Episode 76: Listener's question - "Why do we only see positive results published?"

<p>In today's episode, Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham answerers a listener's question "Why do we only see positive results published?"</p> <p><strong>Additional Information</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8192291/">Publication bias: the problem that won't go away</a> &nbsp;- Dickersin and Min (1993) Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences</li> <li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-019-0569-7#:~:text=Publication%20bias%20threatens%20the%20ability,offer%20incentives%20for%20their%20publication.&amp;text=Positive%20or%20statistically%20significant%20findings,than%20null%20or%20negative%20findings.">The importance of no evidence</a> - &nbsp;Editorial Nature Human Behaviour (2019)</li> <li><a href="https://www.insidescience.org/news/when-scientists-find-nothing-value-null-results">When Scientists Find Nothing: The Value of Null Results</a> - Inside Science (2020)</li> <li><a href="https://www.mondaysciencepodcast.com/listen/episode/374c6cab/episode-70-covid19-retracted-papers">Monday Science Episode 70 - COVID19 Retracted Papers&nbsp;</a></li> <li><strong>Example of where studies have investigated the influence of publication bias and impact</strong></li> </ul> <p><strong>-</strong><a href="https://jech.bmj.com/content/early/2021/03/07/jech-2020-214611"><strong> &nbsp;Suicide risk with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and other new-generation antidepressants in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies</strong></a><strong> </strong>[Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2021]</p> <p><strong>-</strong><a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n544"><strong> </strong>Vitamin D and covid-19</a> [BMJ, 2021] - <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n544/rapid-responses">Rapid Responses&nbsp;</a></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/RFPR">BMC Psychology ‘results-free- peer-review' process</a></li> <li><a href="https://pubpeer.com/static/about">PubPeer.com</a></li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p>Episode i