Two-thirds of methodological research remained unpublished after presentation at Cochrane Colloquia: An empirical analysis

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 493-496

  Chapman, Sarah ^a   Eisinga, Anne ^a   Hopewell, Sally ^a   Clarke, Mike ^b  

^a UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cochrane Collaboration; Conference abstracts; Dissemination; Methodology; Publication bias; Reporting bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DATA BASE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REGISTER; COOPERATION; DOCUMENTATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LITERATURE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS; TIME;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; PUBLICATION BIAS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861120540     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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