Back in 2019 I wrote a couple of posts summarizing what we had learned from research about peer review at journals. Since…
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Listicles 5 Things We Learned About Journal Peer Review in 2025Read more
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Listicles 5 Things We Learned About Peer Review in 2024Read more
Back in 2019 I wrote a couple of posts summarizing what we had learned from research about peer review at journals. Since…
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Evidence 5 Tips For Understanding Network Meta-AnalysisRead more
Network meta-analysis (NMA) is an extension of meta-analysis, combining trial evidence for more than 2 treatments or other interventions. This type of…
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Listicles 5 Things We Learned About Peer Review in 2023Read more
This is my fifth annual research roundup about journal peer review. And we’re only averaging about one randomized trial a year. This…
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Listicles 5 Things We Learned About Journal Peer Review in 2021Read more
This post is part of a series that I started in 2019, recapping the scientific results on peer review to that point…
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Listicles 5 Things We Learned About Peer Review in 2020Read more
It’s a fundamental part of science – and yet peer review is not itself very science-based. It needs to be. The premise…
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Listicles 5 Things We Learned About Peer Review in 2019Read more
For something so fundamental to the practice of science, it’s perplexing that it took so long for serious research into…
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Listicles Building a Great Scientific Abstract: A Quick ChecklistRead more
It should never be a rushed afterthought. An awful lot is riding on the quality of scientific abstracts. Most readers will rely…
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Listicles An Author Rights Perspective on Scientific EditorsRead more
What should scientific editors be able to do well? We would all be able to agree easily on some basics…
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Bias Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses: A 5-Step CheckupRead more
It’s easy to be a little blinded by the specialized statistical techniques in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. As with any type…
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Bias 6 Tips for Deciphering Outcomes in Health StudiesRead more
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…
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Evidence 5 Tips for Understanding Data in Meta-AnalysesRead more
There’s a deluge of scientific studies of all sorts – thousands every day. There’s often a few studies looking for answers on…