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ArticleMicroorganisms2017

Reply to the Comment by Littlechild and Isupov.

Andrew Willetts, David Kelly

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Microorganisms, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

2 authors.

Andrew WillettsCollege of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QG, UK. andrewj.willetts@btconnect.com.ORCID 0000-0002-8025-8241
David KellySchool of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

I thank Drs. Littlechild and Isupov for their recent comments, which are considered below. Before addressing these specifically, their correspondence raises two more general issues which require initial clarification.[...].

Identifiers

PMID28878173
PMCPMC5620646

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