Observational Research

A framework for understanding an open scientific community using automated harvesting of public artifacts

Background: The Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) community has emerged as a leader in observational research on real-world clinical data for promoting evidence for healthcare and decision-making. The community has seen rapid …

Pre-registration and Results-Free Review in Observational and Qualitative Research

Amidst rising concern about publication bias, pre-registration and results-blind review have grown rapidly in use. Yet discussion of both the problem of publication bias and of potential solutions has been remarkably narrow in scope: publication bias …