{"title":"A response to Poisot et al.: Publishing your dataset is not always virtuous","authors":"A. Moles, J. Dickie, Habacuc Flores‐Moreno","doi":"10.4033/IEE.2013.6B.15.F","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Poisot et al. (2013) present an interesting paper that extols the benefits of researchers making their data publicly accessible. We absolutely agree that making your own primary data publically available is a virtuous, helpful, positive thing to do, and should be encouraged. However, we believe that Poisot et al. (2013) have overlooked two important factors: 1) the ethics of publishing data that were gathered by other people, and 2) the potential for enforced data release to actually slow our progress in science by removing incentives for scientists to undertake large data compilation efforts.","PeriodicalId":42755,"journal":{"name":"Ideas in Ecology and Evolution","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2013-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Ideas in Ecology and Evolution","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4033/IEE.2013.6B.15.F","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Poisot et al. (2013) present an interesting paper that extols the benefits of researchers making their data publicly accessible. We absolutely agree that making your own primary data publically available is a virtuous, helpful, positive thing to do, and should be encouraged. However, we believe that Poisot et al. (2013) have overlooked two important factors: 1) the ethics of publishing data that were gathered by other people, and 2) the potential for enforced data release to actually slow our progress in science by removing incentives for scientists to undertake large data compilation efforts.
Poisot et al.(2013)发表了一篇有趣的论文,赞扬了研究人员公开获取数据的好处。我们完全同意,公开你自己的原始数据是一件有益的、积极的事情,应该得到鼓励。然而,我们认为,Poisot et al.(2013)忽略了两个重要因素:1)发布由他人收集的数据的伦理问题;2)强制发布数据的可能性,通过消除对科学家进行大量数据汇编工作的激励,实际上会减缓我们在科学上的进步。