BMJ  2006;332:1215 (20 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7551.1215

Letter

How should we rate research?

Cost of research should be disclosed publicly

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EDITOR—Public disclosure of the cost of research published in biomedical journals may enhance assessment of research quality.¹

The prospective, universal registration of all studies at their inception has been proposed to reduce duplication of work, inequitable funding of research, and neglected diseases; avoid research on irrelevant issues or measurement of irrelevant outcomes; and improve ethical issues and transparency.^{2 3}

However, disclosure of the cost of research (numerical data) and what portion of that cost comes from public funding has never formally been published in bio-medical journals. Financial support should be disclosed, including the costs of the work, provisions for the recovery of those costs, the numbers of research students, and the ownership of intellectual property.

Instituto de Investigaciones, Fundación Universitaria Sánitas, Bogota, Colombia lureveiz@colsanitas.com

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Competing interests: None declared.

1. Godlee F. Where next for the research assessment exercise? [Editor's choice.] BMJ 2006;332: 0. (29 April.)
2. World Health Organization. International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP). Available at: www.who.int/ictrp/en/ (accessed 5 May 2006).
3. Krleza-Jeric K, Chan AW, Dickersin K, Sim I, Grimshaw J, Gluud C (for the Ottawa Group). Principles for international registration of protocol information and results from human trials of health related interventions: Ottawa statement (part 1). BMJ 2005;330: 956-8.[Free Full Text]

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