Testing for the Presence of Positive-Outcome Bias in Peer Review

2010244 citationsJournal Article

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Gwendolyn B. Emerson

Winston J. Warme · University of Washington

Fredric M. Wolf · University of Washington

James D. Heckman · United States Bone and Joint Initiative

Richard A. Brand · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Seth S. Leopold · University of Washington

Abstract

Positive-outcome bias was present during peer review. A fabricated manuscript with a positive outcome was more likely to be recommended for publication than was an otherwise identical no-difference manuscript.

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Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Health and Medical Research Impacts Health Sciences Research and Education

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Published in: Archives of Internal Medicine

Volume 170, Issue 21, pp. 1934-9

DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.406

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Testing for the Presence of Positive-Outcome Bias in Peer Review

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