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Infection and Immunity, October 2009, p. 4177-4180, Vol. 77, No. 10
0019-9567/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.00757-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

EDITORIAL

Important Science—It's All about the SPIN {triangledown}

Arturo Casadevall Ferric C. Fang

Editor, Infection and Immunity

Editor in Chief, Infection and Immunity

ABSTRACT

The importance of a scientific finding can be difficult to ascertain because it requires both subjective judgment and foresight. We propose criteria, based upon whether a discovery is sizeable (S), practical (P), integrated (I), and new (N), that can be used individually or collectively to systematically assess the importance of a finding.

FOOTNOTES

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 27 July 2009.

The views expressed in this Editorial do not necessarily reflect the views of the journal or of ASM.

Editor: S. R. Blanke

Infection and Immunity, October 2009, p. 4177-4180, Vol. 77, No. 10
0019-9567/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.00757-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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