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Positive Outcomes Influence the Rate and Time to Publication, but Not the Impact Factor of Publications of Clinical Trial Results
PLoS ONE · 2013 · Vol. 8(1) · pp. e54583–e54583
Pilar Suñé✉(Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari)Josep María Suñé(Universitat de Barcelona)José Bruno Montoro Ronsano(Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari)
Abstract
Clinical trials with positive outcomes have significantly higher rates and shorter times to publication than those with negative results. However, no differences have been found in terms of impact factor.
Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsEthics in Clinical ResearchHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeImpact factorMedicineClinical trialMEDLINEBioinformaticsInternal medicineBiology
MeSH terms
Clinical Trials as TopicHumansPublicationsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomePublication BiasEvidence-Based MedicineJournal Impact Factor
Citations
1,699
FWCI
90.93
field-weighted impact
References
39
Percentile
100%
vs. same field & year
Citations per year
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