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ArticleContemporary clinical trials communications2021

Perspective on reducing errors in research.

Hanan Aboumatar, Carol Thompson, Emmanuel Garcia-Morales, Ayse P Gurses, Mohammad Naqibuddin, Jamia Saunders, Samuel W Kim, Robert AWise

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Article in Contemporary clinical trials communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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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

5 citing papers 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

8 authors.

Hanan AboumatarArmstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, JHU, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Carol ThompsonJohns Hopkins Biostatistics Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Emmanuel Garcia-MoralesArmstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, JHU, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Ayse P GursesArmstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, JHU, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Mohammad NaqibuddinArmstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, JHU, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jamia SaundersArmstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, JHU, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Samuel W KimArmstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, JHU, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Robert AWiseJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Efforts to ensure research integrity has mostly focused on research misconduct. However, the complexity of research operations and processes makes research work also prone to unintentional errors. To safeguard against errors and their consequences, strategies for error reduction, detection, and mitigation can be applied to research work. Nurturing a scientific culture that encourages error disclosure and rectification is essential to reduce the negative consequences of errors. Creating repositories where errors can be reported can enable learning from errors and creation of more robust research processes.

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Error detectionError reduction strategiesResearch errors

Identifiers

PMID34471723
PMCPMC8390521

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