Over 600 Springer Nature journals commit to new data sharing policies
More than 600 journals across Nature Research, Springer, BioMed Central and Palgrave Macmillan have committed to encouraging good practice in the sharing and archiving and citation of research data by adopting new Springer Nature research data policies. The text of the policies has today been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license so that they can be re-used by the wider research community.
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The policy types include:
– Type 1: Data sharing and data citation is encouraged
– Type 2: Data sharing and evidence of data sharing is encouraged
– Type 3: Data sharing encouraged and statements of data availability required
– Type 4: Data sharing, evidence of data sharing and peer review of data required
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