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The strong focus on positive results in abstracts may cause bias in systematic reviews: a case study on abstract reporting bias

Overview of attention for article published in Systematic Reviews, July 2019
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (92nd percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (91st percentile)

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Title
The strong focus on positive results in abstracts may cause bias in systematic reviews: a case study on abstract reporting bias
Published in
Systematic Reviews, July 2019
DOI 10.1186/s13643-019-1082-9
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Authors

Bram Duyx, Gerard M. H. Swaen, Miriam J. E. Urlings, Lex M. Bouter, Maurice P. Zeegers

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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 26 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 3 12%
Student > Postgraduate 3 12%
Researcher 3 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 8%
Librarian 2 8%
Other 4 15%
Unknown 9 35%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 7 27%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 8%
Psychology 2 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 4%
Environmental Science 1 4%
Other 2 8%
Unknown 11 42%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 30. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 August 2020.
All research outputs
#1,329,116
of 25,806,763 outputs
Outputs from Systematic Reviews
#183
of 2,257 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#26,961
of 344,900 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Systematic Reviews
#6
of 68 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 2,257 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 13.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 91% of its peers.
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