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assess-publication-bias

Assess or plan tests for publication/reporting/time-lag/citation/language bias using appropriate diagnostics.

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Sep 29, 2026

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assess-publication-bias

Purpose

Assess publication, reporting, time-lag, citation, and language bias using diagnostics appropriate to the evidence design.

Input contract

required: [evidence_records, outcome_schema, inclusion_frame]
optional: [registry_records, search_log, effect_estimates]
constraints: [bias claims require an observable missingness or selection pattern]

Procedure

  1. Define the eligible study universe and the observed evidence subset.
  2. Compare availability, reporting, citation, timing, and language patterns across the declared dimensions.
  3. Apply design-appropriate diagnostics and record assumptions.
  4. Distinguish detected bias, plausible bias, and unassessed domains.

If the conclusion may change under plausible missing-study or selection-bias scenarios, consider assess-sensitivity as the next tactic.

Output contract

produces: [bias_domain_assessments, diagnostic_results, sensitivity_implications, unassessed_domains]
delta_fields: [findings, evidence_updates, uncertainties, decisions, open_questions]

Quality gates

  • The denominator for each bias domain is explicit.
  • Diagnostics are not used outside their design assumptions.

Failure and counterexamples

Do not equate small samples with publication bias or treat absence from one index as non-publication.

Provenance map

  • resolved: knowledge-acquisition-publication-bias-assessment
  • resolved: bias-detection

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