What makes a research conference worth attending? For us its the practical skills, thoughtful debate, and people you want to keep talking with after the session ends. That’s what we’re building for C4R26. Which part would bring you to Philadelphia? #C4R26 #ScientificRigor

What resource do you open first when researching a new topic? 📚 Databases: focused, rigorous, reproducible searches 🔎 Search engines: broad discovery 💬 LLMs: synthesis or explanation, with claims and citations checked Each has a job. What does your workflow look like? #ResearchMethods

Happy retirement, Dr. Shai Silberberg! 🎉 Shai’s vision, leadership, and commitment to research quality helped make C4R possible. Throughout his time at NINDS, he championed scientific rigor, transparency, and reproducibility. #ScientificRigor #Neuroscience

What’s one literature search tip you wish you’d learned before grad school? For us, it’s search syntax: “ ” keeps phrases together OR includes synonyms AND connects concepts ( ) groups related terms That’s one of many ways to make your search work better. What’s your tip?

Four new C4R units are ready to explore 🎉 🔎 Search and Research 🧪 Controls 🎲 Randomization 📊 Data Visualization Use them on your own, with a lab, or in a course. Which of these would help your research right now? c4r.io/units #OpenEducation #ResearchMethods #ScienceTeaching

Where do you see confirmation bias sneaking into research? Test your eye and help us improve the free online module: c4r.io/units #ConfirmationBias #CognitiveBias #ResearchPractice

Registration is now open for C4R26 🎉 Join us Sep 28 to 30, 2026 in Philadelphia for a free conference dedicated to scientific rigor, practical research skills, methodology workshops, and building better science together. Register at c4r.io/conference #ScientificRigor #ResearchTraining

Take a peek inside C4R’s Confirmation Bias unit 👀 This short walkthrough shows the lessons, activities, teaching materials, and textbook built to help researchers spot bias and make stronger decisions. Help us beta test it: buff.ly/43cpjdV #ConfirmationBias #ResearchMethods #ScienceEducation

We all know reproducibility is a challenge in research. But small changes can still have a big impact. What is one small, high-impact change you wish more researchers used? Or one thing you’ll try in your next manuscript, experiment, or analysis? #Reproducibility #ResearchMethods #ScientificRigor

Good science can change course. In this clip, we’re reminded that rigor means being willing to adjust the question, narrow the scope, or rethink the model. That kind of honesty is part of better science. 🎥 Watch the full webinar: buff.ly/AqaaDhm #ResearchIntegrity #OpenScience #ResearchMethods

Conference season has us feeling grateful for the C4R community. Every question, conversation, workshop, and shared idea helps build something bigger: a community working toward more rigorous, credible, and collaborative science. #ResearchRigor #OpenScience #ResearchCulture

Evidence synthesis has a confirmation bias problem. One fix? Name your assumptions before they shape the protocol. In this clip, Dr. Gionfriddo explains how “bracketing out” what we already know can help us ask better questions. Watch 🎥 buff.ly/AqaaDhm #EvidenceSynthesis #ResearchMethods #Bias

C4R is now on Instagram Threads 👋 Follow us at @comm4rigor for real talk about rigorous science: reproducibility, research methods, confirmation bias, and better decision-making. Curious questions, practical resources, and better science together. See you over there 🐦‍⬛ #PhDLife #OpenScience

Fewer than 20% of manuscripts included reproducibility materials in 2015. Dr. @stephaniehicks.bsky.social shares how one journal is changing that with reproducibility editors and stronger review support. Watch the webinar🎥 buff.ly/AqaaDhm #Reproducibility #PeerReview #SciComm

We built something new 👀 Beta test C4R’s Confirmation Bias unit today! Inside: 🧠 7 lessons on confirmation bias 🛠️ 7 activities 👥 1-hour team meeting deck 🎓 3-hour course deck 📘 an online textbook. Help us improve it: c4r.io/units #ResearchRigor #OpenScience #SciComm

