An Evaluation of Nephrology Literature for Transparency and Reproducibility Indicators: Cross-Sectional Review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Reproducibility is critical to diagnostic accuracy and treatment implementation. Concurrent with clinical reproducibility, research reproducibility establishes whether the use of identical study materials and methodologies in replication efforts permits researchers to arrive at similar results and conclusions. In this study, we address this gap by evaluating nephrology literature for common indicators of transparent and reproducible research.

Methods

We searched the National Library of Medicine catalog to identify 36 MEDLINE-indexed, English-language nephrology journals. We randomly sampled 300 publications published between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2018.

Results

Our search yielded 28,835 publications, of which we randomly sampled 300 publication

SUBMITTER: Fladie IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7000850 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature