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ArticleAccountability in research2019

Effect of impact factor and discipline on journal data sharing policies.

David B Resnik, Melissa Morales, Rachel Landrum, Min Shi, Jessica Minnier, Nicole A Vasilevsky, Robin E Champieux

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Article in Accountability in research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

David B Resnika National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences , National Institutes of Health , Research Triangle Park , NC , USA.
Melissa Moralesb Duke Initiative for Science & Society , Duke University , Durham , NC , USA.
Rachel Landrumb Duke Initiative for Science & Society , Duke University , Durham , NC , USA.
Min Shia National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences , National Institutes of Health , Research Triangle Park , NC , USA.
Jessica Minnierc OHSU-PSU School of Public Health , Oregon Health & Science University , Portland , OR , USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3527-2757
Nicole A Vasilevskyd Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute, Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology , Oregon Health & Science University , Portland , OR , USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5208-3432
Robin E Champieuxe OHSU Library , Oregon Health & Science University , Portland , OR , USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7023-9832

Funding

Ethical, social, and legal issues in environmental health researchZIAES102646 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI RESNIK, DAVID · 2009 to 2025
$1.8M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA ES102646
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Data sharing is crucial to the advancement of science because it facilitates collaboration, transparency, reproducibility, criticism, and re-analysis. Publishers are well-positioned to promote sharing of research data by implementing data sharing policies. While there is an increasing trend toward requiring data sharing, not all journals mandate that data be shared at the time of publication. In this study, we extended previous work to analyze the data sharing policies of 447 journals across several scientific disciplines, including biology, clinical sciences, mathematics, physics, and social sciences. Our results showed that only a small percentage of journals require data sharing as a condition of publication, and that this varies across disciplines and Impact Factors. Both Impact Factors and discipline are associated with the presence of a data sharing policy. Our results suggest that journals with higher Impact Factors are more likely to have data sharing policies; use shared data in peer review; require deposit of specific data types into publicly available data banks; and refer to reproducibility as a rationale for sharing data. Biological science journals are more likely than social science and mathematics journals to require data sharing.

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Editorial PoliciesJournal Impact FactorPublicationsEthics, ResearchInformation DisseminationCollaborationdata managementpublication ethicsreproducibilityresearch ethicsresearch integrityresponsible conduct of research

Identifiers

PMID30841755
PMCPMC6533124

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