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ArticleJMIR research protocols2021

Approaches and Criteria for Provenance in Biomedical Data Sets and Workflows: Protocol for a Scoping Review.

Kerstin Gierend, Frank Krüger, Dagmar Waltemath, Maximilian Fünfgeld, Thomas Ganslandt, Atinkut Alamirrew Zeleke

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Article in JMIR research protocols, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis 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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  8. Ten Topics to Get Started in Medical Informatics Research.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023
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  9. Data Provenance in Biomedical Research: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Kerstin GierendDepartment of Biomedical Informatics at the Center for Preventive Medicine and Digital Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0417-3454
Frank KrügerDepartment of Communications Engineering, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7925-3363
Dagmar WaltemathDepartment of Medical Informatics, Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5886-5563
Maximilian FünfgeldDepartment of Biomedical Informatics at the Center for Preventive Medicine and Digital Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6720-9795
Thomas GanslandtDepartment of Biomedical Informatics at the Center for Preventive Medicine and Digital Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6864-8936
Atinkut Alamirrew ZelekeDepartment of Medical Informatics, Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7838-9050

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundProvenance supports the understanding of data genesis, and it is a key factor to ensure the trustworthiness of digital objects containing (sensitive) scientific data. Provenance information contributes to a better understanding of scientific results and fosters collaboration on existing data as well as data sharing. This encompasses defining comprehensive concepts and standards for transparency and traceability, reproducibility, validity, and quality assurance during clinical and scientific data workflows and research.

objectiveThe aim of this scoping review is to investigate existing evidence regarding approaches and criteria for provenance tracking as well as disclosing current knowledge gaps in the biomedical domain. This review covers modeling aspects as well as metadata frameworks for meaningful and usable provenance information during creation, collection, and processing of (sensitive) scientific biomedical data. This review also covers the examination of quality aspects of provenance criteria.

methodsThis scoping review will follow the methodological framework by Arksey and O'Malley. Relevant publications will be obtained by querying PubMed and Web of Science. All papers in English language will be included, published between January 1, 2006 and March 23, 2021. Data retrieval will be accompanied by manual search for grey literature. Potential publications will then be exported into a reference management software, and duplicates will be removed. Afterwards, the obtained set of papers will be transferred into a systematic review management tool. All publications will be screened, extracted, and analyzed: title and abstract screening will be carried out by 4 independent reviewers. Majority vote is required for consent to eligibility of papers based on the defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Full-text reading will be performed independently by 2 reviewers and in the last step, key information will be extracted on a pretested template. If agreement cannot be reached, the conflict will be resolved by a domain expert. Charted data will be analyzed by categorizing and summarizing the individual data items based on the research questions. Tabular or graphical overviews will be given, if applicable.

resultsThe reporting follows the extension of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses statements for Scoping Reviews. Electronic database searches in PubMed and Web of Science resulted in 469 matches after deduplication. As of September 2021, the scoping review is in the full-text screening stage. The data extraction using the pretested charting template will follow the full-text screening stage. We expect the scoping review report to be completed by February 2022.

conclusionsInformation about the origin of healthcare data has a major impact on the quality and the reusability of scientific results as well as follow-up activities. This protocol outlines plans for a scoping review that will provide information about current approaches, challenges, or knowledge gaps with provenance tracking in biomedical sciences. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/31750.

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biomedicaldata genesisdata sharingdigital objectshealthcare datalineageprovenancescientific datascoping reviewworkflow

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PMCPMC8663663

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