Clinical Research: A Globalized Network

These files relate to data extracted from ClinicalTrials.gov.

In the database file, data for individual clinical trials are included, and attributes include study identifier, study type, trial dates, interventions, sample size, countries in which the study was conducted, etc.

The Edges file contains geographic data derived from the clinical trials data set that can be used to generate networks to illustrate geographic connectivity through clinical research, using open access software such as Gephi.

The Gephi file includes networks for all countries worldwide, as well as regional networks for each major grographic region.

The figures are network diagrams generated by Gephi showing geographic connectivity among individual countries through common participation in multinational clinical trials. The thickness of the connecting lines (edges) reflects the strength of a connection.