The Quality of Statistical Reporting and Data Presentation in Predatory Dental Journals Was Lower Than in Non-Predatory Journals

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dc.contributor.authorNieminen, Pentti
dc.contributor.authorUribe, Sergio E.
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Oral Health
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-22T07:25:01Z
dc.date.available2021-04-22T07:25:01Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-16
dc.descriptionFunding Information: support from the European Union?s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the grant agreement No 857287. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors.
dc.description.abstractProper peer review and quality of published articles are often regarded as signs of reliable scientific journals. The aim of this study was to compare whether the quality of statistical reporting and data presentation differs among articles published in ‘predatory dental journals’ and in other dental journals. We evaluated 50 articles published in ‘predatory open access (OA) journals’ and 100 clinical trials published in legitimate dental journals between 2019 and 2020. The quality of statistical reporting and data presentation of each paper was assessed on a scale from 0 (poor) to 10 (high). The mean (SD) quality score of the statistical reporting and data presentation was 2.5 (1.4) for the predatory OA journals, 4.8 (1.8) for the legitimate OA journals, and 5.6 (1.8) for the more visible dental journals. The mean values differed significantly (p < 0.001). The quality of statistical reporting of clinical studies published in predatory journals was found to be lower than in open access and highly cited journals. This difference in quality is a wake-up call to consume study results critically. Poor statistical reporting indicates wider general lower quality in publications where the authors and journals are less likely to be critiqued by peer reviewen
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
dc.format.extent10
dc.format.extent897156
dc.identifier.citationNieminen, P & Uribe, S E 2021, 'The Quality of Statistical Reporting and Data Presentation in Predatory Dental Journals Was Lower Than in Non-Predatory Journals', Entropy, vol. 23, no. 4, 468. https://doi.org/10.3390/e23040468
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/e23040468
dc.identifier.issn1099-4300
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.rsu.lv/jspui/handle/123456789/3889
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85104660721&partnerID=8YFLogxK
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEntropy
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectmeta-research
dc.subjectdental research
dc.subjectpublications
dc.subjectstatistical reporting
dc.subjectdata presentation
dc.subject3.3 Health sciences
dc.subject1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database
dc.titleThe Quality of Statistical Reporting and Data Presentation in Predatory Dental Journals Was Lower Than in Non-Predatory Journalsen
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