Choosing the target journal: do authors need a comprehensive approach?

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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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8. Reporting Survey Based Studies - a Primer for Authors.Journal of Korean medical science · 2020
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9. Comprehensive Approach to Open Access Publishing: Platforms and Tools.Journal of Korean medical science · 2019
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11. Improving Scientific Writing Skills and Publishing Capacity by Developing University-Based Editing System and Writing Programs.Journal of Korean medical science · 2019
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12. Fostering Strategic Changes in Publishing: Journal of Korean Medical Science in 2018.Journal of Korean medical science · 2018
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13. Choosing the scientific journal for publishing research work: perceptions of medical and dental researchers.Clujul medical (1957) · 2017
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14. The Pressure to Publish More and the Scope of Predatory Publishing Activities.Journal of Korean medical science · 2016
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17. Celebrating the Latest Release of the Journal Impact Factors: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally.Journal of Korean medical science · 2015
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18. Publishing Ethics and Predatory Practices: A Dilemma for All Stakeholders of Science Communication.Journal of Korean medical science · 2015
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19. Upgrading instructions for authors of scholarly journals.Croatian medical journal · 2014
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20. Current views and implications of journal impact factor: A key note.South Asian journal of cancer
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Corrections and comments

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Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

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Abstract

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