Scientific literature's open sesame?

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.

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.

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Open access publishing takes off.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2004
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2. Paying for bmj.com: is this measure scientific literature's half open sesame?BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2003
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3. "Author pays" publishing model: only "bad" authors should pay.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2003
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4. "Author pays" publishing model: answering to some objections.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2003
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5. "Author pays" publishing model: NHS authors now enjoy free open access publication.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2003
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6. "Author pays" publishing model: strategy is needed to get from A to B.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2003
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7. "Author pays" publishing model: model is concerned with vanity and profit.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2003
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8. "Author pays" publishing model: not all authors will gain.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2003
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Corrections and comments

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  "Author pays" as new science publishing model. Several models of scientific publishing are likely.2003
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  "Author pays" as new science publishing model. Cautious welcome is in order.2003
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  "Author pays" as new science publishing model. It's time to wake up to the hidden agendas of free journals.2003
• Commented on by
  "Author pays" publishing model: NHS authors now enjoy free open access publication.2003
• Commented on by
  "Author pays" publishing model: not all authors will gain.2003
• Commented on by
  "Author pays" publishing model: only "bad" authors should pay.2003
• Commented on by
  "Author pays" publishing model: answering to some objections.2003
• Commented on by
  "Author pays" publishing model: model is concerned with vanity and profit.2003
• Commented on by
  "Author pays" publishing model: strategy is needed to get from A to B.2003
• Commented on by
  Paying for bmj.com: is this measure scientific literature's half open sesame?2003

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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