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ArticleNature human behaviour2023

Platform-controlled social media APIs threaten open science.

Brittany I Davidson, Darja Wischerath, Daniel Racek, Douglas A Parry, Emily Godwin, Joanne Hinds, Dirk van der Linden, Jonathan F Roscoe, Laura Ayravainen, Alicia G Cork

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Article in Nature human behaviour, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. We need transparency standards for social media research that involves companies.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  5. Social Listening as a Tool to Understand Nutrition-Related Information Needs: A Case Study in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Brittany I DavidsonSchool of Management, University of Bath, Bath, UK. bid23@bath.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-9886-9043
Darja Wischerath *School of Management, University of Bath, Bath, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4657-503X
Daniel Racek *Department of Statistics, Ludwig Maximilians Universität München, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9564-7880
Douglas A Parry *Department of Information Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-6443-3425
Emily GodwinSchool of Management, University of Bath, Bath, UK.ORCID 0009-0000-2189-7847
Joanne HindsSchool of Management, University of Bath, Bath, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8960-5361
Dirk van der LindenDepartment of Computer and Information Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8597-3156
Jonathan F RoscoeBT Applied Research, Ipswich, UK.ORCID 0009-0003-7017-2449
Laura AyravainenSchool of Management, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
Alicia G CorkDepartment of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2892-9615

Funding

RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/SO22465/1RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/W522090/1
6 · The paper itself

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