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Activity Number: 299
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Consulting
Abstract - #303127
Title: Data Sharing from the Viewpoint of a Scholarly Journal
Author(s): Katrina Kelner*+
Companies: AAAS
Address: 1200 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20005,
Keywords: Data sharing ; databases ; publication ; data availability ; journal ; supplementary materials
Abstract:

When publishing a scholarly paper, journals take on the responsibility of hosting and disseminating the data underlying the conclusions. Science Magazine has had a evolving policy on this score. Data can be housed in the main text of the paper itself, in the supplementary online material, in public repositories, or in rare cases on the author's web site. Ambiguities remain in implementation and enforcement of the journal's policies. These include uncertainties in defining what are actually data, difficulties in determining the optimal digital presentation forma, and potential violations of the law in sharing some data. Obstacles to seamless data sharing will be discussed. The traditional print-based scientific paper is no longer the optimal format for presenting peer-reviewed scientific results.

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