Nearly half of reviews that assess harm in biomedical research found to contain some type of spin

An international team of researchers specializing in spin and reporting bias created a framework to provide guidance for authors, peer reviewers, and editors to recognize and rectify “spin,” or the misleading reporting, interpretation, and extrapolation of findings in primary and secondary biomedical research, such as systematic reviews. The authors say it is important for reviewers to be clear about the limitations of the evidence that they have for harm and to not overstate confidence in their findings, as readers may draw the wrong conclusions or inferences. Spin was found to be fairly common, especially when reporting harm. The framework is Read More