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Methodology over metrics: current scientific standards are a disservice to patients and society

Abstract:

Covid-19 research made it painfully clear that the scandal of poor medical research, as denounced by Altman in 1994, persists today. The overall quality of medical research remains poor, despite longstanding criticisms. The problems are well known, but the research community fails to properly address them. We suggest that most problems stem from an underlying paradox: although methodology is undeniably the backbone of high-quality and responsible research, science consistently undervalues met...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.05.018

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDORMS
Sub department:
Botnar Research Centre
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-2772-2316
Publisher:
Elsevier
Journal:
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology More from this journal
Volume:
138
Issue:
10
Pages:
219-226
Publication date:
2021-05-30
Acceptance date:
2021-05-25
DOI:
EISSN:
1878-5921
ISSN:
0895-4356
Pmid:
34077797
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1182768
Local pid:
pubs:1182768
Deposit date:
2021-10-29

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