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ArticleScientific reports2018

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids do not fluidify bilayers in the liquid-crystalline state.

Augusta De Santis, Yaiza Varela, Jesús Sot, Gerardino D'Errico, Félix M Goñi, Alicia Alonso

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

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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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Augusta De SantisInstituto Biofisika (CSIC, UPV/EHU), B. Sarriena s/n, 48940, Leioa, Spain.
Yaiza VarelaInstituto Biofisika (CSIC, UPV/EHU), B. Sarriena s/n, 48940, Leioa, Spain.
Jesús SotInstituto Biofisika (CSIC, UPV/EHU), B. Sarriena s/n, 48940, Leioa, Spain.
Gerardino D'ErricoDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", Complesso di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia, I-80126, Naples, Italy.
Félix M GoñiInstituto Biofisika (CSIC, UPV/EHU), B. Sarriena s/n, 48940, Leioa, Spain.
Alicia AlonsoInstituto Biofisika (CSIC, UPV/EHU), B. Sarriena s/n, 48940, Leioa, Spain. alicia.alonso@ehu.eus.
Fundación Biofísica Bizkaia · ESBiofisika · ESUniversity of Naples Federico II · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work reports on the effects of two omega-3 fatty acids, namely docosahexaenoic (C22:6

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PMID30389959
PMCPMC6214938
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