This document discusses the advantages of scientific data publication and open sharing, as well as perceptions and barriers around data publishing. It notes that while 90% of scientists think data should be freely shared, only 10% actually do so. Common reasons for not publishing data include concerns about privacy, competition, effort required, and retaining exclusive rights. The document then introduces some data publication tools and frameworks to help standardize, upload, publish, and incentivize high-quality data sharing, including the Integrated Publishing Toolkit, AntaBIF, data papers, and scholarly credit and citation for data publishers.

1. Rewarding data
publication:
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Anton Van de Putte
Royal Belgian Institute For Natural Sciences
SCAR-Marbin / AntaBIF
SCAR OSC
18 July 2012

2. « In order to promote international cooperation in
scientific investigation in Antarctica, […]
, the Contracting Parties agree that, to the greatest
extent feasible and practicable:
[…]Scientific observations and results from
Antarctica shall be exchanged and made freely
available. »
Antarctic Treaty

3. What? share my precious data?

4. Advantages of data
publication
• when data is available, (re-)collection of data is minimized; thus,
use of resources is optimized
• well-managed, long-term preservation helps retain data integrity
• re-analysis of data helps verify results data, which is a key part of
the scientific process
• different interpretations or approaches to existing data
contribute to scientific progress –especially in an interdisciplinary
setting;
• data availability provides safeguards against misconduct related to
data fabrication and falsification
Tenopir C, Allard S, Douglass K, Aydinoglu AU, Wu L, et al. (2011)
Data Sharing by Scientists: Practices and Perceptions. PLoS ONE
6(6): e21101. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021101

5. Perception on data
publishing
• What scientists think other scientists should do
• 90% scientists should freely share data with other
scientists after publication
• 30.5% scientists should share data and materials before
publication
• What scientists actually do:
• Only 10% actually shares their data from published
papers
Tenopir C, Allard S, Douglass K, Aydinoglu AU, Wu L, et al. (2011) Data
Sharing by Scientists: Practices and Perceptions. PLoS ONE 6(6): e21101.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021101 AND REFERENCES HERE-IN

6. Reasons for not
publishing data
• concerns about patient privacy/endangered
species
• concerns about future publishing
opportunities
• desire to retain exclusive rights to data that
had taken many years to produce
• the amount of effort involved in accessing
and sharing datasets
Tenopir C, Allard S, Douglass K, Aydinoglu AU, Wu L, et al. (2011) Data
Sharing by Scientists: Practices and Perceptions. PLoS ONE 6(6): e21101.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021101 AND REFERENCES HERE-IN

7. Data publication tools
• Avoid multiplying effort
• Give a concrete reward
• Ensure proper citation

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9. Your data Data flow
DwC-A IPT ANTABIF
standardize upload publish
Your
metadata publish
Peer Review
Published Paper Data Paper

10. Reward data publishing
Metadata document Data Paper
• Benefits of the Data Paper
–Scholarly credit to Data Publishers
–Describe the data in structured human readable form
–Bring the existence of the data to the attention of the scholarly
community

11. One of many: Zookeys
Impact Factor

12. Learn More….

13. Data Paper

14. Data Paper: Incentivising Data Discovery

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