TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving publication rates in a collaborative clinical trials research network
AU - Archer, Stephanie Wilson
AU - Carlo, Waldemar A.
AU - Truog, William E.
AU - Stevenson, David K.
AU - Van Meurs, Krisa P.
AU - Sánchez, Pablo J.
AU - Das, Abhik
AU - Devaskar, Uday
AU - Nelin, Leif D.
AU - Petrie Huitema, Carolyn M.
AU - Crawford, Margaret M.
AU - Higgins, Rosemary D.
AU - for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network
N1 - Funding Information:
The National Institutes of Health, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Center for Research Resources, and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences provided grant support for the Neonatal Research Network. The content of the publication is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - Unpublished results can bias biomedical literature, favoring positive over negative findings, primary over secondary analyses, and can lead to duplicate studies that unnecessarily endanger subjects and waste resources. The Neonatal Research Networkʼs (NRN) publication policies for approving, reviewing, and tracking abstracts and papers work to combat these problems. In 2003, the NRN restricted investigators with unfinished manuscripts from proposing new ones and in 2010, urged authors to complete long-outstanding manuscripts. Data from 1991 to 2015 were analyzed to determine effectiveness of these policy changes. The NRN has achieved an overall publication rate of 78% for abstracts. For 1990–2002, of 137 abstracts presented, 43 (31%) were published within 2 years; for 2003–2009, after the manuscript completion policy was instituted, of 140 abstracts presented, 68 (49%) were published within 2 years. Following the effort in 2010, the rate increased to 64%. The NRN surpassed reported rates by developing a comprehensive process, holding investigators accountable and tracking abstracts from presentation to publication.
AB - Unpublished results can bias biomedical literature, favoring positive over negative findings, primary over secondary analyses, and can lead to duplicate studies that unnecessarily endanger subjects and waste resources. The Neonatal Research Networkʼs (NRN) publication policies for approving, reviewing, and tracking abstracts and papers work to combat these problems. In 2003, the NRN restricted investigators with unfinished manuscripts from proposing new ones and in 2010, urged authors to complete long-outstanding manuscripts. Data from 1991 to 2015 were analyzed to determine effectiveness of these policy changes. The NRN has achieved an overall publication rate of 78% for abstracts. For 1990–2002, of 137 abstracts presented, 43 (31%) were published within 2 years; for 2003–2009, after the manuscript completion policy was instituted, of 140 abstracts presented, 68 (49%) were published within 2 years. Following the effort in 2010, the rate increased to 64%. The NRN surpassed reported rates by developing a comprehensive process, holding investigators accountable and tracking abstracts from presentation to publication.
KW - Authorship policies
KW - Network collaboration
KW - Publication rates
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U2 - 10.1053/j.semperi.2016.05.003
DO - 10.1053/j.semperi.2016.05.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 27423510
AN - SCOPUS:84979529695
SN - 0146-0005
VL - 40
SP - 410
EP - 417
JO - Seminars in Perinatology
JF - Seminars in Perinatology
IS - 6
ER -