Het uitwisselen van onderzoeksgegevens: belangen en barrières

Abstract

Data sharing: interests, impediments and restrictions. The sharing of data is of increasing importance. Data sharing platforms are currently built, aiming to make data more findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable. These platforms are, however, unable to address non-technical factors that may influence data sharing. Various factors, such as the desire to avoid reputational damage, ensuring a correct interpretation of data, loss of control, short-term grant cycles, the opportunity costs of data sharing, faulty recognition systems that do not reward the production of high-quality data itself, ethical and legal restrictions, can constitute impediments for data sharing. The role that platforms fulfill, will depend on the common vision on the fundamental rules surrounding data sharing and scientific competition. If a system of collective ownership is pursued, including guaranteed access to data under specific circumstances, an appropriate science policy should undergird data sharing platforms.