Cargando…

Motivating data contributions via a distinct career currency

If collecting research data is perceived as poorly rewarded compared to data synthesis and analysis, this can slow overall research progress via two effects. People who have already collected data may be slow to make it openly accessible. Also, researchers may reallocate effort from collecting fresh...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Westoby, Mark, Falster, Daniel S., Schrader, Julian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7935020/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33653143
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2830
_version_ 1783660928061931520
author Westoby, Mark
Falster, Daniel S.
Schrader, Julian
author_facet Westoby, Mark
Falster, Daniel S.
Schrader, Julian
author_sort Westoby, Mark
collection PubMed
description If collecting research data is perceived as poorly rewarded compared to data synthesis and analysis, this can slow overall research progress via two effects. People who have already collected data may be slow to make it openly accessible. Also, researchers may reallocate effort from collecting fresh data to synthesizing and analysing data already accessible. Here, we advocate for a second career currency in the form of data contributions statements embedded within applications for jobs, promotions and research grants. This workable step forward would provide for peer opinion to operate across thousands of selection and promotion committees and granting panels. In this way, fair valuation of data contributions relative to publications could emerge.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7935020
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher The Royal Society
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-79350202021-09-13 Motivating data contributions via a distinct career currency Westoby, Mark Falster, Daniel S. Schrader, Julian Proc Biol Sci Biological Science Practices If collecting research data is perceived as poorly rewarded compared to data synthesis and analysis, this can slow overall research progress via two effects. People who have already collected data may be slow to make it openly accessible. Also, researchers may reallocate effort from collecting fresh data to synthesizing and analysing data already accessible. Here, we advocate for a second career currency in the form of data contributions statements embedded within applications for jobs, promotions and research grants. This workable step forward would provide for peer opinion to operate across thousands of selection and promotion committees and granting panels. In this way, fair valuation of data contributions relative to publications could emerge. The Royal Society 2021-03-10 2021-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7935020/ /pubmed/33653143 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2830 Text en © 2021 The Authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Biological Science Practices
Westoby, Mark
Falster, Daniel S.
Schrader, Julian
Motivating data contributions via a distinct career currency
title Motivating data contributions via a distinct career currency
title_full Motivating data contributions via a distinct career currency
title_fullStr Motivating data contributions via a distinct career currency
title_full_unstemmed Motivating data contributions via a distinct career currency
title_short Motivating data contributions via a distinct career currency
title_sort motivating data contributions via a distinct career currency
topic Biological Science Practices
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7935020/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33653143
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2830
work_keys_str_mv AT westobymark motivatingdatacontributionsviaadistinctcareercurrency
AT falsterdaniels motivatingdatacontributionsviaadistinctcareercurrency
AT schraderjulian motivatingdatacontributionsviaadistinctcareercurrency