The Effect of a Strong Data Archiving Policy on Journal Submissions (Part II) - The Scholarly Kitchen
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Summary:
The policy that has caused the most angst over the past decade is mandatory data sharing. It is well established that policies ‘recommending’ or ‘encouraging’ open data do very little to increase the proportion of articles that share their data, whereas mandatory policies that require data sharing as a condition of publication are generally more effective. It’s also well established that most researchers don’t really want to share their data, so bringing in a strong data sharing policy may persuade many to submit to a competitor journal. But is this really a concern?