The availability of research data declines rapidly with article age

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 94-97

  Vines, Timothy H ^a,b   Albert, Arianne Y K ^c   Andrew, Rose L ^a   Débarre, Florence ^a,d   Bock, Dan G ^a   Franklin, Michelle T ^a,e   Gilbert, Kimberly J ^a   Moore, Jean Sébastien ^a,f   Renaut, Sébastien ^a   Rennison, Diana J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Molecular Ecology Editorial Office   (Canada)

^c WOMEN S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; INTERNET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS; TIME;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; INTERNET; PUBLISHING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891833198     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.11.014     Document Type: Article

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