Request of endocrinology and metabolism journals for data sharing statements in clinical trial reports: a survey
BackgroundTo enhance reproducibility and transparency, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) required that all trial reports submitted after July 2018 must include a data sharing statement (DSS). Accordingly, emerging biomedical journals required trial authors to include a D...
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| description | BackgroundTo enhance reproducibility and transparency, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) required that all trial reports submitted after July 2018 must include a data sharing statement (DSS). Accordingly, emerging biomedical journals required trial authors to include a DSS in submissions for publication if trial reports were accepted. Nevertheless, it was unclear whether endocrinology and metabolism journals had this request for DSS of clinical trial reports. Therefore, we aimed to explore whether endocrinology and metabolism journals requested DSS in clinical trial submissions, and their compliance with the declared request in published trial reports.MethodsJournals that were from the category of “Endocrinology & Metabolism” defined by Journal Citation Reports (JCR, as of June 2023) and published clinical trial reports between 2019 and 2022, were included for analysis. The primary outcome was whether a journal explicitly requested a DSS in its manuscript submission instructions for clinical trials, which was extracted and verified in December 2023. We also evaluated whether these journals indeed included a DSS in their published trial reports that were published between December 2023 and May 2024.ResultsA total of 141 endocrinology and metabolism journals were included for analysis, among which 125 (88.7%) requested DSS in clinical trial submissions. Journals requesting DSS had a significantly lower JCR quartile and higher impact factor when compared with those journals without DSS request. Among the 90 journals requesting DSS, 14 (15.6%) journals indeed did not publish any DSS in their published trial reports between December 2023 and May 2024.ConclusionOver 10% of endocrinology and metabolism journals did not request DSS in clinical trial submissions. More than 15% of the journals declaring to request DSS from their submission instructions, did not publish DSS in their published trial reports. More efforts are needed to improve the practice of endocrinology and metabolism journals in requesting and publishing DSS of clinical trial reports. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9f85bf9db97642dd9614d8057f13b60e2025-08-20T01:54:21ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Medicine2296-858X2025-05-011210.3389/fmed.2025.15183991518399Request of endocrinology and metabolism journals for data sharing statements in clinical trial reports: a surveyYingxin Liu0Bo Chen1Jingyi Zhang2Xuerui Bai3Lili Kang4Wenli Li5Guowei Li6Guowei Li7Guowei Li8Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Methodology (CCEM), The Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Endocrinology, The Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, ChinaCenter for Clinical Epidemiology and Methodology (CCEM), The Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, ChinaCenter for Clinical Epidemiology and Methodology (CCEM), The Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, ChinaFather Sean O’Sullivan Research Centre, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, CanadaBackgroundTo enhance reproducibility and transparency, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) required that all trial reports submitted after July 2018 must include a data sharing statement (DSS). Accordingly, emerging biomedical journals required trial authors to include a DSS in submissions for publication if trial reports were accepted. Nevertheless, it was unclear whether endocrinology and metabolism journals had this request for DSS of clinical trial reports. Therefore, we aimed to explore whether endocrinology and metabolism journals requested DSS in clinical trial submissions, and their compliance with the declared request in published trial reports.MethodsJournals that were from the category of “Endocrinology & Metabolism” defined by Journal Citation Reports (JCR, as of June 2023) and published clinical trial reports between 2019 and 2022, were included for analysis. The primary outcome was whether a journal explicitly requested a DSS in its manuscript submission instructions for clinical trials, which was extracted and verified in December 2023. We also evaluated whether these journals indeed included a DSS in their published trial reports that were published between December 2023 and May 2024.ResultsA total of 141 endocrinology and metabolism journals were included for analysis, among which 125 (88.7%) requested DSS in clinical trial submissions. Journals requesting DSS had a significantly lower JCR quartile and higher impact factor when compared with those journals without DSS request. Among the 90 journals requesting DSS, 14 (15.6%) journals indeed did not publish any DSS in their published trial reports between December 2023 and May 2024.ConclusionOver 10% of endocrinology and metabolism journals did not request DSS in clinical trial submissions. More than 15% of the journals declaring to request DSS from their submission instructions, did not publish DSS in their published trial reports. More efforts are needed to improve the practice of endocrinology and metabolism journals in requesting and publishing DSS of clinical trial reports.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2025.1518399/fulldata sharingclinical trialICMJEendocrinologymetabolism |
| spellingShingle | Yingxin Liu Bo Chen Jingyi Zhang Xuerui Bai Lili Kang Wenli Li Guowei Li Guowei Li Guowei Li Request of endocrinology and metabolism journals for data sharing statements in clinical trial reports: a survey Frontiers in Medicine data sharing clinical trial ICMJE endocrinology metabolism |
| title | Request of endocrinology and metabolism journals for data sharing statements in clinical trial reports: a survey |
| title_full | Request of endocrinology and metabolism journals for data sharing statements in clinical trial reports: a survey |
| title_fullStr | Request of endocrinology and metabolism journals for data sharing statements in clinical trial reports: a survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Request of endocrinology and metabolism journals for data sharing statements in clinical trial reports: a survey |
| title_short | Request of endocrinology and metabolism journals for data sharing statements in clinical trial reports: a survey |
| title_sort | request of endocrinology and metabolism journals for data sharing statements in clinical trial reports a survey |
| topic | data sharing clinical trial ICMJE endocrinology metabolism |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2025.1518399/full |
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