Mandated data archiving greatly improves access to research data

FASEB Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1304-1308

  Vines, Timothy H ^a,b   Andrew, Rose L ^a   Bock, Dan G ^a   Franklin, Michelle T ^a,c   Gilbert, Kimberly J ^a   Kane, Nolan C ^a,d   Moore, Jean Sébastien ^a   Moyers, Brook T ^a   Renaut, Sébastien ^a   Rennison, Diana J ^a   Veen, Thor ^a   Yeaman, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Department of Molecular Ecology ^*  (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Joint data archiving policy; Population genetics; Reproducibility; Science policy; Structure

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AUTHOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

ARCHIVES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; POLICY;

EID: 84875713751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.12-218164     Document Type: Review

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