Publication bias

How it is used

Discuss result-dependent availability, including missing null findings.

Example sentences

1. The review may overestimate benefits if publication bias hides disappointing results.

   Unavailable studies can distort the combined picture.

2. Searching unpublished reports helped us investigate possible publication bias.

   The search seeks evidence outside the published selection.

Common collocations

• assess publication bias
• potential publication bias

Related terms

• systematic reviewA review that uses a clear, pre-planned and repeatable method to find, select and evaluate all relevant studies on a specific question.
• meta-analysisA statistical method that combines the results of many independent studies on the same question to produce an overall estimate of an effect.

More terms: Research Ethics and Integrity

• plagiarism
• informed consent
• ethics approval
• confidentiality
• academic integrity
• anonymity
• conflict of interest
• fabrication
• self-plagiarism
• retraction
• research ethics
• human subjects