The Resource Identification Initiative: a cultural shift in publishing.

ABSTRACT: A central tenet in support of research reproducibility is the ability to uniquely identify research resources, that is, reagents, tools, and materials that are used to perform experiments. However, current reporting practices for research resources are insufficient to identify the exact resources that are reported or to answer basic questions such as "How did other studies use resource X?" To address this issue, the Resource Identification Initiative was launched as a pilot project to improve the reporting standards for research resources in the methods sections of papers and thereby improve identifiability and scientific reproducibility. The pilot engaged over 25 biomedical journal editors from most major publishers, as well as scientists and funding officials. Authors were asked to inclu

SUBMITTER: Bandrowski A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4834942 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature