Setting the standard for high-quality studies using open health datasets

Andreia Cunha, Suzanne de Bruijn, Alison Farrell, Helen Lumbard, Alexandra Tosun and Daniel Routledge

PLOS Medicine, 2025, vol. 22, issue 12, 1-4

Abstract: Large open health datasets present unique opportunities for studies that when well-designed, conducted, and reported, can offer valuable contributions to health and medicine. However, recent years have seen a concerning proliferation of analyses lacking robust or novel findings. In this Editorial, we provide guidance to authors for conducting and reporting high-quality secondary analyses using these datasets.Large open health datasets present unique opportunities for studies that when well-designed, conducted, and reported, can offer valuable contributions to health and medicine. However, recent years have seen a concerning proliferation of analyses lacking robust or novel findings. This Editorial provides guidance to authors for conducting and reporting high quality secondary analyses using these datasets.

Date: 2025
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