Explosion of formulaic research articles, including inappropriate study designs and false discoveries, based on the NHANES US national health database

• Tulsi Suchak,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

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• Anietie E. Aliu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

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• Charlie Harrison,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Aberystwyth University, Ceredigion, United Kingdom

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• Reyer Zwiggelaar,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Aberystwyth University, Ceredigion, United Kingdom

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• Nophar Geifman,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

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• Matt Spick

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: matt.spick@surrey.ac.uk

  Affiliation School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9417-6511

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