Evangelou E, Trikalinos TA, Ioannidis JPA "Unavailability of online supplementary scientific information from articles published in major journals " FASEB JOURNAL 19 (14): 1943-1944 DEC 2005

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: me01760 at cc.uoi.gr

Title: Unavailability of online supplementary scientific information from
articles published in major journals

Author(s): Evangelou E, Trikalinos TA, Ioannidis JPA

Source: FASEB JOURNAL 19 (14): 1943-1944 DEC 2005

Document Type: Article
Language: English
Cited References: 7      Times Cited: 1

Abstract:
Printed articles increasingly rely on online supplements to store critical
scientific information, but such data may eventually become unavailable. We
checked the current availability of online supplementary scientific
information published in six top-cited scientific journals ( Science,
Nature, Cell, New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences USA). Here we show that in 4.7% and 9.6% of
articles with online supplementary material, some of the supplements became
unavailable within 2 and 5 years of their publication, respectively.
Author Keywords: supplementary information; broken links; internet;
scientific journals

Addresses: Evangelou E (reprint author), Univ Ioannina, Sch Med, Dept Hyg &
Epidemiol, Ioannina, GR-45110 Greece
Univ Ioannina, Sch Med, Dept Hyg & Epidemiol, Ioannina, GR-45110 Greece
Tufts New England Med Ctr, Inst Clin Res & Hlth Policy Studies, Boston, MA
USA
Fdn Res & Technol Hellas, Biomed Res Inst, Ioannina, Greece

E-mail Addresses: me01760 at cc.uoi.gr

Publisher: FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL, 9650 ROCKVILLE PIKE, BETHESDA, MD
20814-3998 USA
Subject Category: BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; BIOLOGY; CELL BIOLOGY
IDS Number: 999QR
ISSN: 0892-6638


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