TY - JOUR
T1 - Cross-Sectional Evaluation of Open Science Practices at Imaging Journals
T2 - A Meta-Research Study
AU - Kashif Al-Ghita, Mohammed
AU - Cobey, Kelly
AU - Moher, David
AU - Leeflang, Mariska M. G.
AU - Ebrahimzadeh, Sanam
AU - Lam, Eric
AU - Rooprai, Paul
AU - Khalil, Ahmed Al
AU - Islam, Nabil
AU - Algodi, Hamza
AU - Dawit, Haben
AU - Adamo, Robert
AU - Zeghal, Mahdi
AU - McInnes, Matthew D. F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Objective: To evaluate open science policies of imaging journals, and compliance to these policies in published articles. Methods: From imaging journals listed we extracted open science policy details: protocol registration, reporting guidelines, funding, ethics and conflicts of interest (COI), data sharing, and open access publishing. The 10 most recently published studies from each journal were assessed to determine adherence to these policies. We calculated the proportion of open science policies into an Open Science Score (OSS) for all journals and articles. We evaluated relationships between OSS and journal/article level variables. Results: 82 journals/820 articles were included. The OSS of journals and articles was 58.3% and 31.8%, respectively. Of the journals, 65.9% had registration and 78.1% had reporting guideline policies. 79.3% of journals were members of COPE, 81.7% had plagiarism policies, 100% required disclosure of funding, and 97.6% required disclosure of COI and ethics approval. 81.7% had data sharing policies and 15.9% were fully open access. 7.8% of articles had a registered protocol, 8.4% followed a reporting guideline, 77.4% disclosed funding, 88.7% disclosed COI, and 85.6% reported ethics approval. 12.3% of articles shared their data. 51% of articles were available through open access or as a preprint. OSS was higher for journal with DOAJ membership (80% vs 54.2%; P <.0001). Impact factor was not correlated with journal OSS. Knowledge synthesis articles has a higher OSS scores (44.5%) than prospective/retrospective studies (32.6%, 30.0%, P <.0001). Conclusion: Imaging journals endorsed just over half of open science practices considered; however, the application of these practices at the article level was lower.
AB - Objective: To evaluate open science policies of imaging journals, and compliance to these policies in published articles. Methods: From imaging journals listed we extracted open science policy details: protocol registration, reporting guidelines, funding, ethics and conflicts of interest (COI), data sharing, and open access publishing. The 10 most recently published studies from each journal were assessed to determine adherence to these policies. We calculated the proportion of open science policies into an Open Science Score (OSS) for all journals and articles. We evaluated relationships between OSS and journal/article level variables. Results: 82 journals/820 articles were included. The OSS of journals and articles was 58.3% and 31.8%, respectively. Of the journals, 65.9% had registration and 78.1% had reporting guideline policies. 79.3% of journals were members of COPE, 81.7% had plagiarism policies, 100% required disclosure of funding, and 97.6% required disclosure of COI and ethics approval. 81.7% had data sharing policies and 15.9% were fully open access. 7.8% of articles had a registered protocol, 8.4% followed a reporting guideline, 77.4% disclosed funding, 88.7% disclosed COI, and 85.6% reported ethics approval. 12.3% of articles shared their data. 51% of articles were available through open access or as a preprint. OSS was higher for journal with DOAJ membership (80% vs 54.2%; P <.0001). Impact factor was not correlated with journal OSS. Knowledge synthesis articles has a higher OSS scores (44.5%) than prospective/retrospective studies (32.6%, 30.0%, P <.0001). Conclusion: Imaging journals endorsed just over half of open science practices considered; however, the application of these practices at the article level was lower.
KW - Knowledge Synthesis
KW - Open Access
KW - Open Science
KW - Research Methods
KW - meta-research
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1177/08465371231211290
DO - https://doi.org/10.1177/08465371231211290
M3 - Article
C2 - 37997809
SN - 0846-5371
JO - Canadian Association of Radiologists journal = Journal l Association canadienne des radiologistes
JF - Canadian Association of Radiologists journal = Journal l Association canadienne des radiologistes
ER -