Editorial Bias

Editorial bias in scientific publications.

INTRODUCTION Many authors believe that there are biases in scientific publications. Editorial biases include publication bias; which refers to those situations where the results influence the editor's decision, and editorial bias refers to those situations where factors related with authors or their environment influence the decision. DEVELOPMENT This paper includes an analysis of the situati...

Editorial: Experimental Bias in Electrophysiological Studies

The observation is what it is, a fact, but its interpretation depends on the conceptual framework we are using. This framework is based on what we think we know at time t. Since our understanding of phenomena is constantly evolving, it is not surprising to find numerous examples in science when the most appropriate data interpretation had to wait years/decades following the initial observations...

Publication bias in editorial decision making.

CONTEXT Studies with positive results are more likely to be published than studies with negative results (publication bias). One reason this occurs is that authors are less likely to submit manuscripts reporting negative results to journals. There is no evidence that publication bias occurs once manuscripts have been submitted to a medical journal. We assessed whether submitted manuscripts that...

Editorial Bias in Crowd-Sourced Political Information

The Internet has dramatically expanded citizens' access to and ability to engage with political information. On many websites, any user can contribute and edit "crowd-sourced" information about important political figures. One of the most prominent examples of crowd-sourced information on the Internet is Wikipedia, a free and open encyclopedia created and edited entirely by users, and one of th...

Editorial policies and publication bias: the importance of negative studies.