EBRO 2017

“Tower of Babel” bias

p-value

German (%) English (%)

≥ 0.05

26 (65)

15 (38) 14 (38)

[0.01, 0.05] [0.001,0.01]

8 (20)

3 (8) 3 (8)

4 (8)

<0.001

7 (18)

Total

40

40

Papers with p-values < 0.05 more likely to be published in English

Egger Lancet 1997