Your thesis committee isn't a jury. It's a resource for doing good science. Dr. Daniel Kessler, speaks on getting outside perspective, finding the middle ground, and advocating for your study's rigor through open communication. @Community4Rigor on YouTube: bit.ly/44ncmst #PhDLife #ScientificRigor

Our Confirmation Bias units is live for BETA testing. Your feedback is important! Play with it at 🔗 c4r.io/units Meet the instructors: 🪶 Ani Govjian, Senior Curriculum Developer, Community for Rigor 🧠 Rick Born, Retired Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School

🧠 BETA test the first unit of C4R's scientific rigor curriculum and help shape the way research is taught. 🔗 Head to C4R.io/units to get started! 🪎 What's inside: • 7 lessons • 7 interactive activities • A 1-hour slide deck • A 3-hour slide deck course

📢 We're thrilled to announce the BETA release of our Confirmation Bias unit! ⏰️ Time to get involved! Test this unit and provide your feedback to helps us improve it. 🔎 Navigate to C4R.io/units + log in to save your progress & bask in the glory of your contributions to make science more rigorous!

🧠 How do you stay rigorous when resources run out? 💯 Real cases, real tradeoffs, real talk. There's still time to register! 🔗 RSVP at bit.ly/4vj8tAB #SciComm #ScientificRigor #PhDLife

📢 FREE webinar - Doing Good Science When Resources are Limited Thursday, June 11, 2026 12:00 pm ET Zoom Meeting There's still time to register! 🔗 RSVP at bit.ly/4vj8tAB

📢 FREE webinar 👉️ Join us this Thursday, June 11, at 12 PM ET for a FREE webinar, a conversation about conducting rigorous science under real-life constraints. 🔗 RSVP @ bit.ly/4vj8tAB Moderated by C4R's Curriculum Development Lead, Dr. Hao Ye @hao-and-y.bsky.social

Through short case examples and interactive discussion, speakers will explore issues including: How time and money quietly influence experimental and analytical choices, which methodological compromises are reasonable, and which undermine inference, and more! 📢 RSVP 🔗 bit.ly/4vj8tAB

Join us on June 11th for an online conversation focusing rigor as a practical and learned skill: making defensible, transparent decisions when resources are finite. How sound methodology, careful inference, and clear reporting operate when tradeoffs are unavoidable. RSVP 👉️ bit.ly/4vj8tAB

📢 FREE Webinar: Doing Good Science When Resources are Limited June 11 @ 12 pm ET - 🔗 RSVP here: bit.ly/4vj8tAB We'll will examine how sound methodology, careful inference, and clear reporting operate when tradeoffs are unavoidable.

🧠 Join us on June 11 for a FREE webinar on doing rigorous science under real, day-to-day constraints. RSVP to receive the Zoom link 👉️ bit.ly/4vj8tAB 💟 Shout out to the University of Pennsylvania's Biomedical Graduate Studies department, and to Dr. Daniel Kessler for their support from day one.

Was it through university courses? Do you remember which topics were covered? Or was it a lab mentor? What kind of materials did they use? Did you do it on your own? If so, how did you manage? 🔗 c4r.io/join #ExperimentalDesign #ScientificRigor #PhDLife #GradStudentLife

Why trust us? Because we’re a team of students, post-grads, professors, and professionals who know what it’s like to be right where you are. Join us 👉 c4r.io/join to receive news about our scientific rigor curriculum releases, paid testing opportunities, events and community happenings.

📢 Shout‑out to everyone who’s joined our community, people who care about improving the quality of science and strengthening how research is taught along the way. Join us! c4r.io/join -also linked in bio. 📸 Photo: C4R24 Conference in Philadelphia

💥 Superstar C4R Senior Curriculum Developer, Elizabeth Sneddon, speaking to the Fleet Science Center, Better Education for Women in Science and Engineering (BE WISE) high school students about her experiences and career path in neuroscience, and what scientific rigor is.