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Article in Nature, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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
8 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Deficient editorial practices, perceived quality, and expedient scholarly publishing in a developing nation.F1000Research · 2023Article
- Competition for priority harms the reliability of science, but reforms can help.Nature human behaviour · 2021Article
- Expanding Research Integrity: A Cultural-Practice Perspective.Science and engineering ethics · 2021Article
- Honest signaling in academic publishing.PloS one · 2021Article
- Reducing bias and improving transparency in medical research: a critical overview of the problems, progress and suggested next steps.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2020Review
- If the papers don't come to the journal….EMBO reports · 2018Article
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Abstract
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Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.