Evaluating Reproducibility and Transparency in Emergency Medicine Publications.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We aimed to assess the reproducibility of empirical research by determining the availability of components required for replication of a study, including materials, raw data, analysis scripts, protocols, and preregistration.

Methods

We used the National Library of Medicine catalog to identify MEDLINE-indexed emergency medicine (EM) journals. Thirty journals met the inclusion criteria. From January 1, 2014-December 31, 2018, 300 publications were randomly sampled using a PubMed search. Additionally, we included four high-impact general medicine journals, which added 106 publications. Two investigators were blinded for independent extraction. Extracted data included statements regarding the availability of materials, data, analysis scripts, protocols, and registra

SUBMITTER: Johnson BS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8328179 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature