OA Week 2017: Transparency and Reproducibility – UC Curation Center – Medium

"Yesterday we talked about about why researchers may have to make their data open, today let’s start talking about why they may want to. Though some communities have been historically hesitant to do so, researchers appear to be increasingly willing to share their data. Open data even seems to be associated with a citation advantage, meaning that as datasets are accessed and reused, the researchers involved in the original work continue to receive credit. But open data is about more than just complying with mandates and increasing citation counts, it’s also about researchers showing their work."