Status of the data sharing policies of scholarly journals published in Brazil, France, and Korea and listed in both the 2018 Scimago Journal and Country Ranking and the Web of Science

Abstract

Purpose: The present study analyzed the current status of the data sharing policies of journals published in Brazil, France, and Korea that were listed in the 2018 Scimago Journal and Country Ranking and Web of Science Core Collection.Methods: Web of Science journals were selected from the 2018 Scimago Journal and Country Ranking. The homepages of all target journals were searched for the presence of statements on data sharing policies, including clinical trial data sharing policies, the level of the policies, and actual statements of data availability in articles.Results: Out of 565 journals from these three countries, 118 (20.9%) had an optional data sharing policy, and one had a mandatory data sharing policy. Harvard Dataverse was the repository of one journal. The number of journals that had adopted a data sharing policy was 11 (6.7%) for Brazil, 64 (27.6%) for France, and 44 (25.9%) for Korea. One journal from Brazil and 20 journals from Korea had adopted clinical trial data sharing policies in accordance with the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Statements of data sharing were found in articles from two journals.Conclusion: Journals from France and Korea adopted data sharing policies more actively than those from Brazil. However, the actual implementation of these policies through descriptions of data availability in articles remains rare. In many journals that appear to have data sharing policies, those policies may just reflect a standard description by the publisher, especially in France. Actual data sharing was not found to be frequent.

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“…However, that study was started in 2010, when clinical trial registration was not mandatory. Although it is not compulsory, it may be preferable to present a data sharing statement as suggested by Jeong (2020) [17], using one of the following examples: "Example 1. The clinical trial data of this article will not be shared.…”

“…It is sufficient to ask authors to provide a data sharing statement as they deem appropriate, which means that the authors' statement itself is necessary. Still, a few journals in Korea have maintained clinical trial data sharing policy [17,18]. If data are deposited in a repository, such as Harvard Dataverse [19], a DOI for the data is automatically generated when data are deposited.…”

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“…Of 170 journals from Korea indexed in both 2018 ScimagoJR and the Web of Science Core Collection, 20 journals, including Annals of Dermatology , had adopted clinical trial data sharing policies following the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. However, statements of data sharing were found in two of these 20 journals 23 . This means that the practice of requiring a statement of data sharing policies is not well established in Korea.…”

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“…Fifth, a data sharing policy is currently not mandatory. Data sharing is still not common among society journals from Korea [ 13 ]. Out of 58 society journals indexed in the 2019 Journal Citation Ranking, 12 (20.3%) announced data sharing and reproducibility policies [ 14 ].…”