After two appearances this section of Statistics in Medicine has been in temporary hibernation. Because of the long gap since the last such compilation, I am including here an updated account of the aims of the section.
Papers of potential interest to medical statisticians can appear in any medical journal. Examples include reviews of the (mis)use of statistics, didactic articles, editorials on the use of statistical methods, papers considering ethical aspects of research, and sometimes even new methodology. Also, some medical research papers may be interesting for teaching purposes, because of good, or, more likely, bad features of design analysis or interpretation. The intention of this section in Statistics in Medicine is to draw attention to some of these papers, with no ambition to be comprehensive. In general the emphasis will be on papers in clinical journals (broadly interpreted) rather than epidemiology journals. The focus will be on recent publications, but here too there is likely to be some latitude.
Suggestions for papers to highlight would be most welcome, particularly if published in more obscure journals and especially if accompanied by a brief explanation of the features of interest if this is not obvious. Even better would be fully prepared contributions -I certainly do not wish to remain the only contributor. It would be helpful if anyone interested in contributing could let me know which papers they wish to write about, to avoid possible duplication of effort.