Publication rates of research projects of an internal funding program of a university medical center in Germany: A retrospective study (2004-2013).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Non-publication and publication bias are topics of considerable importance to the scientific community. These issues may limit progress toward the 3R principle for animal research, promote waste of public resources, and generate biased interpretations of clinical outcomes. To investigate current publishing practices and to gain some understanding of the extent to which research results are reported, we examined publication rates of research projects that were approved within an internal funding program of the Faculty of Medicine at a university medical center in Germany, which is exemplary for comparable research funding programs for the promotion of young researchers in Germany and Europe.

Methods

We analyzed the complete set (n = 363) of research projects that w

SUBMITTER: Deutsch S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7703943 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature