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Large-Scale Assessment of the Effect of Popularity on the Reliability of Research

Based on theoretical reasoning it has been suggested that the reliability of findings published in the scientific literature decreases with the popularity of a research field. Here we provide empirical support for this prediction. We evaluate published statements on protein interactions with data fr...

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Autores principales: Pfeiffer, Thomas, Hoffmann, Robert
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2696594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19551148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005996