Journal article
Citation bias favoring statistically significant studies was present in medical research
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: 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.
STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We conducted a cohort study of the association between statistical significance and citations. We selected all therapeutic intervention studies included in meta-analyses published between January and March 2010 in the …
Authors
Jannot A-S; Agoritsas T; Gayet-Ageron A; Perneger TV
Journal
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 66, No. 3, pp. 296–301
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2013
DOI
10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.09.015
ISSN
0895-4356