 26.04.2023. - 29.04.2023

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
chemical synthesis ; infrared spectroscopy ; precursor analysis ; reproducibility

Sažetak
Once there was a time that scientists published papers in order to share their investigations and contribute to overall scientific knowledge. Current pressures to “publish (a lot) or perish” have distorted the incentives, and publishing has become a goal in and of itself. Instead of sharing the details of one’s work, it is an established practice to hide the relevant details to avoid getting “scooped” by the competition. We have come to expect a dearth of information on synthesis details when reading the papers, which mostly focus on promising properties of a pure ceramic material under investigation, and less on nitty-gritty how to actually obtain the pure ceramic material in question. The number of published papers and journals has ballooned, but the usefulness of the publications has steadily decreased. The aim of this presentation is to provide several examples of both very useful or very useless papers, to show that there is room to write interesting and useful papers focused solely on synthesis of ceramics, and hopefully to encourage the audience to share even the less “publishable” results with the world – someone, somewhere, will certainly be glad of it.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kemija, Kemijsko inženjerstvo, Interdisciplinarne tehničke znanosti

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