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This document provides a summary of the Publication Moratorium that affords certain GeCIP domains preferential permission to publish on data in their area of research. The proposed system makes assumptions about the schedule and system for data release into the Research Environment, which may turn out to be different; suggestions and comments are welcome. The moratorium summary will ultimately form part of the GeCIP guidance for research and publication document.

Moratorium summary

Genomics England has instigated a per participant Publication Moratorium on data of all types (including that generated from clinical reports) from the 100,000 Genomes Project, offering a degree of preferential permission to publish on participant data, in recognition of those domains and individuals that have assisted in recruiting to the project. In effect, the moratorium will prevent other GeCIP researchers from publishing research on that domain’s corresponding data until the domain has had access to the data for at least nine months. The moratorium can be disregarded on a case by case basis for a given project if there is prior agreement from the domain’s lead or there is collaboration between the respective domains.

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