Do bad apples in academic publishing really spoil the barrel?
Do we need to worry about the presence of retracted articles in systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines?
How to assess the credibility of clinical trial findings?
Read about Cochrane reviewers’ approaches to detecting and tackling potential fraud in clinical trial publications.
Is health research no longer to be trusted?
Learn why one expert thinks it’s time to assume all clinical research is fraudulent until there is evidence to the contrary.
Steps to reduce bias in systematic review protocols
Systematic reviews are generally considered gold standard evidence in healthcare, but a founding member of Cochrane believes steps can be taken to increase transparency and reduce bias in their protocols.
Division among Cochrane members: what does the future hold?
Cochrane members have become divided over growing centralisation of the organisation. An article in The BMJ explores the question, “Has Cochrane lost its way?”.