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Beatriz Tarazona-Alvarez1, Natalia Zamora-Martinez1, Veronica Garcia-Sanz1
1Department of Stomatology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Plos One
|May 31, 2022
Summary
Open access and open data policies in general internal medicine journals show limited adoption, with only one-third allowing repository deposit and reuse. Actual supplementary material availability is even lower, highlighting a gap in open science practices.
Area of Science:
- Medical Research
- Open Science
Background:
- Analysis of open access and open data policies in general internal medicine journals.
- Focus on availability of articles and raw data within the Science Citation Index Expanded category.
Purpose of the Study:
- Evaluate current open access and open data policies in general internal medicine.
- Assess the implementation of these policies in leading medical journals.
Main Methods:
- Examined journal data sharing policies: repository storage, reuse, website publication, and supplementary material.
- Analyzed supplementary material availability via PubMed Central.
- Assessed study reporting using STROBE guidelines.
Main Results:
- Only one-third of journals permit manuscript deposit and reuse in repositories.
- Approximately 50% of journals allow website publication and supplementary material deposit.
- Only 9.5% of analyzed articles contained supplementary material, with key journals like NEJM and Lancet involved.
Conclusions:
- Publishers show varied stances on open data sharing.
- Ambiguity exists in government policies regarding mandatory data deposit.
- Need for ethical guidelines, standardization in data formats, and acknowledgment of researcher roles.
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