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According to Wikipedia, John Bohannon is an American science journalist and scientist who is Director of Science at Primer, an artificial intelligence company headquartered in San Francisco, California. He is known for his career prior to Primer as a science journalist and Harvard University biologist, most notably with his "Gonzo Scientist" online series at Science Magazine and his creation of the annual "Dance Your PhD" contest. His investigative journalism work includes:critiquing the Lancet surveys of Iraq War casualties uncovering serious problems with the peer review process at a large number of journals that charge fees to authors showing how uncritical mass media can be of claims made in fake scientific papers Bohannon is involved in the effective altruism movement. In July 2015 he became a member of Giving What We Can, an organization whose members pledge to give at least 10% of their income to effective charities.

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Who's afraid of peer review? (2013) (789)
Who's downloading pirated papers? Everyone. (2016) (189)
REPRODUCIBILITY. Many psychology papers fail replication test. (2015) (90)
Human subject research. Social science for pennies. (2011) (86)
Artificial intelligence. Fears of an AI pioneer. (2015) (63)
PSYCHOLOGY. Mechanical Turk upends social sciences. (2016) (59)
Psychology. Replication effort provokes praise--and 'bullying' charges. (2014) (57)
Hate journal impact factors? New study gives you one more reason (2016) (55)
Climate change. The Nile Delta's sinking future. (2010) (54)
Directing the Herd: Crowds and the Science of Evacuation (2005) (53)
Weighing the Climate Risks of an Untapped Fossil Fuel (2008) (49)
Counterterrorism's new tool: 'metanetwork' analysis. (2009) (48)
Scientific publishing. Google Scholar wins raves--but can it be trusted? (2014) (33)
Digital data. Google books, Wikipedia, and the future of culturomics. (2011) (32)
IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games. Game-miners grapple with massive data. (2010) (31)
Scientists Weigh Options for Rebuilding New Orleans (2005) (31)
Grassroots Supercomputing (2005) (31)
About 40% of economics experiments fail replication survey (2016) (28)
The Bitcoin busts. (2016) (28)
Flunking Spore (2008) (27)
Can a Mouse Be Standardized? (2002) (25)
How to hijack a journal. (2015) (24)
Why criminals can't hide behind Bitcoin (2016) (24)
Privacy. Credit card study blows holes in anonymity. (2015) (24)
The frustrated science student behind Sci-Hub. (2016) (23)
Genetics. Genealogy databases enable naming of anonymous DNA donors. (2013) (22)
Hard Data on Hard Drugs, Grabbed From the Environment (2007) (22)
Running Out of Water--and Time (2006) (22)
The Big Thaw Reaches Mongolia's Pristine North (2008) (21)
Global Financial Deregulation: Commercial Banking at the Crossroads (1992) (20)
The war in Afghanistan. Counting the dead in Afghanistan. (2011) (19)
Zambia Rejects GM Corn on Scientists' Advice (2002) (19)
The war in Afghanistan. War as a laboratory for trauma research. (2011) (18)
Digital data. Google opens books to new cultural studies. (2010) (18)
The Science Hall of Fame. (2011) (17)
Fighting Words From WHO's New Malaria Chief (2006) (17)
National Science Foundation. Meeting for peer review at a resort that's virtually free. (2011) (17)
Scientists Brace for Bad Tidings After Spill (2002) (17)
Iraqi Death Estimates Called Too High; Methods Faulted (2006) (16)
Tracking People's Electronic Footprints (2006) (16)
IPCC Report Lays Out Options for Taming Greenhouse Gases (2007) (15)
Psychology. The theory? Diet causes violence. The lab? Prison. (2009) (14)
Ultrasound Uses in Medicine Heat Up (2008) (14)
The pulse of the people. (2017) (14)
Introducing ORCID. (2017) (14)
Psychology. Searching for the Google effect on people's memory. (2011) (14)
Scientific publishing. Hoax-detecting software spots fake papers. (2015) (13)
Rooting Around the Truffle Genome (2009) (13)
Anatomy's Full Monty (2003) (13)
'Smart Coatings' Research Shows The Virtues of Superficiality (2005) (13)
Investigating networks: the dark side. (2009) (12)
Counting the Dead in Afghanistan (2011) (12)
The cyberscientist. (2017) (11)
