Why Current Publication Practices May Distort Science

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Essays are opinion pieces on a topic of broad interest to a general medical audience.

Neal S Young ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: youngns@mail.nih.gov
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John P. A Ioannidis,
Omar Al-Ubaydli

About the Authors

Neal S Young: *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: youngns@mail.nih.gov
John P. A Ioannidis
Omar Al-Ubaydli

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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