Our views and judgements about reporting clarity are subjective and based on our interpretations of the papers included in this review, therefore we aimed to be as transparent as possible about our processes and criteria.
"What this is about is refuting an extreme interpretation of the paper," says John Tainer, a biochemist who was not an author on the original paper but is now working with Wolfe-Simon at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California.
The full bibliographic details are given, along with a short description of the key message of the research (a subjective summary, based on our interpretation of the paper).
Where the interpretation of the paper was ambiguous, it was appraised by other assessors and the conclusions reconciled in a group discussion.
Then, all collected data were entered twice into EpiData by two assistants in order to eliminate entry errors and disagreement in the interpretation of the paper sheets.
Some may disagree with this interpretation of the paper due to two factors: how can a change in three orders of magnitude in activity be observed when the concentration of a competing agent is changed by 1.5 pH units?
PB: concept and design of the research, data collection, data analysis and interpretation, drafting of the paper.
