Methodology over metrics: current scientific standards are a disservice to patients and society

COVID-19 coronavirus research has overall low methodological quality thus far: case in point for chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine

(2020) Paul Elias Alexander et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Data-sharing recommendations in biomedical journals and randomised controlled trials: an audit of journals following the ICMJE recommendations

(2020) Maximilian Siebert et al.   BMJ Open

Prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of covid-19: systematic review and critical appraisal

(2020) Laure Wynants et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Academic criteria for promotion and tenure in biomedical sciences faculties: cross sectional analysis of international sample of universities

(2020) Danielle B Rice et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

The Hong Kong Principles for assessing researchers: Fostering research integrity

(2020) David Moher et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

How often do leading biomedical journals use statistical experts to evaluate statistical methods? The results of a survey

(2020) Tom E. Hardwicke et al.   PLoS One

COMPare: a prospective cohort study correcting and monitoring 58 misreported trials in real time

(2019) Ben Goldacre et al.   Trials

Harms From Uninformative Clinical Trials

(2019) Deborah A. Zarin et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

What’s next for Registered Reports?

(2019) Chris Chambers   NATURE

Using the CONSORT statement to evaluate the completeness of reporting of addiction randomised trials: a cross-sectional review

(2019) Matthew Vassar et al.   BMJ Open

The troubles with peer review for allocating research funding

(2019) Sandra Bendiscioli   EMBO REPORTS

Spin in Scientific Publications: A Frequent Detrimental Research Practice

(2019) Isabelle Boutron   ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Universal Funder Responsibilities That Advance Social Value

(2018) Barbara E. Bierer et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS

The ego has landed! What can be done about research misconduct, scandals and spins?

(2018) David R. Thompson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Researcher Requests for Inappropriate Analysis and Reporting: A U.S. Survey of Consulting Biostatisticians

(2018) Min Qi Wang et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Research waste is still a scandal—an essay by Paul Glasziou and Iain Chalmers

(2018) Paul Glasziou et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Scientific citations favor positive results: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2017) Bram Duyx et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Increasing value and reducing waste in biomedical research: who's listening?

(2016) David Moher et al.   LANCET

Current Incentives for Scientists Lead to Underpowered Studies with Erroneous Conclusions

(2016) Andrew D. Higginson et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship

(2016) Mark D. Wilkinson et al.   Scientific Data

Bridging Clinical Investigators and Statisticians

(2016) Beverley Adams-Huet et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE

Reporting of a Publicly Accessible Protocol and Its Association With Positive Study Findings in Cardiovascular Trials (from the Epidemiological Study of Randomized Trials [ESORT])

(2015) Ayodele Odutayo et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Misconduct Policies, Academic Culture and Career Stage, Not Gender or Pressures to Publish, Affect Scientific Integrity

(2015) Daniele Fanelli et al.   PLoS One

Promoting an open research culture

(2015) B. A. Nosek et al.   SCIENCE

Avoidable waste of research related to inadequate methods in clinical trials

(2015) Y. Yordanov et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

The Extent and Consequences of P-Hacking in Science

(2015) Megan L. Head et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Avoidable waste of research related to inadequate methods in clinical trials

(2015) Y. Yordanov et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Reducing waste from incomplete or unusable reports of biomedical research

(2014) Paul Glasziou et al.   LANCET

Increasing value and reducing waste in research design, conduct, and analysis

(2014) John P A Ioannidis et al.   LANCET

Fate of Clinical Research Studies after Ethical Approval – Follow-Up of Study Protocols until Publication

(2014) Anette Blümle et al.   PLoS One

The association between exaggeration in health related science news and academic press releases: retrospective observational study

(2014) P. Sumner et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Improving the Transparency of Prognosis Research: The Role of Reporting, Data Sharing, Registration, and Protocols

(2014) George Peat et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Evidence for the Selective Reporting of Analyses and Discrepancies in Clinical Trials: A Systematic Review of Cohort Studies of Clinical Trials

(2014) Kerry Dwan et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Influence of Reported Study Design Characteristics on Intervention Effect Estimates From Randomized, Controlled Trials

(2013) Jelena Savović et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Empirical Evaluation of Very Large Treatment Effects of Medical Interventions

(2012) Tiago V. Pereira et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Avoidable waste in the production and reporting of research evidence

(2009) Iain Chalmers et al.   LANCET