Unavailability of online supplementary scientific information from articles published in major journals

被引:46
作者
Evangelou, E [1 ]
Trikalinos, TA
Ioannidis, JPA
机构
[1] Univ Ioannina, Sch Med, Dept Hyg & Epidemiol, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece
[2] Tufts New England Med Ctr, Inst Clin Res & Hlth Policy Studies, Boston, MA USA
[3] Fdn Res & Technol Hellas, Biomed Res Inst, Ioannina, Greece
关键词
supplementary information; broken links; internet; scientific journals;
D O I
10.1096/fj.05-4784lsf
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Printed articles increasingly rely on online supplements to store critical scientific information, but such data may eventually become unavailable. We checked the current availability of online supplementary scientific information published in six top-cited scientific journals ( Science, Nature, Cell, New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA). Here we show that in 4.7% and 9.6% of articles with online supplementary material, some of the supplements became unavailable within 2 and 5 years of their publication, respectively.
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页码:1943 / 1944
页数:2
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