Publication bias in the anesthesiology literature

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1042-1048

  De Oliveira Jr , Gildasio S ^a   Chang, Ray ^a   Kendall, Mark C ^a   Fitzgerald, Paul C ^a   McCarthy, Robert J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BIBLIOMETRICS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; ODDS RATIO; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84860291865     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182468fc6     Document Type: Review

References (22)

1. Easterbrook PJ, Berlin JA, Gopalan R, Matthews DR. Publication bias in clinical research. Lancet 1991;337:867-72
2. Frank E. Authors' criteria for selecting journals. JAMA 1994;272:163-4 (Pubitemid 24206056)
3. Garfield E. The history and meaning of the journal impact factor. JAMA 2006;295:90-3 (Pubitemid 43042694)
4. McVeigh ME, Mann SJ. The journal impact factor denominator: defining citable (counted) items. JAMA 2009;302:1107-9
5. Hoeffel C. Journal impact factors. Allergy 1998;53:1225
6. Callaham M, Wears RL, Weber E. Journal prestige, publication bias, and other characteristics associated with citation of published studies in peer-reviewed journals. JAMA 2002;287: 2847-50 (Pubitemid 34591981)
7. McGauran N, Wieseler B, Kreis J, Schüler YB, Kölsch H, Kaiser T. Reporting bias in medical research: a narrative review. Trials 2010;11:37
8. Willenheimer R. Statistical significance versus clinical relevance in cardiovascular medicine. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2001;44:155-67 (Pubitemid 33117026)
9. Littner Y, Mimouni FB, Dollberg S, Mandel D. Negative results and impact factor: a lesson from neonatology. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2005;159:1036-7 (Pubitemid 41633362)
10. Squitieri L, Petruska E, Chung KC. Publication bias in Kien-böck's disease: systematic review. J Hand Surg Am 2010;35:359-67
11. Moher D, Dulberg CS, Wells GA. Statistical power, sample size, and their reporting in randomized controlled trials. JAMA 1994;272:122-4 (Pubitemid 24206043)
12. Dickersin K, Min YI, Meinert CL. Factors influencing publication of research results: follow-up of applications submitted to two institutional review boards. JAMA 1992;267:374-8
13. Chalmers I, Adams M, Dickersin K, Hetherington J, Tarnow-Mordi W, Meinert C, Tonascia S, Chalmers TC. A cohort study of summary reports of controlled trials. JAMA 1990;263:1401-5 (Pubitemid 20069948)
14. Link AM. US and non-US submissions: an analysis of reviewer bias. JAMA 1998;280:246-7 (Pubitemid 28493896)
15. Misakian AL, Bero LA. Publication bias and research on passive smoking: comparison of published and unpublished studies. JAMA 1998;280:250-3 (Pubitemid 28493898)
16. Scherer RW, Dickersin K, Langenberg P. Full publication of results initially presented in abstracts: a meta-analysis. JAMA 1994;272:158-62
17. CONSORT: Transparent Reporting of Trials. Available at: http://www.consort-statement.org. Accessed August 1, 2011
18. Science Citation Index. Available at: http://www.isiknowledge. com. Philadelphia: Thomson Reuters, Inc. Accessed June 1, 2010
19. Dickersin K. The existence of publication bias and risk factors for its occurrence. JAMA 1990;263:1385-9 (Pubitemid 20069945)
20. Stern JM, Simes RJ. Publication bias: evidence of delayed publication in a cohort study of clinical research projects. BMJ 1997;315:640-5 (Pubitemid 27387174)
21. Bourgeois FT, Murthy S, Mandl KD. Outcome reporting among drug trials registered in clinicaltrials.gov. Ann Intern Med 2010;153:158-66
22. Olson CM, Rennie D, Cook D, Dickersin K, Flanagin A, Hogan JW, Zhu Q, Reiling J, Pace B. Publication bias in editorial decision making. JAMA 2002;287:2825-8 (Pubitemid 34591975)