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ArticleF1000Research2023

Poor statistical reporting, inadequate data presentation and spin persist despite Journal awareness and updated

Martin Héroux, Joanna Diong, Elizabeth Bye, Georgia Fisher, Lucy Robertson, Annie Butler, Simon Gandevia

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Article in F1000Research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Martin HérouxSchool of Biomedical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3354-7104
Joanna DiongNeuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, NSW, 2031, Australia.
Elizabeth ByeSchool of Biomedical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia.
Georgia FisherNeuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, NSW, 2031, Australia.
Lucy RobertsonNeuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, NSW, 2031, Australia.
Annie ButlerSchool of Biomedical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia.
Simon GandeviaNeuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, NSW, 2031, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sound reporting of research results is fundamental to good science. Unfortunately, poor reporting is common and does not improve with editorial educational strategies. We investigated whether publicly highlighting poor reporting at a journal can lead to improved reporting practices. We also investigated whether reporting practices that are required or strongly encouraged in journal

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Meta-researchreproducibilityresearch qualityscientific reporting

Identifiers

PMID38434651
PMCPMC10905014

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.