Publication Bias in Laboratory Animal Research: A Survey on Magnitude, Drivers, Consequences and Potential Solutions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  ter Riet, Gerben ^a   Korevaar, Daniel A ^a   Leenaars, Marlies ^b   Sterk, Peter J ^a   van Noorden, Cornelis J F ^a   Bouter, Lex M ^c   Lutter, René ^a   Elferink, Ronald P Oude ^a   Hooft, Lotty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL COMMUNITY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PEER REVIEW; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; NETHERLANDS; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION BIAS; PUBLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84866040246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043404     Document Type: Article

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