One in five researchers globally report being pressured by funders to delay, alter, or not publish the findings of “unfavorable” health behavior intervention trials

One in five researchers globally report being pressured by funders to delay, alter, or not publish the findings of “unfavorable” health behaviour intervention trials.

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Article Title: “He who pays the piper calls the tune”: Researcher experiences of funder suppression of health behaviour intervention trial findings

Funding: Professor Wolfenden is funded by a NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (APP1128348) and a Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship (Award Number 101175). Infrastructure funding was provided by Hunter New England Population Health and The University of Newcastle. Professor Kypri was funded by a University of Newcastle Brawn Senior Research Fellowship for his input to this study. A/Prof Serene Yoong is funded by an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE170100382).

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0255704