Biased under-reporting of research reflects biased under-submission more than biased editorial rejection [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/ViIqTX]

Stephen Senn challenges Ben Goldacre’s assertion in ‘Bad Pharma’ that biased editorial acceptance of reports with ‘positive’ findings is not a cause of biased under-reporting of research. We agree with Senn that biased editorial decisions may contribute to reporting bias, but Senn ignores the eviden...

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Main Authors: Iain Chalmers, Kay Dickersin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: F1000 Research Ltd 2013-01-01
Series:F1000Research
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Online Access:http://f1000research.com/articles/2-1/v1