Can people distinguish Pâté from dog food (2009) (11)
A computer program just ranked the most influential brain scientists of the modern era (2016) (10)
The Human Genome in 3D, at Your Fingertips (2002) (10)
Psychologists grow increasingly dependent on online research subjects (2016) (10)
Artificial intelligence. The synthetic therapist. (2015) (10)
IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games. Killer bots are getting human. (2010) (10)
Ocean Study Yields a Tidal Wave of Microbial DNA (2007) (9)
From Pariah to Science Powerhouse? (2005) (9)
Spanish Researchers Vent Anger Over Handling of Oil Spill (2003) (9)
Iraq War. Leaked documents provide bonanza for researchers. (2010) (9)
Biotechnology. Biologists devise invasion plan for mutations. (2015) (9)
Confusing Kinships (2008) (9)
Slaying Monsters for Science (2008) (9)
To Build a Better Mouse Cage (2002) (8)
Social science. Study links climate change and violence, battle ensues. (2013) (8)
Scientists Invade Azeroth (2008) (8)
Many surveys, about one in five, may contain fraudulent data (2016) (8)
A Toxic Odyssey (2004) (7)
Feature: How to hijack a journal (2015) (7)
Ecology. Madagascar's forests get a reprieve--but for how long? (2010) (7)
Hurricane Katrina. Scientists weigh options for rebuilding New Orleans. (2005) (7)
Science retracts gay marriage paper without agreement of lead author LaCour (2015) (7)
Science in Libya. From pariah to science powerhouse? (2005) (7)
Economists Rate Greenhouse Gas Curbs a Poor Investment (2004) (7)
One-Two Punch Leaves Physicists Gasping for Breath (2003) (6)
In battle. Tweeting the London riots. (2012) (6)
Twitter can predict hurricane damage as well as emergency agencies (2016) (6)
SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY. Survey fraud test sparks battle. (2016) (6)
Calculating Iraq's Death Toll: WHO Study Backs Lower Estimate (2008) (6)
U.S. charges journal publisher with misleading authors. (2016) (6)
From Greener Production to Carbon Trading: Sustainable Energy Careers (2007) (6)
Quasi-Crystal Conundrum Opens a Tiling Can of Worms (2007) (6)
Animal models. Can a mouse be standardized? (2002) (6)
A Sinking City Yields Some Secrets (2005) (6)
The rising toll. (2014) (5)
Meet your new co-worker. (2014) (5)
Madagascar's Coup Endangers Science and Scientists (2009) (5)
Crowdsourcing. Online video game plugs players into remote-controlled biochemistry lab. (2014) (5)
Helping robots see the big picture. (2014) (5)
A new breed of scientist, with brains of silicon (2017) (5)
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan. (2014) (5)
IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games. Smarts for serious games. (2010) (5)
Exploring the Prehistory of Europe, in a Few Bold Leaps (2007) (5)
Why do scientists dance? (2010) (4)
Restless minds. (2017) (4)
'Spore' Documentary Spawns Protest By Scientists Who Starred in It (2008) (4)
Tooled-Up Amateurs Are Joining Forces With the Professionals (2007) (4)
Who is getting left behind in the internet revolution (2016) (4)
A Home for Maori Science (2007) (4)
Scientific societies. Torture report prompts APA apology. (2015) (4)
U.N. Conference Puts Spotlight on Reducing Impact of Climate Change (2006) (4)
Disasters: Searching for Lessons From a Bad Year (2005) (4)
Predatory publishers earned $75 million last year, study finds (2015) (4)
Seeking Nature's Inner Compass (2007) (4)
Updated: Editor quits journal over pay-for-expedited peer-review offer (2015) (4)
Vast set of public CVs reveals the world’s most migratory scientists (2017) (4)
Can People Distinguish Pâté from Dog Food? (2010) (4)
SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING. Fight over author pseudonyms could flare again. (2016) (4)
Interview. A challenge to pseudoscience. (2014) (4)
From Bioweapons Backwater to Main Attraction (2003) (4)
SOCIAL SCIENCES. Government 'nudges' prove their worth. (2016) (4)
Q&A. Turkish scholar who eluded arrest describes 'witch hunt'. (2016) (3)
Can Scientists Dance? (2008) (3)
Social science. Twitter offers entire data pool, but some wary of diving in. (2014) (3)
For real this time: Talking to people about gay and transgender issues can change their prejudices (2016) (3)
Profile: Linda Bartoshuk. A taste for controversy. (2010) (3)
