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Where's the problem? If that $1 million came from public sources, then the data should have been shared from day one. If others use the data they should put the

• froindt 10y ago
  > Where's the problem? If that $1 million came from public sources, then the data should have been shared from day one. I'm not saying the data should never be shared. Often times you can contact the author of a particular study and they will provide anonymized data. Most of the time people don't ask, and to take the time to prepare data for public release would offer little to no benefit. I do believe there should be "first rights" to publish on data collected with funding from public sources. As for an exact policy by which it could be handled, I don't have one in mind. When you spend dozens of hours writing grant proposals only to have most of them turned down, it would be a sucky situation to have to make the data available for everyone before you have gotten a single paper out of it. > If others use the data they should put the originators on the data as coauthors on the resulting papers. It may vary by field, but generating the data alone is almost certainly not sufficient for co-authorship. [1] [1] http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-respon...
  • mafribe 10y ago
    generating the data alone Manus manum lavat.