Data sharing in medical research could soon become the norm, according to a series of articles published this month in PLOS Medicine. The papers, representing authors from the World Health Organization, the pharmaceutical corporation GlaxoSmithKline, the US National Library of Medicine, and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, discuss recent progress towards acceptance of data sharing, in particular for research related to public health emergencies, and for reports from clinical trials. This month's Editorial discusses the challenges that remain, including the need to ensure that researchers who share data receive appropriate recognition.
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Editorials
Sharing Clinical Trial Data: A Proposal from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
PLOS Medicine: published January 20, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001950
Can Data Sharing Become the Path of Least Resistance?
PLOS Medicine: published January 26, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001949
Essays
Advancing Medical Professionalism in US Military Detainee Treatment
PLOS Medicine: published January 5, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001930
Resuscitating the Dying Autopsy
PLOS Medicine: published January 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001927
Between Openness and Privacy in Genomics
PLOS Medicine: published January 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001937
Sharing Individual Participant Data (IPD) within the Context of the Trial Reporting System (TRS)
PLOS Medicine: published January 19, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001946
Perspective
Data Sharing as Part of the Normal Scientific Process: A View from the Pharmaceutical Industry
PLOS Medicine: published January 5, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001936
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Policy Forums
Developing Global Norms for Sharing Data and Results during Public Health Emergencies
PLOS Medicine: published January 5, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001935
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Research Articles
Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis Discontinuation among Antiretroviral-Treated HIV-1-Infected Adults in Kenya: A Randomized Non-inferiority Trial
PLOS Medicine: published January 5, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001934
Intramuscular Artesunate for Severe Malaria in African Children: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
PLOS Medicine: published January 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001938
Preventing Weight Gain in Women in Rural Communities: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
PLOS Medicine: published January 19, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001941
Intimate Partner Violence and Depression Symptom Severity among South African Women during Pregnancy and Postpartum: Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study
PLOS Medicine: published January 19, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001943
Pharmaceutical Industry Off-label Promotion and Self-regulation: A Document Analysis of Off-label Promotion Rulings by the United Kingdom Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority 2003–2012
PLOS Medicine: published January 26, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001945
Strategies to Prevent Cholera Introduction during International Personnel Deployments: A Computational Modeling Analysis Based on the 2010 Haiti Outbreak
PLOS Medicine: published January 26, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001947
Evidence for Community Transmission of Community-Associated but Not Health-Care-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Strains Linked to Social and Material Deprivation: Spatial Analysis of Cross-sectional Data
PLOS Medicine: published January 26, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001944