High impact journals in ecology cover proportionally more statistically significant findings
Silvia Ceausu, Luís Borda-de-Água, Thomas Merckx, Esther Sossai, Manuel Sapage, Murilo Miranda, Henrique M. Pereira
This study finds that high impact ecology journals publish a higher proportion of statistically significant results compared to lower impact journals.
bioRxiv · May 3, 2018 · PreprintScientific Communication & Education