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Article in Health science reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Plain language summaries: A systematic review of theory, guidelines and empirical research.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
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- Primer on Plain Language Summaries for Advanced Practice Providers With Published Examples and Practical Applications to Practice.Journal of the advanced practitioner in oncology · 2025Article
- A new dimension of simplified science communication: the easiness effect of science popularization in animated video abstracts.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Decoding clinical trial jargon: helping people understand the efficacy end points used in cancer trials.Future oncology (London, England) · 2025Article
- Literacy and Language Barriers to Overcome in Laboratory Medicine.Clinics in laboratory medicine · 2024Review
- Practices and Barriers in Developing and Disseminating Plain-Language Resources Reporting Medical Research Information: A Scoping Review.The patient · 2024Article
- What Author Instructions Do Health Journals Provide for Writing Plain Language Summaries? A Scoping Review.The patient · 2023Article
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- A survey of automated methods for biomedical text simplification.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2022Article
- Conclusiveness, linguistic characteristics and readability of Cochrane plain language summaries of intervention reviews: a cross-sectional study.BMC medical research methodology · 2022Article
- A practical 'How-To' Guide to plain language summaries (PLS) of peer-reviewed scientific publications: results of a multi-stakeholder initiative utilizing co-creation methodology.Research involvement and engagement · 2022Article
- Comparison of innovative communication approaches in nutrition to promote and improve health literacy.The Ulster medical journal · 2022Review
- Optimizing Readability and Format of Plain Language Summaries for Medical Research Articles: Cross-sectional Survey Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- How to Put It Plainly? Findings From Two Randomized Controlled Studies on Writing Plain Language Summaries for Psychological Meta-Analyses.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- WhereHealth science reports · 2020Article
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Authors and funding
5 authors.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsPlain-language summaries (PLS) are being heralded as a tool to improve communication of scientific research to lay audiences and time-poor or nonspecialist healthcare professionals. However, this relies on PLS being intuitively located and accessible. This research investigated the "discoverability" of PLS in biomedical journals.
methodsThe eLIFE list of journals/organizations that produce PLS was consulted on July 12, 2018, for biomedical journals (based on title). Internet research, primarily focusing on information provided by the journal websites, explored PLS terminology (what do the journals call PLS), requirements (what articles are PLS generated for, who writes/reviews them, and at what stage), and location and sharing mechanisms (where/how the PLS are made available, are they free to access, and are they visible on PubMed).
resultsThe methodology identified 10 journals from distinct publishers, plus
conclusionAcross the few biomedical journals producing PLS, our research suggests there is wide variation in terminology, location, sharing mechanisms, and PubMed visibility. We advocate a more consistent approach to ensure that PLS have appropriate prominence and can be easily found by their intended audiences.
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