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Sharing data is a good thing. But we need to consider the costs.
A member of the board of directors of the Center for Scientific Integrity warns that data sharing may have unintended consequences in addition to the high costs involved.
"There is no question that if more medical data were public, we could make faster progress." @ylecun #opendata #AI #WHFrontiers
A brief Twitter discussion of medical data openness vs. patient privacy.
CODING ERRORS CAN BE AVOIDED
The author describes how coding errors can be avoided by cross-checking the code with the same data before publication and publishing the original data.
Is withholding your data simply bad science, or should it fall under scientific misconduct?
The author argues that withholding data violates professional standards in research, and therefore could be considered scientific misconduct.
Sharing data during Zika and other global health emergencies
A statement by Wellcome Trust calling for the openness and sharing of research data pertaining to the Zika virus outbreak.
Working towards paleoclimate democracy, but we need people to engage. My idea: let's have a rating system for datasets. #5starwannabe
A somewhat serious discussion of ways to encourage adoption of data standards.
Cultural data and international data charter: suggestions from #libraries #museums and @OpenGLAM sector + #datacuration skills at #IODC16
A tweet sharing a photograph from the International Open Data Conference 2016, depicting suggestions from libraries and museums regarding cultural data and the International Data Charter.
Why It Took Social Science Years to Correct a Simple Error About ‘Psychoticism’
After noticing a possible error in a scientific study, a researcher repeatedly requests access to the study's original supporting data without success.
Richard Smith: QMUL and King’s college should release data from the PACE trial
The author argues for the release of the data from the controversial PACE trial, which concerns treatments of chronic fatigue syndrome and their effectiveness.
Open data, authorship, and the early career scientist
Discussion of authorship concerns when publishing open data, and how this affects early career scientists.