| Title |
How to Make More Published Research True
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS Medicine, October 2014
|
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001747 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
John P. A. Ioannidis |
| Abstract |
In a 2005 paper that has been accessed more than a million times, John Ioannidis explained why most published research findings were false. Here he revisits the topic, this time to address how to improve matters. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 251 | 19% |
| United Kingdom | 174 | 13% |
| Canada | 78 | 6% |
| Spain | 43 | 3% |
| Australia | 43 | 3% |
| France | 40 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 26 | 2% |
| Germany | 21 | 2% |
| Japan | 12 | <1% |
| Other | 179 | 14% |
| Unknown | 458 | 35% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 754 | 57% |
| Scientists | 389 | 29% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 104 | 8% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 75 | 6% |
| Unknown | 3 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 16 | 1% |
| France | 11 | <1% |
| Germany | 10 | <1% |
| Spain | 7 | <1% |
| Sweden | 5 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 5 | <1% |
| Brazil | 5 | <1% |
| Australia | 5 | <1% |
| Other | 33 | 3% |
| Unknown | 1190 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 295 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 207 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 153 | 12% |
| Other | 110 | 8% |
| Professor | 93 | 7% |
| Other | 331 | 25% |
| Unknown | 122 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 252 | 19% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 215 | 16% |
| Psychology | 128 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 81 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 56 | 4% |
| Other | 387 | 30% |
| Unknown | 192 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
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