Bias, peer review, and publishing

Erick H. Turner, Annette M. Matthews, Eftihia Linardatos, Robert A. Tell, Robert Rosenthal. Selective Publication of Antidepressant Trials and Its Influence on Apparent Efficacy. New England Journal of Medicine. 2008;358(3):252-260. doi:10.1056/NEJMsa065779

David B. Resnik, Christina Gutierrez-Ford, Shyamal Peddada. Perceptions of Ethical Problems with Scientific Journal Peer Review: An Exploratory Study. Science and Engineering Ethics. 2008;14(3):305-310. doi:10.1007/s11948-008-9059-4

Liv Langfeldt. The policy challenges of peer review: managing bias, conflict of interests and interdisciplinary assessments. Research Evaluation. 2006;15(1):31-41. doi:10.3152/147154406781776039

Joshua Frank. Technological lock-in, positive institutional feedback, and research on laboratory animals. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. 2005;16(4):557-575. doi:10.1016/j.strueco.2004.11.001

Liv Langfeldt. Expert panels evaluating research: decision-making and sources of bias. Research Evaluation. 2004;13(1):51-62. doi:10.3152/147154404781776536

Fiona Godlee. Making Reviewers Visible: Openness, Accountability, and Credit. JAMA. 2002;287(21):2762-2765. doi:10.1001/jama.287.21.2762

Alan Baddeley. So Where Should We Publish?*. Cortex. 2001;37(4):598-599. doi:10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70604-X

Jesús Rey-Rocha, M. José Martín-Sempere, Jesús Martínez-Frías, Fernando López-Vera. Some Misuses of Journal Impact Factor in Research Evaluation. Cortex. 2001;37(4):595-597. doi:10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70603-8

John P. A. Ioannidis. Effect of the Statistical Significance of Results on the Time to Completion and Publication of Randomized Efficacy Trials. JAMA. 1998;279(4):281-286. doi:10.1001/jama.279.4.281

Simon Wessely. Peer review of grant applications: what do we know? The Lancet. 1998;352(9124):301-305. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(97)11129-1