Professor Matthew McInnes is a full professor at the University of Ottawa in the Department of Radiology with cross appointment to the School of Epidemiology and Public Health. He is a senior scientist for the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) Methodology and Implementation Research Program, and a Radiologist at the Ottawa Hospital.
Professor Matthew McInnes’ sustained and innovative contributions to open science have helped shape openness in research within radiology and diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) research. In 2018, Doctor McInnes promoted transparency, reproducibility and openness in systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) studies as lead investigator of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) extension for diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) studies.
The extension to the PRISMA guideline has become an internationally recognized standard for systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy, facilitating clearer and more transparent reporting and increasing the practical value of findings from reviews of diagnostic test accuracy studies.
Professor McInnes has also contributed to our understanding of open science publishing practices in radiology. His team’s audit on open science practices in imaging journals and articles demonstrated the gap between open science policy and implementation and, significantly, underlined the increased open science compliance for journals with membership in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
For their research project, “The LI-RADS (Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System Living Systematic Review) and IPD Meta-Analysis Project,” Professor McInnes and his research team also continually demonstrate open science best practices by making openly available the project’s protocols, methods, and data sharing agreements and by helping facilitate methodological advances in reporting and evidence synthesis for liver cancer detection.
The Open Scholarship Award was created by the Library and is co-sponsored by the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (OVPRI) to recognize faculty members, librarians and instructional staff who are committed to exploring the opportunities afforded by the global shift toward an open ecosystem of scholarly research and teaching.
Congratulations to Professor Matthew McInnes for his contributions to open science and for receiving the 2026 Open Scholarship Award!
