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In sum, the goal of publishing a methods paper should be to see this method adopted by the widest possible relevant community of researchers.
The methodology used for benefit assessment by IQWiG is described in form of a methods paper called "General Methods 4.0" (IQWiG GM 4.0), which is available publicly and in an English translation [9].
As a methods paper this paper presents the data well.
We strongly suggest publication as a methods paper plus proof-of-principle biology.
We would suggest modifying the title to make clear that this is primarily a methods paper.
However, as a methods paper the study has several failings that need to be addressed.
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These data have been used to illustrate an analytical approach described in a statistical methods paper [ 10] and the controls were also used in a parallel study on gene expression in patients with sarcoidosis [ 11].
Detailed information about the TBAs' baseline obstetrical training and the additional training provided for LUNESP has been published in a separate methods paper.
The 'templates' offered were for either a qualitative paper or a quantitative paper [ 27] leaving researchers feeling that they would be taking the risk of jeopardising publication if they wrote a mixed methods paper.
In particular, the counterfactual approach to confounding has been widely accessible to epidemiologists since the publication of a classic methods paper by Greenland and Robins [ 3], and the concept of bias is now explained in the counterfactual framework [ 4- 12].
Some of the data generated by our empirical research on SMRU are mentioned in an earlier methods paper [ 18].
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