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5th article that shaped my career: “Why Most Published Research Findings Are False” Ioannidis, 2005

“Published research findings are sometimes refuted by subsequent evidence, with ensuing confusion and disappointment. (…) There is increasing concern that in modern research, false findings may be the majority or even the vast majority of published research claims.” Ioannidis, 2005 That is how starts the scary Ioannidis paper, which is still nowadays the most downloaded […]

3rd article that shaped my career: “Is an environmentally sustainable future for the European Community compatible with continued growth: carbon dioxide and the management of greed.” Slesser, 1993

I bumped into this article completely by chance. My former lab had a subscription of the journal ‘Science of the Total Environment’, and one day, while I was organizing the issues in a shelf, this one felt in front of me open at this article page. The title called my eye. I started to read […]

2nd article that shaped my career – “Uncertainty, Resource Exploitation, and Conservation: Lessons from History” Ludwig, Hilborn & Carl, 1993

Paul Kinas, professor os Statistics at FURG, introduced this article to me during his grad school course on Bayesian statistics. It is impressive how much I learned from Kinas and how many times I mention him throughout my scientific life. There are currently many plans for sustainable use or sustainable development that are founded upon […]