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ArticleJournal of neuroscience research2019

Improving transparency and scientific rigor in academic publishing.

Eric M Prager, Karen E Chambers, Joshua L Plotkin, David L McArthur, Anita E Bandrowski, Nidhi Bansal, Maryann E Martone, Hadley C Bergstrom, Anton Bespalov, Chris Graf

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Article in Journal of neuroscience research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
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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

31 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

10 authors.

Eric M PragerJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.ORCID 0000-0002-3810-0985
Karen E ChambersJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.ORCID 0000-0002-4716-0875
Joshua L PlotkinDepartment of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.ORCID 0000-0001-6232-7613
David L McArthurDepartment of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.ORCID 0000-0003-3385-1314
Anita E BandrowskiCenter for Research in Biological Systems, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California.ORCID 0000-0002-5497-0243
Nidhi BansalJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.ORCID 0000-0001-6502-3930
Maryann E MartoneCenter for Research in Biological Systems, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California.ORCID 0000-0002-8406-3871
Hadley C BergstromDepartment of Psychological Science, Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York.ORCID 0000-0003-3677-1619
Anton BespalovPartnership for Assessment and Accreditation of Scientific Practice, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3730-1395
Chris GrafJohn Wiley & Sons, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-4699-4333

Funding

OPERATION, SUPPORT AND STRATEGIC ENHANCEMENT OF THE NEUROSCIENCE INFORMATION FRAMEWORKU24DA039832 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GRETHE, JEFFREY S., MARTONE, MARYANN E · 2015 to 2016
$2.0M
NIDA NIH HHS U24 DA039832
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Progress in basic and clinical research is slowed when researchers fail to provide a complete and accurate report of how a study was designed, executed, and the results analyzed. Publishing rigorous scientific research involves a full description of the methods, materials, procedures, and outcomes. Investigators may fail to provide a complete description of how their study was designed and executed because they may not know how to accurately report the information or the mechanisms are not in place to facilitate transparent reporting. Here, we provide an overview of how authors can write manuscripts in a transparent and thorough manner. We introduce a set of reporting criteria that can be used for publishing, including recommendations on reporting the experimental design and statistical approaches. We also discuss how to accurately visualize the results and provide recommendations for peer reviewers to enhance rigor and transparency. Incorporating transparency practices into research manuscripts will significantly improve the reproducibility of the results by independent laboratories.

Indexed as

Biomedical ResearchData AccuracyHumansPublishingQuality ImprovementReproducibility of ResultsResearch DesignOpen Sciencepeer reviewpolicypublishingscientific rigortransparency

Identifiers

PMID30506706
PMCPMC12990824

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