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Data Sharing in PLOS ONE: An Analysis of Data Availability Statements

Data Sharing in PLOS ONE: An Analysis of Data Availability Statements

Only about 20% of statements indicate that data are deposited in a repository, which the PLOS policy states is the preferred method. More commonly, authors state that their data are in the paper itself or in the supplemental information, though it is unclear whether these data meet the level of sharing required in the PLOS policy.

How Accessible is Psychology Data?

How Accessible is Psychology Data?

In a slightly depressing new paper, researchers describe how they tried to get access to the data behind 111 of the most cited psychology and psychiatry papers published in the past decade. Only 14% of the datasets were made available with no restrictions on who could access them.

Data Sharing and the Future of Science

Data Sharing and the Future of Science

Who benefits from sharing data? The scientists of future do, as data sharing today enables new science tomorrow. Far from being mere rehashes of old datasets, evidence shows that studies based on analyses of previously published data can achieve just as much impact as original projects.

Guerrilla Open Access

In the 1990s, the Internet offered a horizon from which to imagine what society could become, promising autonomy and self-organization next to redistribution of wealth and collectivized means of production. While the former was in line with the dominant ideology of freedom, the latter ran contrary to the expanding enclosures in capitalist globalization.

Opendata Conference Switzerland 2018

Opendata Conference Switzerland 2018

Opendata.ch/2018 ist die führende Konferenz der Schweiz rund um das Thema offene Daten. Jährlich prägen wir die nationale Open-Data-Diskussion, mit VertreterInnen aus Verwaltung, Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft, Politik, Journalismus, IT und weiteren Interessengebieten.

What’s Next for the European Open Science Cloud?

What’s Next for the European Open Science Cloud?

After being given the green light by research ministers earlier this year, an ambitious initiative to enable Europe’s 1.7 million researchers to share data and research tools is now on course to be launched before the end of the year. But what should the next steps be?

Wikidata: a Platform for your Library’s Linked Open Data

Wikidata: a Platform for your Library’s Linked Open Data

Wikidata offers a low-barrier, high-result method of making data not only visible but reusable.

The Text and Data Mining Exception in the Proposal for a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market: Why It Is Not What Eu Copyright Law Needs?

The Text and Data Mining Exception in the Proposal for a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market: Why It Is Not What Eu Copyright Law Needs?

Text and Data Mining. Or the creation of new knowledge from existing information (but not in the EU).

Practical Challenges for Researchers in Data Sharing

Practical Challenges for Researchers in Data Sharing

In one of the largest surveys of researchers about research data (with over 7,700 respondents), Springer Nature finds widespread data sharing associated with published works and a desire from researchers that their data are discoverable.

Why Every Researcher Should Care About Open Citations

Why Every Researcher Should Care About Open Citations

What happens when you cite someone’s research? Have you ever wondered what happens with citation data that you produce and how it is being used by others? Citation data is not released automatically - by default the references are hidden from the public eye and can only be obtained from Crossref with specific consent from the publisher.

Without Urgent Action Big and Open Data May Widen Existing Inequalities and Social Divides

Without Urgent Action Big and Open Data May Widen Existing Inequalities and Social Divides

The unsustainable nature of the digital data landscape, the quality and credibility of the data themselves, and how data sources currently represent only privileged individuals, are challenges that can be overcome, but to do so requires significant investment in key data governance priorities.