Role of supplementary material in biomedical journal articles: surveys of authors, reviewers and readers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Many journals permit authors to submit supplementary material for publication alongside the article. We explore the value, use and role of this material in biomedical journal articles from the perspectives of authors, peer reviewers and readers.

Design and setting

We conducted online surveys (November-December 2016) of corresponding authors and peer reviewers at 17 BMJ Publishing Group journals in a range of specialities.

Participants

Participants were asked to respond to one of three surveys: as authors, peer reviewers or readers.

Results

We received 2872/20340 (14%) responses: authors 819/6892 (12%), peer reviewers 1142/6682 (17%) and readers 911/6766 (14%). Most authors submitted (711/819, 87%) and 80% (724/911) of readers reported reading suppleme

SUBMITTER: Price A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6157527 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature