Biobankers: Treat the Poison of Invisibility with CoBRA, a Systematic Way of Citing Bioresources in Journal Articles.
Even though an increasing portion of biomedical research today relies on the use of bioresources, at present biobankers are not able to trace this use in scientific literature and measure its impact with a variety of citation metrics. The "BRIF (Bioresource Research Impact Factor) and journal editors" subgroup was created precisely with the aim to study this issue and to build a standardized system to cite bioresources in journal articles. This report aims at presenting a guideline for Citation of BioResources in journal Articles (CoBRA). The guideline offers for the first time a standard for citing bioresources (including biobanks) within journal articles. It will increase their visibility and promote their sharing.
1 Publishing Unit, Istituto Superiore di Sanità , Rome, Italy .
Federica
F
Napolitani
2 Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità , Rome, Italy .
Alessia
A
Calzolari
3 UMR 1027, Inserm, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier , Toulouse, France .|4 BBMRI-ERIC , Graz, Austria .
Anne
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Cambon-Thomsen
3 UMR 1027, Inserm, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier , Toulouse, France .
Laurence
L
Mabile
1 Publishing Unit, Istituto Superiore di Sanità , Rome, Italy .
Anna Maria
AM
Rossi
1 Publishing Unit, Istituto Superiore di Sanità , Rome, Italy .
Paola
P
De Castro
2 Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità , Rome, Italy .
Elena
E
Bravo
D015706:Bibliometrics; D018070:Biological Specimen Banks; D016208:Databases, Factual; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards*