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Sharing GWAS summary statistics results in more citations

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Jackson, Christopher 

Abstract

Rates of sharing of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) summary statistics are historically low, limiting potential for scientific discovery. Here we show, using GWAS catalog data, that GWAS papers that share data get on average 81.8% more citations, an effect that is sustained over time.

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Keywords

Genome-Wide Association Study, Genotype, Phenotype

Journal Title

Communications Biology

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Journal ISSN

2399-3642
2399-3642

Volume Title

6

Publisher

Nature Research
Sponsorship
Wellcome Trust (220788/Z/20/Z)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (IS-BRC-1215-20014)
Medical Research Council (MC_UU_00002/4)
C.W. and G.R. are funded by the Wellcome Trust (WT220788). CW is funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC; MC UU 00002/4) and supported by the NIHR Cambridge BRC (BRC-1215-20014). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. The authors thank all GWAS researchers who proactively share their full summary statistics on GWAS catalog or elsewhere.