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Preparing raw clinical data for publication: guidance for journal editors, authors, and peer reviewers
In recognition of the benefits of transparent reporting, many peer-reviewed journals require that their authors be prepared to share their raw, unprocessed data with other scientists and/or state the availability of raw data in published articles. But little information on how data should be prepare...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2825513/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20113465 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-11-9 |
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author | Hrynaszkiewicz, Iain Norton, Melissa L Vickers, Andrew J Altman, Douglas G |
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description | In recognition of the benefits of transparent reporting, many peer-reviewed journals require that their authors be prepared to share their raw, unprocessed data with other scientists and/or state the availability of raw data in published articles. But little information on how data should be prepared for publication - or sharing - has emerged. In clinical research patient privacy and consent for use of personal health information are key considerations, but agreed-upon definitions of what constitutes anonymised patient information do not appear to have been established. We aim to address this issue by providing practical guidance for those involved in the publication process, by proposing a minimum standard for de-identifying datasets for the purposes of publication in a peer-reviewed biomedical journal, or sharing with other researchers. Basic advice on file preparation is provided along with procedural guidance on prospective and retrospective publication of raw data, with an emphasis on randomised controlled trials. In order to encourage its wide dissemination this article is freely accessible on the BMJ and Trials journal web sites. |
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spelling | pubmed-28255132010-02-21 Preparing raw clinical data for publication: guidance for journal editors, authors, and peer reviewers Hrynaszkiewicz, Iain Norton, Melissa L Vickers, Andrew J Altman, Douglas G Trials Editorial In recognition of the benefits of transparent reporting, many peer-reviewed journals require that their authors be prepared to share their raw, unprocessed data with other scientists and/or state the availability of raw data in published articles. But little information on how data should be prepared for publication - or sharing - has emerged. In clinical research patient privacy and consent for use of personal health information are key considerations, but agreed-upon definitions of what constitutes anonymised patient information do not appear to have been established. We aim to address this issue by providing practical guidance for those involved in the publication process, by proposing a minimum standard for de-identifying datasets for the purposes of publication in a peer-reviewed biomedical journal, or sharing with other researchers. Basic advice on file preparation is provided along with procedural guidance on prospective and retrospective publication of raw data, with an emphasis on randomised controlled trials. In order to encourage its wide dissemination this article is freely accessible on the BMJ and Trials journal web sites. BioMed Central 2010-01-29 /pmc/articles/PMC2825513/ /pubmed/20113465 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-11-9 Text en Copyright ©2010 Hrynaszkiewicz et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Editorial Hrynaszkiewicz, Iain Norton, Melissa L Vickers, Andrew J Altman, Douglas G Preparing raw clinical data for publication: guidance for journal editors, authors, and peer reviewers |
title | Preparing raw clinical data for publication: guidance for journal editors, authors, and peer reviewers |
title_full | Preparing raw clinical data for publication: guidance for journal editors, authors, and peer reviewers |
title_fullStr | Preparing raw clinical data for publication: guidance for journal editors, authors, and peer reviewers |
title_full_unstemmed | Preparing raw clinical data for publication: guidance for journal editors, authors, and peer reviewers |
title_short | Preparing raw clinical data for publication: guidance for journal editors, authors, and peer reviewers |
title_sort | preparing raw clinical data for publication: guidance for journal editors, authors, and peer reviewers |
topic | Editorial |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2825513/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20113465 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-11-9 |
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