Has open data arrived at the British Medical Journal (BMJ)? An observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To quantify data sharing trends and data sharing policy compliance at the British Medical Journal (BMJ) by analysing the rate of data sharing practices, and investigate attitudes and examine barriers towards data sharing.

Design

Observational study.

Setting

The BMJ research archive.

Participants

160 randomly sampled BMJ research articles from 2009 to 2015, excluding meta-analysis and systematic reviews.

Main outcome measures

Percentages of research articles that indicated the availability of their raw data sets in their data sharing statements, and those that easily made their data sets available on request.

Results

3 articles contained the data in the article. 50 out of 157 (32%) remaining articles indicated the availability of their da

SUBMITTER: Rowhani-Farid A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5073489 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature