The Claim
Between 1965 and 2017, the National Institutes of Health funded 7,422 research articles related to randomized controlled trials published in high-impact journals, which represented the highest number of such publications funded by any single institution and accounted for 18.9% of all included publications in the dataset.
What the research says
Supports is higher
Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.
These are independent scores, not a percentage. Higher-grade studies count more, so a single strong opposing study can outweigh several weaker ones.
From 1965 to 2017, the National Institutes of Health funded 7,422 randomized controlled trial papers in high-impact journals, more than any other single organization, and these papers made up 18.9% of all such papers in the analyzed set.
See the scientific wording
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded 7,422 RCT-related articles in high-impact journals between 1965 and 2017, more than any other single institution and accounting for 18.9% of all included publications.
This claim describes a funding statistic, not a biological process. No bodily system, cell, molecule, or physiological pathway is involved.
What the research says
1 studyThe study found that the NIH paid for about one out of every five major medical studies in top journals from 1965 to 2017 — more than any other single group, which matches exactly what the claim says.
Score breakdown, mechanism chain, raw evidence, ideal studies needed & 1 supporting studies
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