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ArticleJournal of maxillofacial and oral surgery2016

Open Access Publishing: A Study of Current Practice in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Research.

Arpan Tahim, Hitesh Bansal, Alexander M C Goodson, Karl F B Payne, Sanjeeve Sabharwal

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Article in Journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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

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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

5 authors.

Arpan TahimDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1BB UK.
Hitesh BansalImperial College London, London, UK.
Alexander M C GoodsonDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK.
Karl F B PayneDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Worcestershire Royal Hosital, Worcester, UK.
Sanjeeve SabharwalImperial College London, London, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionOpen access (OA) publication has become an increasingly common route for dissemination of scientific research findings. However, it remains a contentious issue with continued debate as to its impact on the peer-review process and a potential change in the quality of subsequent evidence published. There is little research that looks into OA in oral and maxillofacial surgery.

methodsWe investigated the OA policy in the 30 relevant journals listed in the Institute for Scientific Information Web of Knowledge journal citation report, comparing bibliometric data and quality of evidence produced in journals offering OA and those with subscription-only policies.

results3474 articles were graded for evidence level and the results correlated to journal OA status. 76.7 % of journals offered authors OA services. There was no difference between impact factor, self-citation rate, total citations or quality of evidence between OA and subscription journals. DISCUSSION: These findings should send clear messages to both clinicians and researchers and should re- assure readers that scientific findings that are disseminated in open access form do not differ in quality to those in subscription-only format. It should reinforce that open access formats are a credible way to display research findings in oral and maxillofacial surgery.

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Education and researchOpen accessOral and maxillofacial surgery research

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PMID27833346
PMCPMC5083702

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