A response to Rome: lessons from pre- and post-publication data-sharing in the C. elegans research community.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent years numerous studies have undertaken to measure the impact of patents, material transfer agreements, data-withholding and commercialization pressures on biomedical researchers. Of particular concern is the theory that such pressures may have negative effects on academic and other upstream researchers. In response to these concerns, commentators in some research communities have called for an increased level of access to, and sharing of, data and research materials. We have been studying how data and materials are shared in the community of researchers who use the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) as a model organism for biological research. Specifically, we conducted a textual analysis of academic articles referencing C. elegans, reviewed C. elegan

SUBMITTER: Voell MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3019234 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature