How do astronomers share data? reliability and persistence of datasets linked in AAS publications and a qualitative study of data practices among US astronomers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Pepe, Alberto ^a,b   Goodman, Alyssa ^a,b   Muench, August ^a   Crosas, Merce ^b   Erdmann, Christopher ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMER; ASTRONOMY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; OCCUPATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICS; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCIENTIST; UNITED STATES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROCEDURES;

ASTRONOMY; DATASETS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928135171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104798     Document Type: Article

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