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Small-study Effects

Small-Study Effects is a methodological phenomenon in meta-analysis referring to the systematic divergence of effect estimates from smaller studies compared to larger ones, often arising due to publication bias, selective reporting, or other factors that distort the evidence base.

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A modified test for small‐study effects in meta‐analyses of controlled trials with binary endpoints

Roger Harbord, Matthias Egger, Jonathan A C Sterne · Statistics in Medicine · 2005 · 2.3K citations

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Funnel Plots in Meta-analysis

Jonathan A C Sterne, Roger Harbord · The Stata Journal Promoting communications on statistics and Stata · 2004 · 706 citations · Full text

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Using network meta‐analysis to evaluate the existence of small‐study effects in a network of interventions

Anna Chaimani, Georgia Salanti · Research Synthesis Methods · 2012 · 522 citations

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Arcsine test for publication bias in meta‐analyses with binary outcomes

Gerta Rücker, Guido Schwarzer, James R. Carpenter · Statistics in Medicine · 2007 · 454 citations

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Investigation of publication bias in meta-analyses of diagnostic test accuracy: a meta-epidemiological study

Wynanda A. van Enst, Eleanor Ochodo, Rob Scholten et al. · BMC Medical Research Methodology · 2014 · 443 citations · Full text

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Authors

143

  1. JA
    Jonathan A C Sterne

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 3.4K citations

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  2. JP
    John P. A. Ioannidis

    Stanford University, United States

    5 publications · 408 citations

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  3. LL
    Lifeng Lin

    Florida State University, United States

    3 publications · 145 citations

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  4. GR
    Gerta Rücker

    University of Freiburg, Germany

    4 publications · 913 citations

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  5. GS
    Georgia Salanti

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    4 publications · 699 citations

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  1. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    9.8K citations

  2. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    386 citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    914 citations

  4. University of Ioannina

    Ioannina, Greece

    5 h-index

    16 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. Stanford Health Care

    Stanford, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    881 citations

  6. University of Freiburg

    Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    3K citations

  8. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    1K citations

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  1. Research Synthesis Methods

    5 publications · 813 citations

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  2. Statistics in Medicine

    4 publications · 2.9K citations

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  3. BMC Medical Research Methodology

    3 publications · 862 citations

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  5. Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice

    JEBDP · 1 publications · 28 citations

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