Review and trend of protocol literature resources in life sciences
The public publication and further opening and sharing of research results have promoted the rapid development of modern science,and information technology has provided technical conditions for better information storage and dissemination.Life science is an experimental science,and the inherent complexity of life makes the full disclosure of methods for obtaining data and supporting research results more necessary and urgent.In response to the situation that detailed reports on research methods are often incomplete and experimental reproducibility is low,protocols characterized by reproducible step by step fashion have been developed rapidly.This article provides the first systematic review of protocol literature resources.The changes in protocol publishing mode,from individual papers in journals to journal columns,whole journals,specialized websites,and preprint storage databases,specifically reflect the exploration process of experimental methods gradually becoming independent of research results and open for sharing.Finally,the development trend is predicted.
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