Institutions must state policy on data sharing

peter.suber's bookmarks 2019-01-20

Summary:

"The benefits of sharing individual health-research data have been promoted by funders and journals, but the volume of shared data remains low (R. F. Terry et al. F1000Research 7, 1641; 2018). As well as improving external incentives to share data, institutions and departments need to set up data-sharing policies that specify aims and data-request procedures....

Furthermore, having a data-sharing policy would strengthen an institution’s position when applying for funding and submitting research papers for publication (see D. B. Taichman et al. Lancet 389,e12–e14; 2017) ...."

Link:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00118-9

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oa.new oa.data oa.mandates oa.recommendations oa.policies

Date tagged:

01/20/2019, 10:29

Date published:

01/20/2019, 05:29