The tragedy of the biodiversity data commons: a data impediment creeping nigher?

ABSTRACT: Researchers are embracing the open access movement to facilitate unrestricted availability of scientific results. One sign of this willingness is the steady increase in data freely shared online, which has prompted a corresponding increase in the number of papers using such data. Publishing datasets is a time-consuming process that is often seen as a courtesy, rather than a necessary step in the research process. Making data accessible allows further research, provides basic information for decision-making and contributes to transparency in science. Nevertheless, the ease of access to heaps of data carries a perception of 'free lunch for all', and the work of data publishers is largely going unnoticed. Acknowledging such a significant effort involving the creation, management and publicati

SUBMITTER: Escribano N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5892138 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature