| Title |
All That Glitters Isn't Gold: A Survey on Acknowledgment of Limitations in Biomedical Studies
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0073623 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Gerben ter Riet, Paula Chesley, Alan G. Gross, Lara Siebeling, Patrick Muggensturm, Nadine Heller, Martin Umbehr, Daniela Vollenweider, Tsung Yu, Elie A. Akl, Lizzy Brewster, Olaf M. Dekkers, Ingrid Mühlhauser, Bernd Richter, Sonal Singh, Steven Goodman, Milo A. Puhan |
| Abstract |
Acknowledgment of all serious limitations to research evidence is important for patient care and scientific progress. Formal research on how biomedical authors acknowledge limitations is scarce. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 37 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 Kingdom | 7 | 19% |
| United States | 6 | 16% |
| Netherlands | 5 | 14% |
| Japan | 3 | 8% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 5% |
| Croatia | 1 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 11 | 30% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 19 | 51% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 8 | 22% |
| Scientists | 7 | 19% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 70 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 69 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 13 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 9% |
| Professor | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 19% |
| Unknown | 16 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 20% |
| Social Sciences | 11 | 16% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 11% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 12 | 17% |
| Unknown | 17 | 24% |