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That was one particular dataset being requested. There are near infinite ways to characterize a material, and even the best lab is only going to have the time,

That was one particular dataset being requested. There are near infinite ways to characterize a material, and even the best lab is only going to have the time, resources, and expertise to collect and present some of them. I am not in the field, so I cannot comment on the specific relevance of the request, but in my area, there are absolutely some mandatory data inclusions which should block a paper from being published. Presumably this was not on that list.

strangattractor 3y ago
There are numerous ways to embargo data and make it available to reviewers before publication and to the public after publication. [1] This isn't a new idea. They simply did not do it. Nature is a "premier journal" known for publishing cutting edge research. Any data - in this case a bunch of numbers - used to support the conclusion should be made available. I am sure there are disciplines where the evidence would be difficult to provide directly - fossils, physical items etc. Maybe this PI did the experiment himself - thought he won a Noble - only to find he could not in fact reproduce the results after publication - oops. IMO Nature did not do its job. Just pointing that out. [1] https://plos.org/resource/how-to-store-and-manage-your-data/ https://plos.org/resource/how-to-store-and-manage-your-data/