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ArticlemSphere2019

mSphere of Influence: a Sphere of Influence beyond the Bench Can Help Shape the Future of U.S. Research.

Megan E Spurgeon

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Article in mSphere, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing 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

1 citing paper 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

1 author.

Megan E SpurgeonMcArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA megan.spurgeon@wisc.edu.

Funding

Small DNA Tumor Viruses and Human CancerR50CA211246 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI SPURGEON, MEGAN E · 2016 to 2020
$644k
NCI NIH HHS R50 CA211246
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Megan E. Spurgeon works in the field of viral oncology. In this mSphere of Influence article, she reflects on how the paper "Rescuing US biomedical research from its systemic flaws" by Bruce Alberts, Marc W. Kirschner, Shirley Tilghman, and Harold Varmus (Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 111:5773-5777, 2014, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1404402111) made an impact on her by influencing her research and career outlook. The way researchers think about their science is shaped by a variety of factors, and these often include research articles that influence their technical or experimental approaches and interpretations. However, it is rare that an article influences the broader career and research perspectives of scientists by compelling them to look beyond the bench. The article highlighted in this commentary prompted the realization that a sphere of influence beyond our routine scientific focus can create a scientific community that is better equipped to address the systemic threats facing the larger research ecosystem to which we all belong.

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Biomedical ResearchHumansResearch PersonnelUnited Statesbiomedical researchcareer

Identifiers

PMID31270170
PMCPMC6609228

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