ReviewJournal of Korean medical science2017
Statistical Data Editing in Scientific Articles.
Review in Journal of Korean medical science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.
What it found
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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
63 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Clinical characteristics and prognosis of acute myeloid leukemia and plasma cell neoplasms with bidirectional occurrence: a retrospective population-based study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- More rigorously and more transparently: recommendations for reporting statistical methods.The Korean journal of pain · 2026Article
- Association between platelet-white cell ratio and all-cause mortality in critically ill patients with atrial fibrillation: a retrospective cohort study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Article
- Sports as a pathway to wellness: sports and health-related quality of life among adolescents in Germany (a cross-sectional analysis from GeWIT Study).BMC public health · 2026Article
- Isolation, genomic characterization, and pathogenicity of an emerging PEDV variant in Korea related to virulent Chinese strains.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
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- Risk factors and predictive performance for first healthcare encounter indicating homelessness using administrative data among Calgary residents diagnosed with addiction or mental health conditions.PLOS digital health · 2025Article
- Racial and socioeconomic disparities in long term survival after surgery and radiation for spinal cord hemangioblastoma.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Critical appraisal of methodological and statistical limitations in 'Dry needling of the gluteus-medius muscle, combined with standard care, for chronic low back pain - a pilot randomized sham-controlled trial'.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2025Article
- Effort Expenditure Reduces Prosocial Decision-Making: Computational Principles and Neural Mechanisms.Human brain mapping · 2025Article
- Surgical Repair of Bile Duct Injuries Due to Cholecystectomy-An Experience from a Referral Center in Slovenia.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- On Using Standard Deviation or Standard Error of the Mean.Iranian journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Novel peptidomimetic compounds attenuate hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in neonatal rats.Experimental neurology · 2025Article
3 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Scientific journals are important scholarly forums for sharing research findings. Editors have important roles in safeguarding standards of scientific publication and should be familiar with correct presentation of results, among other core competencies. Editors do not have access to the raw data and should thus rely on clues in the submitted manuscripts. To identify probable errors, they should look for inconsistencies in presented results. Common statistical problems that can be picked up by a knowledgeable manuscript editor are discussed in this article. Manuscripts should contain a detailed section on statistical analyses of the data. Numbers should be reported with appropriate precisions. Standard error of the mean (SEM) should not be reported as an index of data dispersion. Mean (standard deviation [SD]) and median (interquartile range [IQR]) should be used for description of normally and non-normally distributed data, respectively. If possible, it is better to report 95% confidence interval (CI) for statistics, at least for main outcome variables. And, P values should be presented, and interpreted with caution, if there is a hypothesis. To advance knowledge and skills of their members, associations of journal editors are better to develop training courses on basic statistics and research methodology for non-experts. This would in turn improve research reporting and safeguard the body of scientific evidence.
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