Ahmad Sofi-Mahmudi
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Ahmad Sofi-Mahmudi
@choxos.bsky.social
Research Associate, Comparative Effectiveness @Cytel • Dentist • HRM @McMasterU alumnus • @CochraneECP • @TEDxSBMU • #RStats • #OpenScience • #GNU • #Kurdistan • #Canada
Reposted by Ahmad Sofi-Mahmudi
Among 167 countries, higher @TheEIU Democracy Index scores were associated w lower retraction rates (−0.46; 95% CrI, −0.59 - 0.32) after controlling for national research, freedom variables
@choxos.bsky.social @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social @retractionwatch.com
More at prct.xeradb.com/demo...
September 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Just published this Shinyapp on the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) guidelines implementation.
Developed it by vibe coding using Claude Sonnet 3.7.

App:
asofimahmudi.shinyapps.io/TOP-Guidelin...

Codes are here:
github.com/choxos/TOP-G...
TOP 2025 Transparency Evaluator
asofimahmudi.shinyapps.io
May 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I really like the work division between McMaster and Europe for developing network meta-analysis methods: Europeans have focused on developing statistical and quantitative aspects while McMaster has focused on subjective and philosophical parts.
April 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Reposted by Ahmad Sofi-Mahmudi
Cochrane Reviews’ authorship has become more gender-diverse but remains geographically concentrated: A meta-research study - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
Cochrane Reviews’ authorship has become more gender-diverse but remains geographically concentrated: A meta-research study
The aim of this study was to examine the distribution of country, region, language, and gender diversity in the authorship of Cochrane reviews and compare it to non-Cochrane systematic reviews.
www.jclinepi.com
February 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Well, that was new. But I will continue not to be a free laborer for a billion-dollar industry.
December 27, 2024 at 2:21 PM