Microbiome research in general and business newspapers: how many microbiome articles are published and which study designs make the news the most?

The microbiome is a matter of interest for science, consumers and business. Our objective is to quantify that interest in academic journals and newspapers, both quantitatively and by study design. We calculated the number of articles on the microbiome from the total number of biomedicine articles fe...

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Autores: Prados-Bo, Andreu, Casino, Gonzalo, 1961-
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Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
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spelling Microbiome research in general and business newspapers: how many microbiome articles are published and which study designs make the news the most?Prados-Bo, AndreuCasino, Gonzalo, 1961-Premsa econòmicaThe microbiome is a matter of interest for science, consumers and business. Our objective is to quantify that interest in academic journals and newspapers, both quantitatively and by study design. We calculated the number of articles on the microbiome from the total number of biomedicine articles featured in both PubMed and Spanish science news agency SINC, from 2008 to 2018. We used the Factiva database to identify news stories on microbiome papers in three general newspapers (The New York Times, The Times and El País) and three business newspapers (The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and Expansión), from 2007 to 2019. Then, we compared news stories with microbiome papers in PubMed, while also analyzing the frequencies of five study design types, both in the newspapers and in the papers themselves. Microbiome papers represented 0.8% of biomedicine papers in PubMed from 2008 to 2018 (increasing from 0.4% to 1.4%), while microbiome news published by SINC represented 1.6% of total biomedical news stories during the same period (increasing from 0.2% to 2.2%). The number of news stories on microbiome papers correlated with the number of microbiome papers (0.91, p < 0.001) featured in general newspapers, but not in business ones. News stories on microbiome papers represented 78.9% and 42.7% of all microbiome articles in general and business newspapers, respectively. Both media outlet types tended to over-report observational studies in humans while under-reporting environmental studies, while the representation of systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials, randomized controlled trials and animal/laboratory studies was similar when comparing newspapers and PubMed. The microbiome is receiving increasing attention in academic journals and newspapers. News stories on the microbiome in general and business newspapers are mostly based on research findings and are more interested in observational studies in humans and less in environmental studies compared to PubMed.Public Library of Science (PLoS)202220222021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/52164http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249835reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésPLoS One. 2021;16(4):e0249835© 2021 Prados-Bo, Casino. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are creditedinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/521642026-06-12T07:21:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Microbiome research in general and business newspapers: how many microbiome articles are published and which study designs make the news the most?
title Microbiome research in general and business newspapers: how many microbiome articles are published and which study designs make the news the most?
spellingShingle Microbiome research in general and business newspapers: how many microbiome articles are published and which study designs make the news the most?
Prados-Bo, Andreu
Premsa econòmica
title_short Microbiome research in general and business newspapers: how many microbiome articles are published and which study designs make the news the most?
title_full Microbiome research in general and business newspapers: how many microbiome articles are published and which study designs make the news the most?
title_fullStr Microbiome research in general and business newspapers: how many microbiome articles are published and which study designs make the news the most?
title_full_unstemmed Microbiome research in general and business newspapers: how many microbiome articles are published and which study designs make the news the most?
title_sort Microbiome research in general and business newspapers: how many microbiome articles are published and which study designs make the news the most?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Prados-Bo, Andreu
Casino, Gonzalo, 1961-
author Prados-Bo, Andreu
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Casino, Gonzalo, 1961-
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author2 Casino, Gonzalo, 1961-
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Premsa econòmica
topic Premsa econòmica
description The microbiome is a matter of interest for science, consumers and business. Our objective is to quantify that interest in academic journals and newspapers, both quantitatively and by study design. We calculated the number of articles on the microbiome from the total number of biomedicine articles featured in both PubMed and Spanish science news agency SINC, from 2008 to 2018. We used the Factiva database to identify news stories on microbiome papers in three general newspapers (The New York Times, The Times and El País) and three business newspapers (The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and Expansión), from 2007 to 2019. Then, we compared news stories with microbiome papers in PubMed, while also analyzing the frequencies of five study design types, both in the newspapers and in the papers themselves. Microbiome papers represented 0.8% of biomedicine papers in PubMed from 2008 to 2018 (increasing from 0.4% to 1.4%), while microbiome news published by SINC represented 1.6% of total biomedical news stories during the same period (increasing from 0.2% to 2.2%). The number of news stories on microbiome papers correlated with the number of microbiome papers (0.91, p < 0.001) featured in general newspapers, but not in business ones. News stories on microbiome papers represented 78.9% and 42.7% of all microbiome articles in general and business newspapers, respectively. Both media outlet types tended to over-report observational studies in humans while under-reporting environmental studies, while the representation of systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials, randomized controlled trials and animal/laboratory studies was similar when comparing newspapers and PubMed. The microbiome is receiving increasing attention in academic journals and newspapers. News stories on the microbiome in general and business newspapers are mostly based on research findings and are more interested in observational studies in humans and less in environmental studies compared to PubMed.
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