ESF data sharing workshop

Clarke, Maxine ESF data sharing workshop., 2007 . In Berlin 5 Open Access: From practice to impact: Consequences of Knowledge dissemination, Padova (Italy), 19-21 September. (Unpublished) [Presentation]

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Data policy of scientific journals: the Nature perspective. An inherent principle of publication is that others should be able to replicate and build upon the authors' published claims. Therefore, a condition of publication in a Nature journal is that authors are required to make materials, data and associated protocols available in a publicly accessible database or, where one does not exist, to readers promptly on request. Any restrictions on the availability of materials or information must be disclosed at the time of submission of the manuscript, and the methods section of the manuscript itself should include details of how materials and information may be obtained, including any restrictions that may apply. One preferred form of disclosure is a link from the methods section to a copy of the relevant Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) form, which is hosted as Supplementary Information accompanying the paper on the journal's web site. Authors may charge a reasonable fee to cover the costs of producing and distributing materials. If materials are to be distributed by a for-profit company, this should be stated in the paper. The Nature journals recommend specific databases or repositories for the following types of data: mutant strains, cell lines, sequences, structures, 'omics' and microarrays. Any supporting data sets for which there is no public repository must be made available to peer-reviewers at submission and any interested reader on and after the publication date from the authors directly, the author providing a URL to be used in the paper on publication. Such material must be hosted on an accredited independent site (URL and accession numbers to be provided by the author), or sent to the Nature journal at submission, either uploaded via the journal's online submission service, or if the files are too large or in an unsuitable format for this purpose, on CD or DVD. Such material cannot solely be hosted on an author's personal or institutional web site. After publication, readers who encounter a persistent refusal by the authors to comply with these guidelines should contact the chief editor of the Nature journal concerned. In cases where editors are unable to resolve a complaint, the journal reserves the right to refer the correspondence to the author's funding institution and/or to publish a statement of formal correction, linked to the publication, that readers have been unable to obtain necessary materials or reagents to replicate the findings. Pre-submission discussion. Nature journals do not wish to hinder communication and discussion of data between scientists. Our guidelines for authors and potential authors in such circumstances are clear-cut in principle: communicate with other researchers as much as you wish, whether on a recognised community preprint server, by distribution of preprints, by discussion at scientific meetings, or online via a wiki or other collaborative website, but do not discuss preprints or submitted manuscripts with the media. This policy embodies a long-term view: that publication in a peer-reviewed journal is the appropriate culmination of any piece of original research, and an essential prerequisite for public discussion.

Item type:	Presentation
Keywords:	publicly accessible database, MTA form (Material Transfer Agreement)
Subjects:	I. Information treatment for information services > IF. Information transfer: protocols, formats, techniques. B. Information use and sociology of information > BG. Information dissemination and diffusion.
Depositing user:	Users 181 not found.
Date deposited:	11 Dec 2007
Last modified:	02 Oct 2014 12:10
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/10834

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