Calling All Dancing Scientists! (2008) (3)
Turkish academics targeted as government reacts to failed coup (2016) (3)
Questioning the 'Dutch Solution' (2005) (3)
Food aid. Zambia rejects GM corn on scientists' advice. (2002) (3)
Sexual harassment. Survey of peers in fieldwork highlights an unspoken risk. (2013) (3)
Anthrax. From bioweapons backwater to main attraction. (2003) (3)
Female engineers publish in better journals, but receive fewer citations (2016) (3)
U.K. research charity will self-publish results from its grantees (2016) (3)
Earth Sciences Seek Niche Apart From Mining Industry (2004) (3)
Vatican Science Conference Offers an Ambiguous Message (2008) (3)
Stalking a Volcanic Torrent (2007) (3)
Scientific publishing. Publishers embrace scheme to end name confusion. (2016) (3)
'A Crisis in Student Quantity and Quality' (2007) (3)
Scientists, We Need Your Swords! (2008) (3)
Who’s the Michael Jordan of computer science? New tool ranks researchers' influence (2016) (3)
Mad About Pyramids (2006) (3)
Palestinian Archaeology Braces for a Storm (2006) (3)
Author of Iraqi Deaths Study Sanctioned (2009) (3)
Raising the drawbridge. (2017) (2)
Your computer knows you better than your friends do (2015) (2)
Photovoltaics in Focus (2007) (2)
Plastination: Putting a Stopper in Death (2003) (2)
Microbe May Push Photosynthesis Into Deep Water (2005) (2)
Riffs on Numerical Themes (2007) (2)
Gourmet Food, Served by Dogs (2009) (2)
Social science. Bold plan, uncertain future for gun violence research. (2013) (2)
Cutting a Path in Genetics and International Diplomacy (2004) (2)
Gunther von Hagens. Anatomy's full Monty. (2003) (2)
Turkey shakes up universities as coup fallout continues. (2016) (2)
The Baroness and the Brain (2005) (2)
POLITICAL SCIENCE. How to attack the Islamic State online. (2016) (2)
Katrina Leaves Behind a Pile of Scientific Questions (2005) (2)
Grid Sport: Competitive Crunching (2005) (2)
In unique deal, Elsevier agrees to make some papers by Dutch authors free (2015) (2)
Satellite images can map poverty (2016) (2)
Is Facebook keeping you in a political bubble (2015) (2)
And the winner of this year’s Dance Your Ph.D. contest is … (2016) (2)
Fragile wetland will test Turkey's resolve in protecting biodiversity. (2013) (1)
Announcing the 2017 ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ contest! (2017) (1)
Breaking Up Bomb Plots--and Habitats? (2006) (1)
Sailing the Southern Sea (2007) (1)
APA overhauling policies and leadership after torture report (2015) (1)
Marine ecology. Scientists brace for bad tidings after spill. (2002) (1)
Turkey. For scientists, protests morph into fight for academic freedom. (2013) (1)
Happy 300th Birthday, Linnaeus (2007) (1)
Sunflowers show complex Fibonacci sequences (2016) (1)
Distributed computing. Grid sport: competitive crunching. (2005) (1)
Living in the Shadow of Vesuvius (2003) (1)
Preserving African Cultural Heritage. Latter-day Livingstone digs along the Congo. (2010) (1)
Michael Walker. Seeking nature's inner compass. (2007) (1)
Gunther von Hagens. Plastination: putting a stopper in death. (2003) (1)
Scientific publishing. Secret bundles of profit. (2014) (1)
Team Unveils Mideast Archaeology Peace Plan (2008) (1)
Feeling sleepy? You may confess to a crime you didn’t commit (2016) (1)
Apparent ‘pay to cite’ offer sparks Internet outrage (2015) (1)
Preserving African Cultural Heritage. Early dates for Diepkloof. (2010) (1)
A Linnean Feast (2007) (1)
Science in Libya. Evidence overruled: medics on death row. (2005) (1)
Venice. A sinking city yields some secrets. (2005) (1)
Election polling is in trouble. Can internet data save it (2017) (1)
U.K. Researchers Hope for Clarity in Tissue Use (2002) (1)
Update: Vacationing Turkish scholar arrested after her return (2016) (1)
A computerized early warning system for students in academic trouble (2017) (1)
Holding Back the Sea (2005) (1)
Evidence Overruled: Medics on Death Row (2005) (1)
Higher education. Can Afghan universities recover from war, Taliban, and neglect? (2012) (1)
'Can't Have a Career... Without English' (2007) (1)
How Astronomers Have Fun (and Nearly Die Trying) (2008) (1)
The Paula T. Hammond Lab (2014) (1)
Researchers Helpless as Bosnian Pyramid Bandwagon Gathers Pace (2006) (1)
Courting Controversy: Out of the Mainstream (2008) (1)
Pigeons spot cancer as well as human experts (2015) (1)
Panel Puts Eventual Chornobyl Death Toll in Thousands (2005) (1)
Play It Again, Robot (2008) (1)
Scientists Urge Libya to Free Medics (2006) (1)
'Chain reaction' spreads gene through insects (2015) (1)
Picking a Path Among the Fatwas (2006) (1)
Announcing the 2015 Dance Your Ph.D. winner (2015) (1)
The Science Dance Match-Up Challenge (2009) (1)
Treading the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Minefield (2007) (1)
Preserving African Cultural Heritage. Archaeologists, or activists? (2010) (1)
Video: Watch 60 years of space junk accumulate in 1 minute (2015) (1)
A Summer Camp for Grown-Ups (2007) (1)
Polar science. Sailing the southern sea. (2007) (1)
Industrial Renaissance or a New Dark Age? (2003) (1)
Sound Science Maps Venetian Canals and Peruvian Ruins (2008) (0)
The Runners-Up (1998) (0)
Major European Cities Are Quietly Missing Antinoise Deadline (2008) (0)
Refuge from Berlin's Bustle (2005) (0)
Geophysics. Stalking a volcanic torrent. (2007) (0)
Announcing the winner of this year’s ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ contest (2017) (0)
Can unrest be predicted (2015) (0)
Chasing the Biggest Shadow of All (2008) (0)
Bridging the Divide in the Holy Land (2006) (0)
From James Taylor to Taylor Swift: Music evolves like biological organisms (2015) (0)
Spanish is the happiest language; Chinese, not so much (2015) (0)
Social science. Google's hidden wealth. (2006) (0)
From the Big Bang to the Mind (2007) (0)
Subtle psychological manipulations help people make smarter financial decisions (2016) (0)
Global warming. U.N. conference puts spotlight on reducing impact of climate change. (2006) (0)
IAEA, ElBaradei Honored (2005) (0)
The finalists are in: Pick your winner for this year’s Dance Your Ph.D. (2017) (0)
Artificial intelligence bests humans at classic arcade games (2015) (0)
Scientists to Trump: Torture doesn’t work (2017) (0)
Breach of trust. (2015) (0)
Want a high test score? Take it early (2016) (0)
Postdoc Love at Whitehead (2014) (0)
Q&A: How to encourage more scientific risk-taking—and efficiency (2015) (0)
Profile. Ian Redmond: an 11th-hour rescue for great apes? (2002) (0)
Journals to solve ‘John Smith’ common name problem by requiring author IDs (2016) (0)
Israel-Palestine science. Bridging the divide in the Holy Land. (2006) (0)
Eyewitness testimony may only be credible under these circumstances (2015) (0)
Scientific community. Grim day for Turkish science as six academics get long prison terms. (2013) (0)
Austrian Astronomers Score (2008) (0)
Applying Himself to the Business of Space (2003) (0)
Steve Goodman profile. Madagascar tames the Bohemian of biology. (2003) (0)
Want to Be a PI? What Are the Odds? (2014) (0)
Big facilities. Researchers get in synch down under. (2007) (0)
For RNA paper based on a computer game, authorship creates an identity crisis (2016) (0)
Positive news for Twitter users: Your emojis are mostly upbeat (2015) (0)
Astronomy education. Telescopes for the people. (2010) (0)
Madagascar Tames the Bohemian of Biology (2003) (0)
Under the Umbrella, Everyone (2007) (0)
APA hit with new torture allegations (2015) (0)
Growing Minds in the Desert (2006) (0)
Israel-Palestine science. Breaking up bomb plots--and habitats? (2006) (0)
Social science. Tracking people's electronic footprints. (2006) (0)
Your call and text records are far more revealing than you think (2016) (0)
Who will win this year’s biggest science dance battle? You decide! (2016) (0)
Turkish academics pay price for speaking out on Kurds (2016) (0)
Without us, pumpkins may have gone extinct (2015) (0)
United Nations. Bush brings U.S. back to UNESCO. (2002) (0)
Guiding Countries and Companies to Sustainable Practices (2007) (0)
Israel-Palestine science. Palestinian archaeology braces for a storm. (2006) (0)
These are the top ‘deal breakers’ for online dating, according to sociologists (2016) (0)
10 years after apartheid. South Africa's own shooting star. (2004) (0)
The Rehabilitation and Research Center For Torture Victims profile. Laying abominable ghosts to rest. (2004) (0)
Human rights. Scientists urge Libya to free medics. (2006) (0)
Archaeology. Mad about pyramids. (2006) (0)
Trying to Lasso Climate Uncertainty (2006) (0)
Facebook will soon be able to ID you in any photo (2015) (0)
Profile: Susan Greenfield. The baroness and the brain. (2005) (0)
A Summer Camp for Grown-Up Geeks (2007) (0)
The gonzo scientist. A summer camp for grown-up geeks. (2007) (0)
It’s a dance-off! Vote for your 'Dance Your Ph.D.' video winner! (2015) (0)
Nobel Prize. Peace:IAEA, ElBaradei honored. (2005) (0)
The Gonzonaut Goes to Mars (2007) (0)
Which studies got the most media buzz in 2015 (2015) (0)
Marine biology. Microbe may push photosynthesis into deep water. (2005) (0)
Turkish government tightens grip on universities (2016) (0)
Dancing Einstein (2005) (0)
Help for Libyan Children (2006) (0)
Snapshots From the Meeting (2008) (0)
Roger Payne profile. A toxic odyssey. (2004) (0)
An 11th-Hour Rescue for Great Apes? (2002) (0)
Choose your champion for this year’s ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ contest! (2019) (0)
Hey scientists, how much of your publication success is due to dumb luck? (2016) (0)
It's time to 'Dance Your Ph.D.' (2015) (0)
Hurricane Katrina. Questioning the 'Dutch solution'. (2005) (0)
Google's Hidden Wealth (2006) (0)
Having trouble hailing that taxi? This could be why (2016) (0)
The Gonzo Scientist. Galileo in Senegal. (2010) (0)
Nuclear Traffic Report (2005) (0)
Video: Robot surgeons make a big advance (2016) (0)
Jean-Jacques Dordain profile: applying himself to the business of space. (2003) (0)
Researchers Get in Synch Down Under (2007) (0)
TURKISH SCIENCE. After failed coup, Turkey's academics feel regime's wrath. (2016) (0)
South Africa's Own Shooting Star (2004) (0)
Women critical for online terrorist networks (2016) (0)
The Gonzo Scientist. Do scientists like green porno? (2009) (0)
Biologists are close to reinventing the genetic code of life (2016) (0)
Italian science. Industrial renaissance or a new dark age? (2003) (0)
News/Interview/Editorial (2015) (0)
Bush Brings U.S. Back to UNESCO (2002) (0)
New material can fold itself into hundreds of shapes (2016) (0)
Measuring the mobs (2015) (0)
A Taste of the Gonzo Scientist (2008) (0)
Studying Human-Computer Interaction at Microsoft Research (2014) (0)
New South Africa Puts Emphasis on Reclaiming Humanity's Past (2004) (0)
The winner of this year’s ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ contest turned physics into art (2019) (0)
Q&A: The science of online censorship (2016) (0)
Brian O'Neill profile. Trying to lasso climate uncertainty. (2006) (0)
A Biological Bible for Madagascar (2003) (0)
Science in Iran. Picking a path among the Fatwas. (2006) (0)
Announcing the 2015 'Dance Your Ph.D.' contest! (2015) (0)
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WINE ECONOMISTS AAWE WORKING PAPER No . 36 Economics CAN PEOPLE DISTINGUISH PÂTÉ FROM DOG FOOD ? (2009) (0)
Laying Abominable Ghosts to Rest (2004) (0)
‘Fairy circles’ spotted in Australia (2016) (0)
Listening to Distant Ice Crack (2008) (0)
Ig Nobel prizes honor bee stings, elephant urination (2015) (0)
The Lisa Feldman Barrett lab (2014) (0)
Venice. Holding back the sea. (2005) (0)
The Gonzo Scientist. Results from the science dance match-up challenge. (2009) (0)
Computers can get an ‘emotional feel’ for fiction (2015) (0)
Why Facebook and Google succeeded (2015) (0)
Greenpeace 1, Patenting Cells 0 (2006) (0)
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY. Mission possible: Rewriting the genetic code. (2016) (0)
New Ag Fund (2008) (0)
New study questions trope that conservatives are happier than liberals (2015) (0)
SOCIAL SCIENCE. Ironic coda to fraudulent study of bias. (2016) (0)
About the Authors (2010) (0)
The Gonzo Scientist. Calling all dancing scientists! (2010) (0)
Scientific cooperation. African physicists set their sights on mammoth scope. (2010) (0)
Financial crises and the stock market in the United States, 1886-1928 (1990) (0)
NATO Asked to Silence Sonar (2003) (0)
Does a father’s death impact the sexual activity of his children? (2015) (0)
Nature publisher to continue free paper-sharing service (2015) (0)
Sex life of rats, personalities of rocks awarded Ig Nobel Prizes (2016) (0)

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