BMJ-style deadpan studies and historical academic humor that look rigorous while satirizing method worship.
Systematic Review | Evidence-Based Medicine
A deadpan reminder that not every obvious intervention has a randomized trial.
Published December 20, 2003 | DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7429.1459
Randomized Trial | Clinical Trials
A follow-up BMJ satire that technically runs the trial by choosing very low-risk jumps.
Published December 13, 2018 | DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k5094
Observational Study | Human Biology
A short BMJ measurement paper that asks a strangely specific anatomical question.
Published December 23, 1995 | DOI: 10.1136/bmj.311.7021.1668
Prospective Cohort Study | Science Communication
A BMJ Christmas study quantifying predatory invitation spam and unsubscribe outcomes.
Published 2016 | DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i5383
Case Report | Medical Humanities
A famously minimal paper whose near-empty content embodies its own diagnosis.
Published 1974 | DOI: PMCID: PMC1311997
Historical Satire Case | Medical Humanities
A BMJ-era joke case that continued to echo in later scientific references.
Published 1974 / 2009 commentary | DOI: BMJ: b379