In‐house editorials and journalistic pieces comprise a massive corpus in the scientific literature that can be improved

• Published in: European journal of clinical investigation Vol. 55; no. 8; pp. e70061 - n/a
• Main Authors: Ioannidis, John P. A., Schippers, Michaéla C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2025
• Subjects: Authorship; bias; Biomedical Research; Conflict of Interest; Conflicts of interest; editorial; Editorial Policies; fraud; Humans; Journal Impact Factor; peer review; Peer Review, Research; Periodicals as Topic - standards; Publishing - standards; science journalism; editorial; peer review; authorship; fraud; science journalism; bias

In‐house editorials and journalistic pieces are massively published in peer‐reviewed scientific journals. This corpus has remained outside the efforts of evidence‐based medicine and research reform, and it can be imbued with unchecked biases. High‐impact journals publish such pieces massively and ma...