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Measuring the isolation of research topics in philosophy by Chi, Pei-Shan, Conix, Stijn

“…Various authors have recently argued that certain parts of academic philosophy are highly isolated from other fields of academic research. The central aim of…”
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Questionable research practices in competitive grant funding: A survey by Conix, Stijn, De Peuter, Steven, Block, Andreas De, Vaesen, Krist

“…There has been a surge of interest in research integrity over the last decade, with a wide range of studies investigating the prevalence of questionable…”
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Against natural kind eliminativism by Conix, Stijn, Chi, Pei-Shan

“…It has recently been argued that the concept of natural kinds should be eliminated because it does not play a productive theoretical role and even harms…”
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Principles for creating a single authoritative list of the world’s species by Garnett, Stephen T, Christidis, Les, Conix, Stijn, Costello, Mark J, Zachos, Frank E, Bánki, Olaf S, Bao, Yiming, Barik, Saroj K, Buckeridge, John S, Hobern, Donald, Lien, Aaron, Montgomery, Narelle, Nikolaeva, Svetlana, Pyle, Richard L, Thomson, Scott A, van Dijk, Peter Paul, Whalen, Anthony, Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, Thiele, Kevin R

“…Lists of species underpin many fields of human endeavour, but there are currently no universally accepted principles for deciding which biological species…”
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Measuring and explaining disagreement in bird taxonomy by Conix, Stijn, Cuypers, Vincent, Pence, Charles H.

“…Species lists play an important role in biology and practical domains like conservation, legislation, biosecurity and trade regulation. However, their…”
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Grant writing and grant peer review as questionable research practices [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Conix, Stijn, De Block, Andreas, Vaesen, Krist

“…A large part of governmental research funding is currently distributed through the peer review of project proposals. In this paper, we argue that such funding…”
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Towards a global list of accepted species I. Why taxonomists sometimes disagree, and why this matters by Thiele, Kevin R., Conix, Stijn, Pyle, Richard L., Barik, Saroj K., Christidis, Les, Costello, Mark John, van Dijk, Peter Paul, Kirk, Paul, Lien, Aaron, Thomson, Scott A., Zachos, Frank E., Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, Garnett, Stephen T.

“…Taxonomy—the delimitation, naming, classification and documentation of species and other taxa—is an often-misunderstood discipline. Complex and at times…”
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Towards a global list of accepted species II. Consequences of inadequate taxonomic list governance by Thomson, Scott A., Thiele, Kevin, Conix, Stijn, Christidis, Les, Costello, Mark John, Hobern, Donald, Nikolaeva, Svetlana, Pyle, Richard L., van Dijk, Peter Paul, Weaver, Haylee, Zachos, Frank E., Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, Garnett, Stephen T.

“…Species lists are widely used in legislation and regulation to manage and conserve biodiversity. In this paper, we explore the issues caused by the lack of an…”
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Grant writing and grant peer review as questionable research practices [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations] by Conix, Stijn, De Block, Andreas, Vaesen, Krist

“…A large part of governmental research funding is currently distributed through the peer review of project proposals. In this paper, we argue that such funding…”
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Towards a global list of accepted species III. Independence and stakeholder inclusion by Conix, Stijn, Garnett, Stephen T., Thiele, Kevin R., Christidis, Les, van Dijk, Peter Paul, Bánki, Olaf S., Barik, Saroj K., Buckeridge, John S., Costello, Mark J., Hobern, Donald, Kirk, Paul M., Lien, Aaron, Nikolaeva, Svetlana, Pyle, Richard L., Thomson, Scott A., Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, Zachos, Frank E.

“…A global consensus list of the world’s species must be based on the best available taxonomic research, and its contents should not be biased towards certain…”
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Towards a global list of accepted species IV: Overcoming fragmentation in the governance of taxonomic lists by Lien, Aaron M., Conix, Stijn, Zachos, Frank E., Christidis, Les, van Dijk, Peter Paul, Bánki, Olaf S., Barik, Saroj K., Buckeridge, John S., Costello, Mark John, Hobern, Donald, Montgomery, Narelle, Nikolaeva, Svetlana, Pyle, Richard L., Thiele, Kevin, Thomson, Scott A., Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, Garnett, Stephen T.

“…Governance is the act of governing or organizing, that is a system of rules, norms, or shared strategies to guide or regulate the actions of the governed…”
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Towards a global list of accepted species V. The devil is in the detail by Pyle, Richard L., Barik, Saroj K., Christidis, Les, Conix, Stijn, Costello, Mark John, van Dijk, Peter Paul, Garnett, Stephen T., Hobern, Donald, Kirk, Paul M., Lien, Aaron M., Orrell, Thomas M., Remsen, David, Thomson, Scott A., Wambiji, Nina, Zachos, Frank E., Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, Thiele, Kevin R.

“…A consensus among biologists has been growing in recent years for the development of a global list of accepted species (and other taxa). To date, much…”
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Radical pluralism, classificatory norms and the legitimacy of species classifications by Conix, Stijn

“…Moderate pluralism is a popular position in contemporary philosophy of biology. Despite its popularity, various authors have argued that it tends to slide off…”
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Measuring evolutionary independence: A pragmatic approach to species classification by Conix, Stijn

“…After decades of debates about species concepts, there is broad agreement that species are evolving lineages. However, species classification is still in a…”
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Taxonomy and conservation science: interdependent and value-laden by Conix, Stijn

“…The relation between conservation science and taxonomy is typically seen as a simple dependency of the former on the latter. This dependency is assumed to be…”
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In defence of taxonomic governance by Conix, Stijn

“…It is well known that taxonomists rely on many different methods and criteria for species delimitation, leading to different kinds of groups being recognised…”
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Integrative taxonomy and the operationalization of evolutionary independence by Conix, Stijn

“…There is growing agreement among taxonomists that species are independently evolving lineages. The central notion of this conception, evolutionary…”
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Values, regulation, and species delimitation by Conix, Stijn

“…Garnett and Christidis (2017) [hereafter GC] recently proposed that the International Union of the Biological Sciences should centrally regulate the taxonomy…”
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Consensus and a Unified Species Paradigm: Reality or Idle Hope by Conix, Stijn

“…Many systematic biologists claim that a new paradigm about species classification has been established in their discipline. This paradigm, which I call the…”
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Enzyme classification and the entanglement of values and epistemic standards by Conix, Stijn

“…This paper investigates the case of enzyme classification to evaluate different ideals for regulating values in science. I show that epistemic and…”
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