Data sharing in a modern world; well, maybe not so modern | PLOS Collections

"So what is important for data sharing? The impact on policy change? Highlighting ethical issues? Data science that advances our abilities to share or vice versa? Technologies that leverage shared data (the noble discipline of “data parasitism”), Community-focused efforts that implore the world to change?  How sexy the figures are? And then of course, there is simply what do people think – how much is the article being discussed? Finally, we felt that we must consider disciplinary perspectives that foster cross-pollination of ideas and approaches. So what were my favorite picks? I chose 20 to be in the collection, but here I describe a few to better highlight what I think is so important across the aforementioned criteria."