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What the New ICMJE Requirement for Data Sharing Statements Really Means for Data Sharing

ByAmanda Vreeland

As of July 1, 2018, manuscripts submitted to International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)-member journals must be accompanied by a data sharing statement. What is the new requirement, how did it evolve, and what does it mean for data sharing? In January 2016, the ICMJE proposed that authors of all clinical trial manuscripts published…

Implications of ICMJE’s Data Sharing Proposal

ByJeff Riegel

On January 20, members of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) announced a proposal that would require the authors of clinical trial publications to share the deidentified individual patient data that support their published results within 6 months of publication. Announced in an editorial published simultaneously in multiple medical journals, this proposal is…