Synthesis-heavy and evidence-oriented pieces, including meta-level analyses of publishing quality.
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
Meta Analysis | Publishing Systems
From parody generator to real-world indexing failures and mass retractions.
Published April 14, 2015 | DOI: Source report: MIT News (2015)
Empirical Study | Science Communication
A formal test of the cultural claim that Reviewer 2 is systematically harsher.
Published 2020 | DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12824
Prospective Cohort Study | Science Communication
A BMJ Christmas study quantifying predatory invitation spam and unsubscribe outcomes.
Published 2016 | DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i5383
Conference Study | Research Integrity
A GPT-4 era stress test of suspected predatory journals using generated manuscripts.
Published 2024 | DOI: Conference proceedings (2024)