Back in 2019 I wrote a couple of posts summarizing what we had learned from research about peer review at journals. Since…

Network meta-analysis (NMA) is an extension of meta-analysis, combining trial evidence for more than 2 treatments or other interventions. This type of…

This is my fifth annual research roundup about journal peer review. And we’re only averaging about one randomized trial a year. This…

This post is part of a series that I started in 2019, recapping the scientific results on peer review to that point…

It’s a fundamental part of science – and yet peer review is not itself very science-based. It needs to be. The premise…

For something so fundamental to the practice of science, it’s perplexing that it took so long for serious research into…

It should never be a rushed afterthought. An awful lot is riding on the quality of scientific abstracts. Most readers will rely…

What should scientific editors be able to do well? We would all be able to agree easily on some basics…

It’s easy to be a little blinded by the specialized statistical techniques in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. As with any type…

It’s way too easy to get a false impression of a study’s results. The combination of jargon and specialized measurement techniques can get…

There’s a deluge of scientific studies of all sorts – thousands every day. There’s often a few studies looking for answers on…

An editorial expression of concern is a way to alert readers to behind-the-scenes worries about the integrity of a publication. It emerged in…