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Publication bias impacts on effect size, statistical power, and magnitude (Type M) and sign (Type S) errors in ecology and evolutionary biology
Collaborative efforts to directly replicate empirical studies in the medical and social sciences have revealed alarmingly low rates of replicability,...
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Research Integrity and Publication Ethics
Chapter 3 addresses integrityintegrity and ethicsethics issues in an attempt to create awareness before the...
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Unveiling the geographical distribution and publication strategies of non-conventional literature data on bird breeding biology in Brazil
Non-conventional literature refers to documents that are hardly acquired through the usual publishing channels, thus with limited circulation, and...
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Reducing bias, increasing transparency and calibrating confidence with preregistration
Flexibility in the design, analysis and interpretation of scientific studies creates a multiplicity of possible research outcomes. Scientists are...
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Gender inequality and self-publication are common among academic editors
Scientific editors shape the content of academic journals and set standards for their fields. Yet, the degree to which the gender makeup of editors...
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Empirical evidence of widespread exaggeration bias and selective reporting in ecology
In many scientific disciplines, common research practices have led to unreliable and exaggerated evidence about scientific phenomena. Here we...
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Modelling dataset bias in machine-learned theories of economic decision-making
Normative and descriptive models have long vied to explain and predict human risky choices, such as those between goods or gambles. A recent study...
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DNA extraction leads to bias in bacterial quantification by qPCR
AbstractQuantitative PCR (qPCR) has become a widely used technique for bacterial quantification. The affordability, ease of experimental design,...
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Positive citation bias and overinterpreted results lead to misinformation on common mycorrhizal networks in forests
A common mycorrhizal network (CMN) is formed when mycorrhizal fungal hyphae connect the roots of multiple plants of the same or different species...
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Emergence and influence of sequence bias in evolutionarily malleable, mammalian tandem arrays
BackgroundThe radiation of mammals at the extinction of the dinosaurs produced a plethora of new forms—as diverse as bats, dolphins, and elephants—in...
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Management plans bias the number of threatened species in protected areas: a study case with flora species in the Atlantic Forest
Ensuring the effectiveness of protected areas (PAs) has become a top-priority conservation action. Without management plans to define clear...
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When does the female bias arise? Insights from the sex determination cascade of a flea beetle with a strongly skewed sex ratio
Reproduction-manipulating bacteria like Wolbachia can shift sex ratios in insects towards females, but skewed sex ratios may also arise from genetic...
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Quality control in scRNA-Seq can discriminate pacemaker cells: the mtRNA bias
Single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) provides high-resolution insights into complex tissues. Cardiac tissue, however, poses a major challenge due...
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Tim-3+ decidual Mφs induced Th2 and Treg bias in decidual CD4+T cells and promoted pregnancy maintenance via CD132
T-cell immunoglobulin mucin-3 (Tim-3) plays roles in the functional regulation of both adaptive and innate immune cells and is greatly involved in...
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An umbrella review of randomized control trials on the effects of physical exercise on cognition
Extensive research links regular physical exercise to an overall enhancement of cognitive function across the lifespan. Here we assess the causal...
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Effect of DPP-4i inhibitors on renal function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
AimsAbout 20–40% patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) had an increased risk of develo** diabetic nephropathy (DN). Dipeptidyl peptidase-4...
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The Prevalence of Kashin-Beck Disease in China: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Kashin-Beck disease (KBD) is a serious degenerative chronic joint disease. However, there are few quantitative syntheses of KBD prevalence studies....
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A meta-analysis of photosynthetic efficiency and stress mitigation by melatonin in enhancing wheat tolerance
BackgroundOur meta-analysis examines the effects of melatonin on wheat under varying abiotic stress conditions, focusing on photosynthetic...
