Sharing Detailed Research Data Is Associated with Increased Citation Rate

Citation: Heather A. Piwowar, Roger S. Day, Douglas B. Fridsma (2007/03/21) Sharing Detailed Research Data Is Associated with Increased Citation Rate. PLOS One (RSS)
DOI (original publisher): 10.1371/journal.pone.0000308
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Summary

Sharing research data provides benefit to the general scientific community, but the benefit is less obvious for the investigator who makes his or her data available.

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Details

• Statistically significant correlation between sharing data and greater citation count.
• 85 cancer microarray clinical trials from 1999 to 2003.
• Around half shared their data on the internet.
• Robust to choosing subsets of the data.
• The study does not claim to have shown causation, but they speculate it. Sharing data gives greater visibility.
• Major cost of sharing data is the author's time in formatting, documenting, and releasing the data.
• Sharing data could improve public trust in science.