Background Dickersin and Min define publication bias as the failure to publish the results of
a study 'on the basis of the direction or strength of the study findings'. 1 This non-publication …

Objectives Citation bias concerns the selective citation of scientific articles based on their
results. We brought together all available evidence on citation bias across scientific …

Given the competition for top journal space, there is an incentive to produce “significant”
results. With the combination of unreported tests, lack of adjustment for multiple tests, and …

Replicability of findings is at the heart of any empirical science. The aim of this article is to
move the current replicability debate in psychology towards concrete recommendations for …

This study examines whether there are some general trends across subject fields regarding
the factors affecting the number of citations of articles, focusing especially on those factors …

Climate change and coastal urbanization are driving the replacement of natural habitats with
artificial structures and reclaimed land globally. These novel habitats are often poor …

The hypothesis of a Hierarchy of the Sciences, first formulated in the 19th century, predicts
that, moving from simple and general phenomena (eg particle dynamics) to complex and …

Knowledge is socially constructed, and one way that researchers convey knowledge is
through citation practices within research texts to illustrate the foundation upon which current …

2 1 Einführung meter “in einer repräsentativen Befragung in Deutschland im Jahre 2022
62% der Befragten an, dass sie der Wissenschaft vertrauen und nur 8%, dass sie der …

Simple Summary Several fraud cases, widespread failure to replicate or reproduce seminal
findings, and pervasive error in the scientific literature have led to a crisis of confidence in …