Declared funding and authorship by alcohol industry actors in the scientific literature: a bibliometric study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol industry actors are known to be involved in scientific research. Despite concerns regarding bias, the extent of involvement and coverage of this research are unknown.

Methods

We aimed to investigate the extent and type of scientific research 1918-2019 which was supported by the alcohol industry, including alcohol companies themselves and other organizations, such as trade associations. We identified bibliographic records from the Web of Science suite of databases which have named alcohol companies or organizations in the fields relating to author affiliations and support declarations. We then ascertained trends in publications over time, type of support, funding, outlets (such as journal titles), subject areas covered (such as health) and named companies (

SUBMITTER: Golder S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7733050 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature