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ArticleDisease models & mechanisms2024

Negative equity - the value of reporting negative results.

Owen Sansom, Debora Bogani, Linus Reichenbach, Sara Wells

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Article in Disease models & mechanisms, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 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

7 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

4 authors.

Owen SansomCRUK Scotland Institute, Glasgow G61 1BD, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9540-3010
Debora BoganiMary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0RD, UK.
Linus ReichenbachCRUK Scotland Institute, Glasgow G61 1BD, UK.
Sara WellsMary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0RD, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A pervasive discussion point within the scientific community is the value of unpublished or unavailable data. Researchers, funders, ethical review bodies, editors and publishers have all highlighted the need to make more data available to enhance experimental planning and interpretation and to prevent others from repeating similar experiments. This is particularly important in the context of experimentation involving animals and efforts towards replacement, refinement and reduction. However, despite this broad agreement, sharing data that show inconclusive, statistically insignificant or unremarkable results is still not common practice. In this Editorial, we will highlight the value of what are often coined negative (or null) data and outline some emerging initiatives to address the gap between data generated in laboratories and data available to the wider scientific community.

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Identifiers

PMID39212951
PMCPMC11381924

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