Language bias in neuroscience--is the Tower of Babel located in Germany?
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.
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Psychiatrische Klinik und Poliklinik, Technischen Universitaet Muenchen, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Ismaningerstrasse 22, Munich 81675, Germany. s.heres@lrz.tum.de
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Hamann
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D005858:Germany; D007388:Internal Medicine; D007802:Language; D009488:Neurosciences; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic