<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) provides recommendations to improve the editorial standards and scientific quality of biomedical journals. These recommendations range from uniform technical requirements to more complex and elusive editorial issues including ethical aspects of the scientific process. Recently, registration of clinical trials, conflicts of interest disclosure, and new criteria for authorship, emphasizing the importance of responsibility and accountability, have been proposed. Last year, a new editorial initiative to foster sharing of clinical trial data was launched. This review discusses this novel initiative with the aim of increasing awareness among readers, investigators, authors and editors belonging to the Editors’ Network of the European Society of Cardiology.</p></abstract>

The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) provides recommendations to improve the editorial standards and scientific quality of biomedical journals. These recommendations range from uniform technical requirements to more complex and elusive editorial issues including ethical aspects of the scientific process. Recently, registration of clinical trials, conflicts of interest disclosure, and new criteria for authorship, emphasizing the importance of responsibility and accountability, have been proposed. Last year, a new editorial initiative to foster sharing of clinical trial data was launched. This review discusses this novel initiative with the aim of increasing awareness among readers, investigators, authors and editors belonging to the Editors’ Network of the European Society of Cardiology.

Data sharing: a new editorial initiative of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Implications for the Editors’ Network

Editor in Chief Armenian Journal of Cardiology

Editor in Chief Archives des maladies du cœur et des vaisseaux Pratique

Editor in Chief Clinical Research in Cardiology

Editor in Chief Archivos de Cardiologia de Mexico

Editor in Chief Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Editor in Chief Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Editor in Chief Revista Colombiana de Cardiologia

Editor in Chief Kardiyovaskuler Hemsirelik Dergisi

Editor in Chief Revista Española de Cardiología

Editor in Chief Bulgarian Journal of Cardiology

Editor in Chief Romanian Journal of Cardiology

Editor in Chief Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Editor in Chief The Egyptian Heart Journal

Editor in Chief Basic Research in Cardiology

Editor in Chief Austrain Journal fo Cardiology

Editor in Chief Journal of the Hong Kong Colleage of Cardiology

Editor in Chief Seminars in Cardiovascular Medicine

Editor in Chief Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Editor in Chief Sydänääni (Heart Beat)

Editor in Chief La Revue Marocaine de Cardiologie

Editor in Chief Revista Uruguaya de Cardiologia

Editor in Chief Korean Circulation Journal

Editor in Chief Russian Journal of Cardiology

Editor in Chief Anatolian Journal of Cardiology

Editor in Chief Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Editor in Chief Archives of the Turkish Society of Cardiology

Editor in Chief Netherlands Heart Journal

Seminars in Cardiovascular Medicine

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The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) provides recommendations to improve the editorial standards and scientific quality of biomedical...

Data sharing: a new editorial initiative of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Implications for the Editors’ Network

Published Online: Sep 06, 2018

Page range: 1 - 8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/semcard-2017-0001

Keywords
editorial ethics, scientific process, data sharing, clinical trial, trial registration, authorship, conflict of interest, big-data, scientific journals

© 2017 Fernando Alfonso et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Data sharing: a new editorial initiative of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Implications for the Editors’ Network

Published Online: Sep 06, 2018

Page range: 1 - 8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/semcard-2017-0001

Keywordseditorial ethics, scientific process, data sharing, clinical trial, trial registration, authorship, conflict of interest, big-data, scientific journals

© 2017 Fernando Alfonso et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
editorial ethics, scientific process, data sharing, clinical trial, trial registration, authorship, conflict of interest, big-data, scientific journals