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ArticleWellcome open research2017

EnLightenment: High resolution smartphone microscopy as an educational and public engagement platform.

Laura C Wicks, Gemma S Cairns, Jacob Melnyk, Scott Bryce, Rory R Duncan, Paul A Dalgarno

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Article in Wellcome open research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Laura C WicksHW Engage, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.
Gemma S CairnsInstitute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA), Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0524-8008
Jacob MelnykInstitute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA), Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.
Scott BryceWest Calder High School, West Calder, EH55 8QN, UK.
Rory R DuncanInstitute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA), Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.
Paul A DalgarnoInstitute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA), Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7701-373X
Heriot-Watt University · GBCalderdale College · GBUniversity of Strathclyde · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We developed a simple, cost-effective smartphone microscopy platform for use in educational and public engagement programs. We demonstrated its effectiveness, and potential for citizen science through a national imaging initiative,

Indexed as

CellEducationImagingMicroscopyPublic EngagementResolutionSmartphone

Identifiers

PMID29623296
PMCPMC5861559
OpenAlexW2767595302

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