Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
J Clin Epidemiol. 2021 Sep;137:133-136. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.03.032. Epub 2021 Apr 21.
Data sharing practices remain elusive in biomedicine. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the problems associated with the lack of data sharing. The objective of this article is to draw attention to the problem and possible ways to address it.
This article examines some of the current open access and data sharing practices at biomedical journals and funders. In the context of COVID-19 the consequences of these practices is also examined.
Despite the best of intentions on the part of funders and journals, COVID-19 biomedical research is not open. Academic institutions need to incentivize and reward data sharing practices as part of researcher assessment. Journals and funders need to implement strong polices to ensure that data sharing becomes a reality. Patients support sharing of their data.
Biomedical journals, funders and academic institutions should act to require stronger adherence to data sharing policies.
生物医学领域的数据共享实践仍然难以实现。COVID-19 大流行凸显了缺乏数据共享所带来的问题。本文旨在引起人们对这一问题的关注,并探讨可能的解决办法。
本文考察了生物医学期刊和资助者目前的一些开放获取和数据共享实践。在 COVID-19 的背景下,还考察了这些实践的后果。
尽管资助者和期刊方面有最好的意图,但 COVID-19 生物医学研究并不开放。学术机构需要激励和奖励数据共享实践,作为研究人员评估的一部分。期刊和资助者需要实施强有力的政策,以确保数据共享成为现实。患者支持共享他们的数据。
生物医学期刊、资助者和学术机构应采取行动,要求更严格地遵守数据共享政策。