Heather Piwowar
Identifying Data Sharing in Biomedical Literature
Many policies and projects now encourage investigators to share their raw research data with other scientists. Unfortunately, it is difficult to measure the effectiveness of these initiatives becau...
Received 04 August 2008 18:59 GMT; Posted 04 August 2008
Posted to: Bioinformatics
Envisioning a data reuse registry
Repurposing research data holds many benefits for the advancement of biomedicine, yet is very difficult to measure and evaluate. We propose a data reuse registry to maintain links between primary r...
Received 04 August 2008 02:49 GMT; Posted 04 August 2008
Posted to: Bioinformatics
A review of journal policies for sharing research data
Background: Sharing data is a tenet of science, yet commonplace in only a few subdisciplines. Recognizing that a data sharing culture is unlikely to be achieved without policy guidance, some fund...
Received 20 March 2008 16:05 GMT; Posted 20 March 2008
Posted to: Bioinformatics
Prevalence and Patterns of Microarray Data Sharing
Sharing research data is a cornerstone of science. Although many tools and policies exist to encourage data sharing, the prevalence with which datasets are shared is not well understood. We report ...
Received 20 March 2008 16:21 GMT; Posted 20 March 2008
Posted to: Bioinformatics
Examining the uses of shared data
Does your research area re-use shared datasets?* Re-using data has many benefits, including research synergy and efficient resource use* Some research areas have tools, communities, and practic...
Received 18 July 2007 15:15 GMT; Posted 18 July 2007
Posted to: Bioinformatics