Journal article
Minimum Information about a Spinal Cord Injury Experiment: A Proposed Reporting Standard for Spinal Cord Injury Experiments
Journal of neurotrauma, v 31(15), pp 1354-1361
01 Aug 2014
PMID: 24870067
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Abstract
The lack of reproducibility in many areas of experimental science has a number of causes, including a lack of transparency and precision in the description of experimental approaches. This has far-reaching consequences, including wasted resources and slowing of progress. Additionally, the large number of laboratories around the world publishing articles on a given topic make it difficult, if not impossible, for individual researchers to read all of the relevant literature. Consequently, centralized databases are needed to facilitate the generation of new hypotheses for testing. One strategy to improve transparency in experimental description, and to allow the development of frameworks for computer-readable knowledge repositories, is the adoption of uniform reporting standards, such as common data elements (data elements used in multiple clinical studies) and minimum information standards. This article describes a minimum information standard for spinal cord injury (SCI) experiments, its major elements, and the approaches used to develop it. Transparent reporting standards for experiments using animal models of human SCI aim to reduce inherent bias and increase experimental value.
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- Title
- Minimum Information about a Spinal Cord Injury Experiment: A Proposed Reporting Standard for Spinal Cord Injury Experiments
- Creators
- Vance P. Lemmon - Neurological SurgeryAdam R. Ferguson - University of California, San FranciscoPhillip G. Popovich - The Ohio State UniversityXiao-Ming Xu - University of IndianapolisDiane M. Snow - University of KentuckyMichihiro Igarashi - Niigata UniversityChristine E. Beattie - The Ohio State UniversityJohn L. Bixby - Cellular Research (United States)MIASCI ConsortiumJohn R Bethea - College of Arts and Sciences (1990-)
- Publication Details
- Journal of neurotrauma, v 31(15), pp 1354-1361
- Publisher
- Mary Ann Liebert, Inc
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biology; College of Arts and Sciences; Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000340535500004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84905221020
- Other Identifier
- 991020099918604721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Critical Care Medicine
- Neurosciences