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Policies that mandate public data archiving (PDA) successfully increase accessibility to data underlying scientific publications. However, is the data quality sufficient to allow reuse and reanalysis? We surveyed 100 datasets associated with nonmolecular studies in journals that commonly publish ecological and evolutionary research and have a strong PDA policy. Out of these datasets, 56% were incomplete, and 64% were archived in a way that partially or entirely prevented reuse. We suggest that cultural shifts facilitating clearer benefits to authors are necessary to achieve high-quality PDA and highlight key guidelines to help authors increase their data’s reuse potential and compliance with journal data policies.
Subject:
Biology
Level:
Graduate / Professional
Material Type:
Reading
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Provider:
PLOS Biology
Date Added:
08/07/2020
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Language:
English
Media Format:
Text/HTML

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