Table 4. Responses to questions regarding awareness of publication bias and efficacy of peer-review.
| Editors | Academics/researchers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question | Total (n = 73) | Total (n = 160) | P editors vs academicsa | Experience < 10 y (n = 98) | Experience ≥ 10 y (n = 62) | P experience < 10 y vs ≥ 10 ya |
| Had heard of publication bias (%) | 97 | 91 | 0.092 | 87 | 98 | 0.011 |
| Felt there is a problem of publication bias in the literature (%) | 89 | 90 | 0.823 | 87 | 95 | 0.083 |
| Felt peer-review is an effective means of publishing quality research (%) | 90 | 79 | 0.030 | 80 | 77 | 0.743 |
| Felt peer-review is an effective means of publishing unbiased research (%) | 58 | 36 | 0.002 | 39 | 32 | 0.403 |
| Thinks the current system of publication should change to reduce publication bias (%) | 75 | 89 | 0.009 | 90 | 87 | 0.599 |
aChi-square test