Help me decide where the science goes next. | Erin C. McKiernan

"I’d like to try an open science, crowdsourcing experiment. Like many scientists, I have a folder with unfinished projects, null results, and homeless manuscripts. My goal for this year was to get most (hopefully all) of this research out of my computer and placed somewhere others could access it. Journal submissions, figshare, blog posts – whatever it takes to make the work visible and reusable. Worse-case scenario? A few people view the work and then move on, which is still better than it sitting on my computer where only I can see its potential. Best-case scenario? Other researchers may find in my work something they can build on. Sounds great. There’s just one problem: I’m having trouble deciding which to focus on first. I have several projects in the folder that have to be put in a form that’s easy to read and understand before I share them. I’ve had several false starts; I begin working on one only to decide I should really try to polish up another first. And then I change my mind again. So, I thought it would be fun to put it up for a vote. I’ll describe some of the projects, and let people out there weigh in on which one I should tackle first. It’s also a good way to share with everyone more about what I do as a scientist. Here are the main contenders ..."