They placed “publication bias” about halfway down the scale – but it should have been much lower. Indeed, failure to publish research results is by far the most common and worrying form of scientific and ethical misconduct in health research – and it has had lethal consequences.
牛津——几年前，两名挪威科研人员提出了自己心目中的科研滑坡效应，他们把诚实的错误（错误的观察和分析）排在最前面而把故意欺诈（剽窃、篡改和伪造）放在最后。他们将“发表偏倚”放在中间偏后的位置——但实际情况应当比这低得多。其实，未公布研究成果是医疗研究中最常见、也最令人担忧的不当科学及道德行为——而且会造成致命的后果。