When committees come knocking, scientists need to know which requests will benefit them and which will only steal their time — and how to tell the difference.
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Kwok, R. Extramural work: To serve or not to serve. Nature 523, 627–629 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7562-627a
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