Useful links


Statistics and Epidemiology

The Epidemiologist R Handbook (online handbook)


Tutorials in Biostatistics Papers (collection of papers)


Biostatistics for Biomedical Research (on-line handbook)


Doing Meta-Analysis with R: A Hands-On Guide

(on-line version of the textbook)



Data visualization

The R Graph Gallery (website)


The Science of Visual Data Communication: What Works (paper)


ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis (3e)

(on-line version of the textbook-3rd edition)


Modern Data Visualization with R

(on-line version of the textbook)


The Data Visualisation Catalogue (website)


Fundamentals of Data Visualization (on-line version of the textbook)


1 dataset 100 visualizations (website)


Ten simple rules for designing graphical abstracts (paper)


colorspace: A Toolbox for Manipulating and Assessing Colors and Palettes (website)



Research Methods and Open Science

Global movement to reform researcher assessment gains traction (paper)


LIGHTS A living inventory of methods guidance papers (website)


The Turing Way handbook to reproducible, ethical and collaborative data science (online handbook)


A 24‑step guide on how to design, conduct, and successfully publish a systematic review and meta‑analysis in medical research (paper)


Investigating and dealing with publication bias and other reporting biases in meta-analyses of health research: A review (paper)


Right Review (website)


How to keep up to date with medical information using web-based resources: a systematised review and narrative synthesis (paper)


Ten simple rules for good research practice (paper)


Ten simple rules for implementing open and reproducible research practices after attending a training course (paper)


Evidence Synthesis Hackathon (website)


Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (online handbook)


Testing Treatments (available in 15 languages). (online handbook)


JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis (online manual)


EQUATOR network (website)


LATITUDES network (website)


Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) (website)


Center for Open Science (COS) (website)


ReproducibiliTea (website)


Octopus platform (website)


searchRxiv Sharing search strategies for better evidence synthesis (website)

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