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. 2019:2:1.
doi: 10.12688/mniopenres.12772.2. Epub 2019 Jan 31.

From data sharing to data publishing [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

Jean-Baptiste Poline  1   2
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From data sharing to data publishing [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

Jean-Baptiste Poline. MNI Open Res. 2019.

Abstract

Data sharing, i.e. depositing data in research community accessiblerepositories, is not becoming as rapidly widespread across the life scienceresearch community as hoped or expected. I consider the sociological and cultural context of research and lay out why the community should instead move to data publishing with a focus on neuroscience data, and outline practical steps that can be taken to realize this goal.

Keywords: Data sharing; FAIR principles; data publishing.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: No competing interests were disclosed.

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