Sharing Detailed Research Data Is Associated with Increased Citation Rate

Heather A. Piwowar; Roger S. Day; Douglas B. Fridsma

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000308

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Sharing Detailed Research Data Is Associated with Increased Citation Rate

Heather A. Piwowar ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: hpiwowar@cbmi.pitt.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Roger S. Day,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Douglas B. Fridsma

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Sharing Detailed Research Data Is Associated with Increased Citation Rate

Heather A. Piwowar,
Roger S. Day,
Douglas B. Fridsma

Published: March 21, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000308

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A useful paper that I think will be cited

Posted by hoeyj on 08 Aug 2007 at 15:05 GMT

Carefully done around a very interesting question - does posted data lead to higher rates of citation? A nuanced and careful discussion. Good references to other work in the field. A must read by those interested in open access and especially in the question of posting raw data on public sites.

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