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Citation bias favoring statistically significant studies was present in medical research

Published inJournal of clinical epidemiology, vol. 66, no. 3, p. 296-301
Publication date2013
Abstract

Statistically significant studies may be cited more than negative studies on the same topic. We aimed to assess here whether such citation bias is present across the medical literature.

Keywords
  • Biomedical Research/methods/standards/statistics & numerical data
  • Data Interpretation, Statistical
  • Humans
  • Journal Impact Factor
  • Poisson Distribution
  • Publication Bias/statistics & numerical data
Citation (ISO format)
JANNOT, Anne-Sophie et al. Citation bias favoring statistically significant studies was present in medical research. In: Journal of clinical epidemiology, 2013, vol. 66, n° 3, p. 296–301. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.09.015
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