流行病学的主要挑战:拥抱开放科学.
Edward Xu1, Anna Catharina V Armond1, David Moher2
1Metaresearch and Open Science Program, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Journal of clinical epidemiology
|November 28, 2024
概括
开放科学促进了透明和可重复的研究. 实施流行病学领域的开放科学实践,包括开放数据和预印稿,提高公共卫生和社会利益.
科学领域:
- 流行病学和公共卫生.
- 开放科学政策 开放科学政策
背景情况:
- 开放科学,强调透明度,可重复性和公平,是全球研究政策的目标.
- 联合国教育,科学和文化组织 (教科文组织) 已经制定了与联合国可持续发展目标相一致的开放科学建议.
- 开放科学实践在流行病学中未得到充分利用,尽管它们的潜力很大,特别是在疾病爆发期间.
研究的目的:
- 引入与流行病学相关的核心开放科学实践.
- 概述开放科学,国际政策的基本原理及其对流行病学和社会的价值.
- 为了解和实施流行病学研究中的开放科学提供一个实际的起点.
主要方法:
- 突出关键的开放科学实践:研究注册,开放数据,开放代码,开放材料,报告准则,开放获取出版和预版.
- 讨论开放科学的政策格局,包括国际建议.
- 介绍开放科学对流行病学研究和公共卫生成果的价值主张.
主要成果:
- 开放科学实践为流行病学研究和公共卫生提供了巨大的好处.
- 实施开放科学可以提高研究透明度,可复制性和公平性.
- 应对挑战并强调监测开放科学采用的重要性至关重要.
结论:
- 开放科学原则和实践对于推进流行病学和应对全球卫生挑战至关重要.
- 在流行病学中采用开放科学可以促进更大的信任和合作.
- 持续开发和监测开放科学实施对于最大限度地提高其社会影响至关重要.
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