"The case for sharing methods is, at least on the surface, easier to make than sharing data. A community can really benefit from having all those tips and tricks available. You put yours up and I’ll put mine up means everyone benefits. But if there is something that gives you a critical competitive advantage then how easy is that going to be to give up?"
Quoted: Science in the open - An openwetware blog on the challenges of open and connected science
"With the peer review process sometimes taking up to 5 years for a paper to see the light of day, some economists have started to wonder whether there is a more efficient way of doing things."
[tags: blogs, peer review, publishing]
Budapest Open Access Initiative -Guide to Institutional repository Software
[tags: institutional repository]
OECD Principles and Guidelines for Access to Research Data from Public Funding (2004)
[tags: open data, research data]
