Writing methods papers/commentaries or primers on study design or study techniques can be a very useful career booster. A strong methods paper can cite well and will have longevity, thus contributing to your H-index. These papers can be “back-burner” projects you work on sporadically while there is down time in your substantive research, such as when you are waiting for data collection to be completed or for the lab to finish running assays for you. They can also be good projects to work on with graduate students. Methods papers also serve the greater good of hopefully reducing the amount of flawed research being done and/or pointing out where prior research may have generated spurious conclusions.
Odds ratios diverge from prevalence ratios as outcome prevalence in the reference group increases. (Lovasi et al 2012)
