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10.3390/e23040468
Title: | The Quality of Statistical Reporting and Data Presentation in Predatory Dental Journals Was Lower Than in Non-Predatory Journals |
Authors: | Nieminen, Pentti Uribe, Sergio E. Department of Conservative Dentistry and Oral Health |
Keywords: | meta-research;dental research;publications;statistical reporting;data presentation;3.3 Health sciences;1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database |
Issue Date: | 16-Apr-2021 |
Citation: | Nieminen , 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 |
Abstract: | Proper 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 review |
Description: | Funding 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. |
DOI: | 10.3390/e23040468 |
ISSN: | 1099-4300 |
Appears in Collections: | Research outputs from Pure / Zinātniskās darbības rezultāti no ZDIS Pure |
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