In Britain, organizations award 'chartered status', which claims to validate a scientist's professional credentials. But what are such designations really worth? Nadya Anscombe reports.
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Anscombe, N. Extra credit. Nature 465, 970–971 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7300-970a
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