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Systematic reviewers' perspectives on sharing review data, analytic code, and other materials: A survey

Phi‐Yen Nguyen, Joanne E McKenzie, Daniel G Hamilton, David Moher, Peter Tugwell, Fiona M Fidler, Neal R Haddaway, Julian PT Higgins, Raju Kanukula, Sathya Karunananthan, Lara J Maxwell, Steve McDonald, Shinichi Nakagawa, David Nunan, Vivian A Welch, Matthew J Page

Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods | Wiley | Published : 2023

DOI: 10.1002/cesm.12008

Abstract

Background There are many benefits of sharing data, analytic code, and other materials, yet these items are infrequently shared among systematic reviews (SRs). It is unclear which factors influence authors' decisions to share data, code, or materials when publishing their SRs. Therefore, we aimed to explore systematic reviewers' perspectives on the importance of sharing review materials and factors that might influence such practices. Methods We searched PubMed for SRs published from January to April 2021, from which we randomly allocated 50% to this survey and 50% to another survey on the replication of SRs. We sent an electronic survey to authors of these SRs (n = 4671) using Qualtrics. Q..

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46 Information and Computing Sciences
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