Methods Inf Med 2014; 53(04): 329-331
DOI: 10.3414/ME14-04-0004
Letter to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH

Reporting of Medical Research Costs

Improving Transparency and Reproducibility of Medical Research
B. J. Visser
1   Center of Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Division of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
,
A. W. G Buijink
2   Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
,
M. P. Grobusch
1   Center of Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Division of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Publikationsverlauf

received:30. April 2014

accepted:06. Juni 2014

Publikationsdatum:
20. Januar 2018 (online)

Summary

Increasing numbers of research reporting guidelines are being published. These guidelines facilitate rigorous and complete reporting, and presentation of published studies. However, current reporting guidelines do not address issues related to costs of research methods. We propose to publish costs of research in order to increase transparency, efficiency, quality and ultimately reproducibility of scientific studies.