Sharing Detailed Research Data Is Associated with Increased Citation Rate

Heather A Piwowar, Roger S Day and Douglas B Fridsma

PLOS ONE, 2007, vol. 2, issue 3, 1-5

Abstract: Background: Sharing research data provides benefit to the general scientific community, but the benefit is less obvious for the investigator who makes his or her data available. Principal Findings: We examined the citation history of 85 cancer microarray clinical trial publications with respect to the availability of their data. The 48% of trials with publicly available microarray data received 85% of the aggregate citations. Publicly available data was significantly (p = 0.006) associated with a 69% increase in citations, independently of journal impact factor, date of publication, and author country of origin using linear regression. Significance: This correlation between publicly available data and increased literature impact may further motivate investigators to share their detailed research data.

Date: 2007
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