Sample Protocol

This is a demonstration record for teaching purposes.</p

DeVito et al 2018 - Non-Commercial Policy Audit Archive

This archive contains the following data:<div><br></div><div>1. "Funder Policies - 2017.zip" - All policy documents extracted and reviewed from the websites of a sample of 20 top non-commercial funders.</div><div><br></div><div>2. "Funder Correspondence - 2017" - A record of all correspondence with funders. Each funder was contacted and provided with an opportunity to respond to our findings regarding their trials transparency commitments. NOTE: All emails for contacted individuals and all telephone numbers have been either redacted or removed from this record.</div><div><br></div><div>3. "Final Audit Dataset.xlsx" - The complete, final dataset of our findings including the specific, verbatim policies extracted from documents that informed our findings.</div

Live Audit and Feedback for Trials Transparency

20 minute lightning talk presentation given by Nicholas DeVito, from University of Oxford. at the Better Science through Better Data 2018 event. The video recording, slides and scribe are included

Retractobot - Revised Stage 1 Registered Report Protocol (Oct 2023)

This is the revised Stage 1 accepted protocol for the Retractobot (Accepted at BMC Medicine) as of October 2023.Previous version available here: https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/RetractoBot_a_protocol_for_a_randomised_controlled_trial_to_assess_the_impact_of_notifying_authors_that_they_have_cited_a_retracted_paper_Registered_Report_Stage_1_Protocol_/7731665</p

University Hospital Of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust

Response to our Freedom of Information Act request received from this NHS Trust

West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Response to our Freedom of Information Act request received from this NHS Trust

Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Response to our Freedom of Information Act request received from this NHS Trust

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

Response to our Freedom of Information Act request received from this NHS Trust

Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust

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RetractoBot: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial to assess the impact of notifying authors that they have cited a retracted paper [Registered Report Stage 1 Protocol]

Background: There is a problem with the visibility of retractions, and many retracted papers continue to be cited as if they were still valid. It has been suggested that authors citing retracted papers should be contacted about it, but this has been deemed too challenging and has never been attempted.Design: This is a randomised controlled trial.Methods: All eligible retracted papers will be randomised either to the intervention (an email notifying authors of the citing papers about the fact that they have cited a retracted publication) or the control group (no notification email).Outcomes: The primary outcome will be the rate of citation of retracted papers during 12 months follow-up. The secondary outcomes will be a 24-month follow-up and the qualitative analysis of feedback from the authors in response to the intervention email.Conclusions: Our trial will investigate whether the number of citations of retracted papers can be reduced by notifying researchers that they cited a retracted paper.<br