Fig 1.
Examples of the potential sources of bias during the research process.
Table 1.
Suggestions to reduce publication biasa, and examples of where each suggestion is being used and/or who has suggested/advocated the approach.
Table 2.
Characteristics of academics/researchers (n = 160).
Table 3.
Median ranking of reasons as to why people choose to publish in a journal.
Table 4.
Responses to questions regarding awareness of publication bias and efficacy of peer-review.
Table 5.
Average scores of how effective respondents think each suggestion will be (Likert scale where 1 = not at all effective and 5 = extremely effective) and number of respondents who selected each suggestion as “most effective” at reducing publication bias.