| Title |
Why Most Biomedical Findings Echoed by Newspapers Turn Out to be False: The Case of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0044275 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
François Gonon, Jan-Pieter Konsman, David Cohen, Thomas Boraud |
| Abstract |
Because positive biomedical observations are more often published than those reporting no effect, initial observations are often refuted or attenuated by subsequent studies. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 330 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 77 | 23% |
| United Kingdom | 29 | 9% |
| Canada | 20 | 6% |
| Australia | 11 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 11 | 3% |
| Spain | 9 | 3% |
| France | 7 | 2% |
| Sweden | 6 | 2% |
| Japan | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 33 | 10% |
| Unknown | 122 | 37% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 221 | 67% |
| Scientists | 58 | 18% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 27 | 8% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 24 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 182 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 4% |
| Germany | 3 | 2% |
| France | 3 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | 1% |
| Unknown | 160 | 88% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 46 | 25% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 11% |
| Other | 14 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 8% |
| Other | 42 | 23% |
| Unknown | 20 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 37 | 20% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 27 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 20 | 11% |
| Psychology | 20 | 11% |
| Computer Science | 13 | 7% |
| Other | 37 | 20% |
| Unknown | 28 | 15% |