Medical publishing Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
The unit to be randomised are published manuscripts. The authors will be sending their manuscripts to be randomised so that the authors will not know whether the manuscript will be either archived on
Sponsors
University Health Network (Canada)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Authors of manuscripts with at least one NIH-funded co-author 2. Manuscript published between January 1st 2008 and April 7th 2008 3. Manuscript is not already accessible on PMC or as free full text elsewhere 4. The copyright policies of the journal allow 'self-archiving' on subject repositories such as PMC
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Authors whose email address is not listed in the affiliation field of PubMed 2. Letters, editorials, and reviews
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Citations within the scientific literature, assessed every 6 months. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Other measurements for uptake and dissemination of scientific knowledge, including: 1. Citations in news articles 2. Citations on the Internet 3. Uptake by end-users and policy makers Assessed every 6 months. | — |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed