Journals’ Retreat From Data-Sharing Mandate Puts Onus on Universities and Government - The Chronicle of Higher Education

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Summary:

"A year ago the world’s leading medical-journal editors announced plans to require their authors to share with other scientists the data associated with their published articles about clinical trials. "I realistically think this will take several years" for the right environment to be in place, said Darren B. Taichman, secretary of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, which proposed the now-abandoned data-sharing requirement. The benefits of an open-data system are widely accepted by scientists. Sharing the data that underlie a journal article helps colleagues confirm the accuracy of the published finding, speed and expand their own research, and credit the originators, advocates have said. But the coalition of journal editors, also known as the ICMJE, said last week that a rash of complaints from scientists about the proposed requirement had led it to conclude that the research community still was not ready for the mandate...."

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http://www.chronicle.com/article/Journals-Retreat-From/240323

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Date tagged:

06/13/2017, 16:26

Date published:

06/13/2017, 12:26