COVID-19 advocacy bias in the <i>BMJ</i> : meta-research evaluation
<i>BMJ</i> had a strong bias in favour of authors advocating an aggressive approach to COVID-19 mitigation. Advocacy bias may influence public opinion and policy decisions and should be mitigated in future health crises in favour of open and balanced debate of different policy options.
Authors
- Ioana A. Cristea (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9854-7076)
- Taulant Muka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3235-3073)
- John P. A. Ioannidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3118-6859)
- Kasper P. Kepp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6754-7348)
Institutions
- University of Padua (IT)
- Protein Metrics (United States) (US)
- Innovative Research (United States) (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open Quality
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2024-003131
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.32