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Finding a Paper on PubMed Does Not Mean the Paper Is Any Good

As more and more people “do their own research,” some end up consulting a website called PubMed. An argument I have encountered is that if a scientific paper is listed on PubMed, it must mean this is an all-around good and trustworthy paper. Alas, if only it were so simple...

PubMed can be thought of as the Google search engine of the life sciences. If I am looking for a published paper, if I am curious about a researcher’s publication record, if I want to see if a review of the evidence exists on a topic that has piqued my curiosity, my first stop is almost always PubMed. I was using it as a student; I kept on using it as a research assistant; and here I am, still using it as a…

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