Toward open and reproducible epidemiology

Author:

Mathur Maya B,Fox Matthew P.

Abstract

Starting in the 2010s, researchers in the experimental social sciences rapidly began to adopt more open and reproducible scientific practices. These practices include publicly sharing deidentified data when possible, sharing analysis code, and preregistering study protocols. Empirical evidence from the social sciences suggests such practices are feasible, can improve analytic reproducibility, and can reduce selective reporting. In epidemiology, adoption of open-science practices has been slower than in the social sciences (with some notable exceptions, such as registering clinical trials). Epidemiologic studies are often large, complex, analyzed retrospectively, and difficult to directly replicate by collecting new data; this makes it especially important to ensure their integrity and analytic reproducibility. Open-science practices can also pay immediate dividends to researchers' own work by clarifying scientific reasoning and encouraging well-documented, organized workflows. We consider how established epidemiologists and early-career researchers alike can help midwife a culture of open science in epidemiology through their research practices, mentorship, and editorial activities.

Publisher

Center for Open Science

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