Reproducible Research Practices and Transparency across the Biomedical Literature.

ABSTRACT: There is a growing movement to encourage reproducibility and transparency practices in the scientific community, including public access to raw data and protocols, the conduct of replication studies, systematic integration of evidence in systematic reviews, and the documentation of funding and potential conflicts of interest. In this survey, we assessed the current status of reproducibility and transparency addressing these indicators in a random sample of 441 biomedical journal articles published in 2000-2014. Only one study provided a full protocol and none made all raw data directly available. Replication studies were rare (n = 4), and only 16 studies had their data included in a subsequent systematic review or meta-analysis. The majority of studies did not mention anything about fundin

SUBMITTER: Iqbal SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4699702 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature