Preprint
The trustworthiness and impact of trial preprints for COVID-19 decision-making: A methodological study
Abstract
Purpose: To assess the trustworthiness and impact of preprint trial reports during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data sources: WHO COVID-19 database and the L-OVE COVID-19 platform by the Epistemonikos Foundation (up to August 3rd, 2021) Design: We compare the characteristics of COVID-19 trials with and without preprints, estimate time to publication of COVID-19 preprint reports, describe discrepancies in key methods and results between preprint and …
Authors
Zeraatkar D; Pitre T; Leung G; Cusano E; Agarwal A; Khalid F; Escamilla Z; Cooper M; Ghadimi M; Wang Y
DOI
10.1101/2022.04.04.22273372
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medRxiv