Open science practices in general and internal medicine journals, an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As part of the Open Science movement, this study aims to analyze the current state of open access and open data policies concerning the availability of articles and raw data of the journals belonging to the category "Medicine, General & Internal" of the Science Citation Index Expanded.

Methods

Journal data sharing policies were evaluated through the following variables: possibility of manuscript storage in repositories; reuse policy; publication on a website; and statement regarding complementary material. Subsequently, an analysis of the supplementary material associated with each article was performed through the PubMed Central repository. The study reported was assessed following the STROBE guidelines for observational studies.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Tarazona-Alvarez B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9154089 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature