Making Progress Toward Open Data: Reflections on Data Sharing at PLOS ONE | EveryONE

"At PLOS ONE, the implementation of the PLOS Data Policy has been accompanied by a significant increase in the number of papers for which the underlying data can be clearly located and accessed, and we are encouraged by how the community has engaged with us. Reviewers and Academic Editors are considering what data should be available and how it should be shared for manuscripts they assess. And authors, in most cases, are willing to provide the requested data.

This is still a work-in-progress, and we are working with the community – with the many communities that make up PLOS ONE and the other six PLOS journals – to drive improvements toward even broader data availability. Progress, particularly on a large scale, is challenging but with the combined efforts of researchers, other publishers, government organizations, and funding agencies, we are optimistic. We remain committed to a vision of broad and systematic data sharing."