Post-publication peer review and the identification of methodological and reporting issues in COVID-19 trials: a qualitative study
Without changing their process, systematic reviewers identified issues in most RCTs that could be easily resolved by the trial authors; however, the lack of an established author feedback mechanism represents a wasted opportunity for facilitating improvement and enhancing the overall manuscript quality. On the other hand, despite the existing feedback loop to authors present in post-publication peer review, it demonstrated limited effectiveness in identifying methodological and reporting issues.
Authors
- Christoffer Bruun Korfitsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2159-7662)
- Mauricia Davidson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9991-8035)
- Carolina Riveros (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9835-3052)
- Isabelle Boutron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5263-6241)
- Anna Chaimani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2828-6832)
Institutions
- Inserm (FR)
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Odense University Hospital (DK)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
- Université Sorbonne Paris Nord (FR)
- Sorbonne Paris Cité (FR)
- Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR)
- Hôtel-Dieu de Paris (FR)
- Cochrane (DK)
- Centre de Recherche Épidémiologie et Statistique (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ evidence-based medicine
- Published
- 2025-02-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2024-113068
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Academic Publishing and Open Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.17
Funders
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
- Ministère de l'Education Nationale, de l'Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche
- Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris