Evidence-based Medicine
Alex Nowbar’s journal reviews—18 July 2019
19 Jul, 2019 | 09:40h | UTCAlex Nowbar’s journal reviews, 18 July 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
Ann Robinson’s journal review—10 July 2019
11 Jul, 2019 | 09:59h | UTCAnn Robinson’s journal review, 10 July 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
Ann Robinson’s journal review—3 July 2019
4 Jul, 2019 | 10:50h | UTCAnn Robinson’s journal review, 3 July 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
Perspective: A User’s Guide to Inflated and Manipulated Impact Factors
3 Jul, 2019 | 06:21h | UTC
Alex Nowbar’s journal reviews – 25 June 2019
26 Jun, 2019 | 00:42h | UTCAlex Nowbar’s journal reviews, 25 June 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
Alex Nowbar’s journal reviews—20 May 2019
21 Jun, 2019 | 08:01h | UTCAlex Nowbar’s journal reviews, 20 May 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
To Save The Science Poster, Researchers Want To Kill It And Start Over
13 Jun, 2019 | 07:39h | UTCTo Save The Science Poster, Researchers Want To Kill It And Start Over – NPR (free)
Related Video: How to create a better research poster in less time (including templates) (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Using the new #betterposter format at #ACSM19. It was the most productive poster presentation ever! Thanks @mikemorrison!#obesity #falls pic.twitter.com/X8oHAgs9ps
— Silvia Neri 🇧🇷 🇳🇱 (@silviagrneri) May 31, 2019
Ann Robinson’s journal review—12 June 2019
13 Jun, 2019 | 07:34h | UTCAnn Robinson’s journal review, 12 June 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Meta-Research: A Comprehensive Review of Randomized Trials Leading to “Medical Reversals” in Three Medical Journals
12 Jun, 2019 | 08:23h | UTCCommentaries: Almost 400 medical practices found ineffective in analysis of 3,000 studies – eLIFE (free) AND Hundreds of current medical practices may be ineffective – Medical News Today (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
A review of more than 3,000 randomized clinical trials in NEJM, Lancet and JAMA reveals 396 medical reversals (results later shown to be wrong, usually in systematic reviews). 22 studies in pulmonary diseases and 45 in critical care medicine were affected. https://t.co/uAW9r3SMJs
— CryptoMD (@ClaudiaCDobler) June 11, 2019
Perspective: The War to Free Science
11 Jun, 2019 | 03:11h | UTCThe war to free science – Vox (free)
Related: Plan S: Making Full and Immediate Open Access a Reality (free) AND Open Access 2018: A Year of Funders and Universities Drawing Lines in the Sand (free)
“How librarians, pirates, and funders are liberating the world’s academic research from paywalls.”
New Preprint Server for Medical Research
9 Jun, 2019 | 21:51h | UTCNew preprint server for medical research – The BMJ (free)
See also: New preprint server for the health sciences announced today – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) (free) AND How to bring preprints to the charged field of medicine – Nature News (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
After careful planning and deliberation, we are excited to announce the launch of @medrxivpreprint, a preprint server for medical and public health sciences established in service of the scientific community – accepting papers now, site goes live June 25 https://t.co/CzXnwZ1u1w pic.twitter.com/dzcwInJykj
— Joseph Ross (@jsross119) June 6, 2019
Ann Robinson’s journal review — 5 June 2019
7 Jun, 2019 | 02:03h | UTCAnn Robinson’s journal review, 5 June 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
Reproducibility Trial Publishes Two Conclusions for One Paper
6 Jun, 2019 | 05:53h | UTCReproducibility trial publishes two conclusions for one paper – Nature (free)
Related: Independent discussion sections for improving inferential reproducibility in published research – British Journal of Anaesthesia (free)
Plan S: Making Full and Immediate Open Access a Reality
3 Jun, 2019 | 07:33h | UTCPlan S: Making Full and Immediate Open Access a Reality – cOALlition S (free)
News Release: cOAlition S Releases Revised Implementation Guidance on Plan S Following Public Feedback Exercise – cOALlition S (free)
See also: Rationale for the Revisions Made to the Plan S Principles and Implementation Guidance – cOALlition S (free)
Commentaries: Ambitious open-access Plan S delayed to let research community adapt – Nature (free) AND Radical open-access plan delayed a year as revised effort seeks more support – Science (free)
Related: Open Access 2018: A Year of Funders and Universities Drawing Lines in the Sand (free resources)
Rethinking Impact Factors: Better Ways to Judge a Journal
30 May, 2019 | 08:21h | UTCRethinking impact factors: better ways to judge a journal – Nature (free)
“We need a broader, more-transparent suite of metrics to improve science publishing, say Paul Wouters, colleagues and co-signatories.”
Alex Nowbar’s Journal Reviews—29 May 2019
30 May, 2019 | 08:20h | UTCAlex Nowbar’s journal reviews, 29 May 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
The Top 100 Manuscripts in Emergency Cardiac Surgery
24 May, 2019 | 05:28h | UTC
Alex Nowbar’s Journal Reviews—22 May 2019
23 May, 2019 | 07:49h | UTCAlex Nowbar’s journal reviews, 22 May 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
How to Make Health News Interesting — Without Overselling the Claims
19 May, 2019 | 15:09h | UTCHow to make health news interesting — without overselling the claims – The Conversation (free)
Original Article: Claims of causality in health news: a randomised trial – BMC Medicine (free)
Alex Nowbar’s Journal Reviews—14 May 2019
15 May, 2019 | 06:37h | UTCAlex Nowbar’s journal reviews, 14 May 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods: Using Instrumental Variables to Address Bias from Unobserved Confounders
4 May, 2019 | 18:17h | UTCUsing Instrumental Variables to Address Bias From Unobserved Confounders – JAMA (free)
Systematic Review: Spin in Published Cardiovascular Randomized Trials with Statistically Nonsignificant Primary Outcomes
4 May, 2019 | 13:51h | UTCEditorial: Combating Misrepresentation of Research Findings (free)
Alex Nowbar’s research reviews – 30 April 2019
1 May, 2019 | 07:02h | UTCAlex Nowbar’s research reviews, 30 April 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Should We Trust Meta-Analyses with Meta-Conflicts of Interest?
30 Apr, 2019 | 02:19h | UTCShould We Trust Meta-Analyses with Meta-Conflicts of Interest? – Absolutely Maybe Blog (free)
Perspective: Why Most Diagnostic Procedures Aren’t Beneficial
23 Apr, 2019 | 01:45h | UTCWhy most diagnostic procedures aren’t beneficial – PulmCrit (free)
“when strict evidence-based medicine is applied to procedures, they are often less impressive”.