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September 10, 2025Accountability in ResearchOpen Access

Balanced examination of positive publication bias impact

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Theoretical models reveal how positive publication bias affects false and true positive rates in research, suggesting implications for hypothesis testing.

Key Points

  • The presence of positive publication bias can inflate the true positive rate in published research, enhancing the visibility of significant studies.
  • Despite increasing false positives, the overall impact can be modest when studies maintain reasonable significance levels and power.
  • This analysis illustrates that a preference for publishing statistically significant findings need not harm the broader research integrity.
  • Competent and good faith actions by researchers and publishers can mitigate potential downsides of positive publication bias in research.

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Mark Ramos (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c19f7f54b1d3bfb60dabc1https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2025.2538066
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