Language bias in neuroscience - is the Tower of Babel located in Germany?

被引：10

作者：

Heres, S ^{[1
]}

Wagenpfeil, S ^{[1
]}

Hamann, J ^{[1
]}

Kissling, W ^{[1
]}

Leucht, S ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Tech Univ Muenchen, Klin & Poliklin Psychiat & Psychotherapie, Klinikum Rechts Isar, D-81675 Munich, Germany

来源：

EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY | 2004年 / 19卷 / 04期

关键词：

psychiatry; bias (epidemiology); randomized controlled trials; publishing; German; language;

D O I：

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2003.09.011

中图分类号：

R749 [精神病学];

学科分类号：

100205 ;

摘要：

In internal medicine German authors tend to publish randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with non-significant findings in German journals, RCTs with significant findings in international journals. In the neurosciences a similar trend was seen but the findings were not statistically significant. The reason for this inconclusive finding might be the low number of RCTs published in German. (C) 2004 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.

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