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ArticleBMJ open2023

Is our public research money well spent? Publication of research outputs from Health Research Council of New Zealand-funded studies: a cross-sectional study.

Marian Showell, Cynthia M Farquhar, Grace Greenwood, Vanessa M B Jordan

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Article in BMJ open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Time to publication for results of clinical trials.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
    Pooled it
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

4 authors.

Marian ShowellObstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand m.showell@auckland.ac.nz.ORCID 0000-0002-1227-4303
Cynthia M FarquharObstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-3685-3553
Grace GreenwoodObstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Vanessa M B JordanObstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the reporting of results from the projects and programmes funded by the Health Research Council (HRC) New Zealand.

designA cross-sectional analysis.

settingResearch projects and programmes funded by the HRC New Zealand from 2006 to 2014.

participantsPublicly available data provided by the HRC.

main outcome measuresThe number and proportion with evidence of publication and dissemination of a research output from HRC grants and the time taken to disseminate the results.

resultsOf the 374 HRC grants from 2006 to 2014, there was no evidence of publication or reporting of any research output for 48 studies (13%). Of the 326 (87%) grants with research outputs, there was a mean dissemination time of 4.73 years (SD 2.37). The total funding provided by the HRC was NZ$471 663 336, while the 48 grants with no evidence of dissemination represented NZ$47 095 727 (10%).

conclusionsThirteen per cent of the HRC projects and programmes from 2006 to 2014 have not contributed to the healthcare evidence as their results remain unknown.

Indexed as

Biomedical ResearchFinancing, OrganizedCross-Sectional StudiesHumansNew ZealandAUDITClinical TrialPUBLIC HEALTH

Identifiers

PMID37258081
PMCPMC10335537

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