PROFESSIONAL ESTEEM AND PROGRESS BIAS:
A bias that occurs when a study is written in a way so that it highlights the importance of a group of professionals, and these professionals in-turn exaggerate the importance of the idea being investigated1. Professional Esteem and Progress Bias is a specific type of Interpretive Bias. Also see: Interpretive Bias, and Bias Due to Conflicts of Interest.
Reference:
1. Earl-Slater A. The Handbook of Clinical Trials and Other Research. Abingdon: Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd. 2002. (Link to Reference)