Sharing GWAS summary statistics results in more citations

Guillermo Reales; Chris Wallace

doi:10.1038/s42003-023-04497-8

Communications Biology (Jan 2023)

Sharing GWAS summary statistics results in more citations

Guillermo Reales,
Chris Wallace

Affiliations

Guillermo Reales: Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease (CITIID), University of Cambridge
Chris Wallace: Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease (CITIID), University of Cambridge

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04497-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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A review of citation rates from genomic studies in the GWAS Catalog suggests that sharing summary statistics results, on average, in ~81.8% more citations, highlighting a benefit of publicly sharing GWAS summary statistics.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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