Archiving primary data: solutions for long-term studies

Mills, James A.; Teplitsky, Céline; Arroyo, Beatriz; Charmantier, Anne; Becker, Peter H.; Birkhead, Tim R.; Bize, Pierre; Blumstein, Daniel T.; Bonenfant, Christophe; Boutin, Stan; Bushuev, Andrey; Cam, Emmanuelle; Cockburn, Andrew; Côté, Steeve D.; Coulson, John C.; Daunt, Francis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4638-3388; Dingemanse, Niels J.; Doligez, Blandine; Drummond, Hugh; Espie, Richard H.M.; Festa-Bianchet, Marco; Frentiu, Francesca; Fitzpatrick, John W.; Furness, Robert W.; Garant, Dany; Gauthier, Gilles; Grant, Peter R.; Griesser, Michael; Gustafsson, Lars; Hansson, Bengt; Harris, Michael P.; Jiguet, Frédéric; Kjellander, Petter; Korpimäki, Erkki; Krebs, Charles J.; Lens, Luc; Linnell, John D.C.; Low, Matthew; McAdam, Andrew; Margalida, Antoni; Merilä, Juha; Møller, Anders P.; Nakagawa, Shinichi; Nilsson, Jan-Åke; Nisbet, Ian C.T.; van Noordwijk, Arie J.; Oro, Daniel; Pärt, Tomas; Pelletier, Fanie; Potti, Jaime; Pujol, Benoit; Réale, Denis; Rockwell, Robert F.; Ropert-Coudert, Yan; Roulin, Alexandre; Sedinger, James S.; Swenson, Jon E.; Thébaud, Christophe; Visser, Marcel E.; Wanless, Sarah; Westneat, David F.; Wilson, Alastair J.; Zedrosser, Andreas. 2015 Archiving primary data: solutions for long-term studies. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 30 (10). 581-589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.07.006

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.07.006

Abstract/Summary

The recent trend for journals to require open access to primary data included in publications has been embraced by many biologists, but has caused apprehension amongst researchers engaged in long-term ecological and evolutionary studies. A worldwide survey of 73 principal investigators (Pls) with long-term studies revealed positive attitudes towards sharing data with the agreement or involvement of the PI, and 93% of PIs have historically shared data. Only 8% were in favor of uncontrolled, open access to primary data while 63% expressed serious concern. We present here their viewpoint on an issue that can have non-trivial scientific consequences. We discuss potential costs of public data archiving and provide possible solutions to meet the needs of journals and researchers.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.07.006
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	UKCEH Fellows Watt
ISSN:	0169-5347
Additional Keywords:	public data archiving, long term studies
NORA Subject Terms:	Data and Information
Date made live:	22 Jan 2016 11:10 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/512555

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.07.006

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

UKCEH Fellows
Watt

ISSN:

0169-5347

Additional Keywords:

public data archiving, long term studies

NORA Subject Terms:

Data and Information