Medical Student and Physician Survey on Publishing Negative Research Results

Survey responses from 40 medical students and 30 physicians from a private medical school regarding their attitudes toward publishing negative or unexpected research results. The data was collected via a questionnaire to evaluate opinions and discuss the ethical aspects of the issue. The study concluded that publication of such results is insufficiently discussed, with a belief that it may harm researcher reputation.

Use Cases

• Analyze attitudes toward research publication ethics based on survey responses from medical students and physicians.
• Model factors influencing a researcher's willingness to publish negative results based on participant demographics.
• Study the gap between belief in importance and actual intent to publish based on the reported 60% willingness rate.

Strengths

• Survey includes responses from 70 total participants (40 students, 30 physicians).
• Data directly addresses a specific ethical issue in scientific publishing with clear participant counts.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic or institutional bias inherent to a single private medical school.

Provenance

Source

Renan Arthur Bosio Guimarães, Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic

Collection Method

Data gathered via a questionnaire administered to medical students and physicians.

Geography

Data collected from a private medical school; specific location unknown.