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Fig 2 Increase in publications over time. Based on our primary search strategy, the number of publications in each year is shown for all authors, the most productive 110 authors, and the most productive 11 authors

Fig 1 Distribution of authors by number of publications in the period 1993-2013. Based on the results of our primary search strategy (diabetes drug RCTs), in descending order of number of publications

Fig 3 Selection of randomised controlled trials published by most productive authors. While the top authors were selected based on their productivity between 2001 and 2013, all the articles they published between 1993 and 2013 were included. A separate selection was made for the subset of the 11 “supertrialists” in our top 110