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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...
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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 |
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author | Westoby, Mark Falster, Daniel S. Schrader, Julian |
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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. |
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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 |
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