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Thomas C. Chalmers, MD; Cynthia S. Frank; Dinah Reitman, MPS

JAMA. 1990;263(10):1392-1395.

Abstract
Publication bias can be considered to have three stages: (1) Prepublication bias occurs in the performance of research, caused by ignorance, sloth, greed, or the double standard applied to clinical trials but not to clinical practice. (2) Publication bias refers to basing acceptance or rejection of a manuscript on whether it supports the treatment tested. Potentially biased reviewers are of equal concern. (3) Postpublication bias occurs in publishing interpretations, reviews, and meta-analyses of published clinical trials. Bias can be minimized by (1) insisting on high-quality research and thorough literature reviews, (2) eliminating the double standard concerning peer review and informed consent applied to clinical research and practice, (3) publishing legitimate trials regardless of their results, (4) requiring peer reviewers to acknowledge conflicts of interest, (5) replacing ordinary review articles with meta-analyses, and (6) requiring the authors of reviews to acknowledge possible conflicts of interest.

(JAMA. 1990;263:1392-1395)

Author Affiliations
From the Technology Assessment Group, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass (Dr Chalmers and Ms Frank); Boston (Mass) Veterans Administration Medical Center (Dr Chalmers); and Clinical Trials Unit, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY (Dr Chalmers and Ms Reitman).

Footnotes
Presented at The First International Congress on Peer Review in Biomedical Publication, Chicago, Ill, May 10-12, 1989.

Reprint requests to Technology Assessment Group, Harvard School of Public Health, Room LL-7A, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115 (Dr Chalmers).

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