Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33720779›Full record

ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2021

How to bring peer review ghostwriters out of the dark.

Gary S McDowell, Caroline A Niziolek, Rebeccah S Lijek

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited 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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

3 authors.

Gary S McDowellLightoller LLC, Chicago, IL, 60603.ORCID 0000-0002-9470-3799
Caroline A NiziolekDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706.ORCID 0000-0002-6085-1371
Rebeccah S LijekDepartment of Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075.ORCID 0000-0003-2474-6870

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Early career researchers are frequent and valuable contributors to peer review. Systemic changes that acknowledge this fact would result in ethical co-reviewing, peer reviews of greater quality, and a reduction in peer reviewer burden.

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AuthorshipHumansPeer Review, ResearchResearch PersonnelScientific Misconduct

Identifiers

PMID33720779
PMCPMC8101444

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