ArticleNature medicine2021
Automated screening of COVID-19 preprints: can we help authors to improve transparency and reproducibility?
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Article in Nature medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Building a synthesis-ready research ecosystem: fostering collaboration and open science to accelerate biomedical translation.BMC medical research methodology · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence and predictors of data and code sharing in the medical and health sciences: systematic review with meta-analysis of individual participant data.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2023Pooled it
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- Reporting quality of quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) methods in scientific publications.Research integrity and peer review · 2026Article
- Use as directed? A comparison of software tools intended to check rigor and transparency of published work.PloS one · 2026Article
- SPIRIT-CONSORT-TM: a corpus for assessing transparency of clinical trial protocol and results publications.Scientific data · 2025Article
- Improving research transparency with individualized report cards: A feasibility study in clinical trials at a large university medical center.BMC medical research methodology · 2025Article
- SPIRIT-CONSORT-TM: a corpus for assessing transparency of clinical trial protocol and results publications.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Text classification models for assessing the completeness of randomized controlled trial publications based on CONSORT reporting guidelines.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Limiting open science? Three approaches to bottom-up governance of dual-use research of concern.Pathogens and global health · 2024Review
- Automatic categorization of self-acknowledged limitations in randomized controlled trial publications.Journal of biomedical informatics · 2024Article
- CONSORT-TM: Text classification models for assessing the completeness of randomized controlled trial publications.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- Retrieval augmented scientific claim verification.JAMIA open · 2024Article
- Comparing the prevalence of statistical reporting inconsistencies in COVID-19 preprints and matched controls: a registered report.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
- Fighting reviewer fatigue or amplifying bias? Considerations and recommendations for use of ChatGPT and other large language models in scholarly peer review.Research integrity and peer review · 2023Article
- Institutional dashboards on clinical trial transparency for University Medical Centers: A case study.PLoS medicine · 2023Article
- Fighting reviewer fatigue or amplifying bias? Considerations and recommendations for use of ChatGPT and other Large Language Models in scholarly peer review.Research square · 2023Article
- Implementing clinical trial data sharing requires training a new generation of biomedical researchers.Nature medicine · 2023Article
- Using an expert survey and user feedback to construct PRECHECK: A checklist to evaluate preprints on COVID-19 and beyond.F1000Research · 2023Article
- The use and acceptability of preprints in health and social care settings: A scoping review.PloS one · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
17 authors.
Tracey WeissgerberQuality | Ethics | Open Science | Translation (QUEST), Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany. tracey.weissgerber@charite.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7490-2600
Nico RiedelQuality | Ethics | Open Science | Translation (QUEST), Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3808-1163
Halil KilicogluSchool of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA.
Cyril LabbéUniversity Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LIG, Grenoble, France.
Peter EckmannDepartment of Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Gerben Ter RietDepartment of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2231-7637
Jennifer ByrneNew South Wales Health Statewide Biobank, New South Wales Health Pathology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8923-0587
Guillaume CabanacUMR 5505 IRIT, Université de Toulouse, UPS, Toulouse, France.
Amanda Capes-DavisCellBank Australia, Children's Medical Research Institute and The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
Bertrand FavierUniversity Grenoble Alpes, TIMC UMR5525, La Tronche, France.
Shyam SaladiCalifornia Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Peter GrabitzQuality | Ethics | Open Science | Translation (QUEST), Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Alexandra Bannach-BrownQuality | Ethics | Open Science | Translation (QUEST), Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Robert SchulzQuality | Ethics | Open Science | Translation (QUEST), Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4830-309X
Sarah McCannQuality | Ethics | Open Science | Translation (QUEST), Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4737-2349
Rene BernardNeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of the Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3265-2372
Anita BandrowskiDepartment of Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5497-0243
Funding
NIDDK Network Coordinating UnitU24DK097771 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Shuibing Chen, Jeffrey S. Grethe · 2013 to 2026
$20.9MOPERATION, 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
$2.0MSci-Score, a tool suite to support Rigor and Transparency NIH and Journal GuidelinesR44MH119094 · NIMH · SCICRUNCH, INC. · PI BANDROWSKI, ANITA E · 2018 to 2019
$1.5MSci-Score, a tool to support rigor and transparency guidelinesR43OD024432 · OD · SCICRUNCH, INC. · PI BANDROWSKI, ANITA E · 2017 to 2017
$222kDepartment of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) APP1184263HHS HHSN276201700124PNIDA NIH HHS U24 DA039832NIDDK NIH HHS U24 DK097771NIH HHS R43 OD024432NIMH NIH HHS R44 MH119094
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