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ArticlePLoS computational biology2021

Ten simple rules for Global North researchers to stop perpetuating helicopter research in the Global South.

Danny Haelewaters, Tina A Hofmann, Adriana L Romero-Olivares

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Article in PLoS computational biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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83citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

83 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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23 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

Danny HaelewatersDepartment of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-6424-0834
Tina A HofmannHerbario UCH, Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí, David, Panama.ORCID 0000-0003-1124-402X
Adriana L Romero-OlivaresDepartment of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-0287-3043

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID34411090
PMCPMC8376010

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