Better reporting of scientific studies: why it matters.

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

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

1. Unusual Findings in Trials Evaluating Adjuncts to Scaling and Root Planing: Reporting Quality (Part 2).JDR clinical and translational research · 2022
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2. Randomized controlled comparison of cross-sectional survey approaches to optimize follow-up completeness in clinical studies.PloS one · 2019
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3. Outcomes of intramedullary nailing for traumatic adult femoral shaft fractures in low-and-middle-income countries; a systematic review.OTA international : the open access journal of orthopaedic trauma · 2025
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4. Self-perception of the acquisition of transferable competencies by the participants in a research congress for undergraduate students: A cross-sectional study.Heliyon · 2024
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5. Endorsements of five reporting guidelines for biomedical research by journals of prominent publishers.PloS one · 2024
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6. Are reporting guidelines used in infectious diseases publications? An analysis of more than 1,000 articles.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2023
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7. Rigor, Transparency, and Reporting Social Science Research: Why Guidelines Don't Have to Kill Your Story.Research on social work practice · 2017
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8. Endorsing Reporting Guidelines: theJournal of infection prevention · 2016
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9. Completeness of Follow-Up Determines Validity of Study Findings: Results of a Prospective Repeated Measures Cohort Study.PloS one · 2015
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10. Improving the transparency of prognosis research: the role of reporting, data sharing, registration, and protocols.PLoS medicine · 2014
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11. Open science and reporting animal studies: who's accountable?PLoS biology · 2014
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Corrections and comments

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Authors and funding

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Funding

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Abstract

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