Abstract
Objectives
The objective of the study was to analyze researchers’ compliance with their data
availability statement (DAS) from manuscripts published in open-access journals with
the mandatory DAS.
Study Design and Setting
We analyzed all articles from 333 open-access journals published during January 2019
by BioMed Central. We categorized types of the DAS. We surveyed corresponding authors
who wrote in the DAS that they would share the data. Consent to participate in the
study was sought for all included manuscripts. After accessing raw data sets, we checked
whether data were available in a way that enabled reanalysis.
Results
Of 3556 analyzed articles, 3416 contained the DAS. The most frequent DAS category
(42%) indicated that the data sets are available on reasonable request. Among 1792
manuscripts in which the DAS indicated that authors are willing to share their data,
1669 (93%) authors either did not respond or declined to share their data with us.
Among 254 (14%) of 1792 authors who responded to our query for data sharing, only
123 (6.8%) provided the requested data.
Conclusion
Even when authors indicate in their manuscript that they will share data upon request,
the compliance rate is the same as for authors who do not provide the DAS, suggesting
that the DAS may not be sufficient to ensure data sharing.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: May 29, 2022
Accepted:
May 24,
2022
Footnotes
Declarations: Availability of data and materials. We did not publish our raw data along with the manuscript because it could be understood that we are publicly shaming authors who did not want to share their data. As for the raw data that were received during this study, we informed our study participants that those raw data will be deleted after being examined and that all data and communication will be treated with strict confidence.
Competing interests: The authors do not have any conflict of interest to declare.
Funding: This study did not receive extramural funding.
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