How often do cancer researchers make their data and code available and what factors are associated with sharing?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Various stakeholders are calling for increased availability of data and code from cancer research. However, it is unclear how commonly these products are shared, and what factors are associated with sharing. Our objective was to evaluate how frequently oncology researchers make data and code available and explore factors associated with sharing.

Methods

A cross-sectional analysis of a random sample of 306 cancer-related articles indexed in PubMed in 2019 which studied research subjects with a cancer diagnosis was performed. All articles were independently screened for eligibility by two authors. Outcomes of interest included the prevalence of affirmative sharing declarations and the rate with which declarations connected to data complying with key FAIR principles

SUBMITTER: Hamilton DG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9646258 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature