Research Analysis & Policy

Open Data

Published May 24, 2018 Curated Collections

In the spirit of Open Con and highlighting the state of Open Data, PLOS is proud to release our Open Data Collection. In collaboration with our external advisor, Melissa Haendel, we have selected articles published in PLOS journals, with the aim to highlight the broad scope of research articles, guidelines, and commentaries about data sharing, data practices, and data policies from different research fields.

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Introducing the PLOS Open Data Collection
Data sharing in a modern world
Open Data Articles

Introducing the PLOS Open Data Collection

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PLOS Collections Blog Introducing the PLOS Open Data Collection
November 10, 2016 Daniella Lowenberg, Amy Ross, Emma Ganley

Open Data Articles

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10.1371/journal.pntd.0005781

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Systematic review of clinical trials assessing the therapeutic efficacy of visceral leishmaniasis treatments: A first step to assess the feasibility of establishing an individual patient data sharing platform
September 5, 2017 Jacob T. Bush, Monique Wasunna, Fabiana Alves, Jorge Alvar, Piero L. Olliaro, Michael Otieno, Carol Hopkins Sibley, Nathalie Strub Wourgaft, Philippe J. Guerin
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10.1371/journal.pbio.2001414

PLOS Biology Identifiers for the 21st century: How to design, provision, and reuse persistent identifiers to maximize utility and impact of life science data
June 29, 2017 Julie A. McMurry, Nick Juty, Niklas Blomberg, Tony Burdett, Tom Conlin, Nathalie Conte, Mélanie Courtot, John Deck, Michel Dumontier, Donal K. Fellows, Alejandra Gonzalez-Beltran, Philipp Gormanns, Jeffrey Grethe, Janna Hastings, Jean-Karim Hériché, Henning Hermjakob, Jon C. Ison, Rafael C. Jimenez, Simon Jupp, John Kunze, Camille Laibe, Nicolas Le Novère, James Malone, Maria Jesus Martin, Johanna R. McEntyre, Chris Morris, Juha Muilu, Wolfgang Müller, Philippe Rocca-Serra, Susanna-Assunta Sansone, Murat Sariyar, Jacky L. Snoep, Stian Soiland-Reyes, Natalie J. Stanford, Neil Swainston, Nicole Washington, Alan R. Williams, Sarala M. Wimalaratne, Lilly M. Winfree, Katherine Wolstencroft, Carole Goble, Christopher J. Mungall, Melissa A. Haendel, Helen Parkinson
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10.1371/journal.pbio.2002477

PLOS Biology Wide-Open: Accelerating public data release by automating detection of overdue datasets
June 8, 2017 Maxim Grechkin, Hoifung Poon, Bill Howe
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10.1371/journal.pmed.1002315

PLOS Medicine Data Sharing Statements for Clinical Trials: A Requirement of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
June 5, 2017 Darren B. Taichman, Peush Sahni, Anja Pinborg, Christine Laine, Astrid James, Sung-Tae Hong, Abraham Haileamlak, Laragh Gollogly, Fiona Godlee, Frank A. Frizelle, Fernando Florenzano, Jeffrey M. Drazen, Howard Bauchner, Christopher Baethge, Joyce Backus, Larry Peiperl
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PLOS ONE Research data management in academic institutions: A scoping review
May 23, 2017 Laure Perrier, Erik Blondal, A. Patricia Ayala, Dylanne Dearborn, Tim Kenny, David Lightfoot, Roger Reka, Mindy Thuna, Leanne Trimble, Heather MacDonald
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PLOS Medicine Data sharing in clinical trials: An experience with two large cancer screening trials
May 23, 2017 Claire S. Zhu, Paul F. Pinsky, James E. Moler, Andrew Kukwa, Jerome Mabie, Joshua M. Rathmell, Tom Riley, Philip C. Prorok, Christine D. Berg
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10.1371/journal.pone.0177158

PLOS ONE Open sharing of genomic data: Who does it and why?
May 9, 2017 Tobias Haeusermann, Bastian Greshake, Alessandro Blasimme, Darja Irdam, Martin Richards, Effy Vayena
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PLOS Computational Biology Ten simple rules for responsible big data research
March 30, 2017 Matthew Zook, Solon Barocas, danah boyd, Kate Crawford, Emily Keller, Seeta Peña Gangadharan, Alyssa Goodman, Rachelle Hollander, Barbara A. Koenig, Jacob Metcalf, Arvind Narayanan, Alondra Nelson, Frank Pasquale
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10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005278

PLOS Computational Biology Ten Simple Rules to Enable Multi-site Collaborations through Data Sharing
January 19, 2017 Mary Regina Boland, Konrad J. Karczewski, Nicholas P. Tatonetti
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PLOS Biology Accelerating Translational Research through Open Science: The Neuro Experiment
December 7, 2016 E. Richard Gold
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10.1371/journal.pbio.2000206

PLOS Biology Beyond Our Borders? Public Resistance to Global Genomic Data Sharing
November 2, 2016 Mary A. Majumder, Robert Cook-Deegan, Amy L. McGuire
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10.1371/journal.pone.0165395

PLOS ONE TCGA Expedition: A Data Acquisition and Management System for TCGA Data
October 27, 2016 Uma R. Chandran, Olga P. Medvedeva, M. Michael Barmada, Philip D. Blood, Anish Chakka, Soumya Luthra, Antonio Ferreira, Kim F. Wong, Adrian V. Lee, Zhihui Zhang, Robert Budden, J. Ray Scott, Annerose Berndt, Jeremy M. Berg, Rebecca S. Jacobson
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PLOS Medicine Make Data Sharing Routine to Prepare for Public Health Emergencies
August 16, 2016 Jean-Paul Chretien, Caitlin M. Rivers, Michael A. Johansson
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PLOS Computational Biology The Virtuous Cycle of a Data Ecosystem
August 4, 2016 Bradley Voytek
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10.1371/journal.ppat.1005763

PLOS Pathogens Open Source Drug Discovery with the Malaria Box Compound Collection for Neglected Diseases and Beyond
July 28, 2016 Wesley C. Van Voorhis, John H. Adams, Roberto Adelfio, Vida Ahyong, Myles H. Akabas, Pietro Alano, Aintzane Alday, Yesmalie Alemán Resto, Aishah Alsibaee, Ainhoa Alzualde, Katherine T. Andrews, Simon V. Avery, Vicky M. Avery, Lawrence Ayong, Mark Baker, Stephen Baker, Choukri Ben Mamoun, Sangeeta Bhatia, Quentin Bickle, Lotfi Bounaadja, Tana Bowling, Jürgen Bosch, Lauren E. Boucher, Fabrice F. Boyom, Jose Brea, Marian Brennan, Audrey Burton, Conor R. Caffrey, Grazia Camarda, Manuela Carrasquilla, Dee Carter, Maria Belen Cassera, Ken Chih-Chien Cheng, Worathad Chindaudomsate, Anthony Chubb, Beatrice L. Colon, Daisy D. Colón-López, Yolanda Corbett, Gregory J. Crowther, Noemi Cowan, Sarah D’Alessandro, Na Le Dang, Michael Delves, Joseph L. DeRisi, Alan Y. Du, Sandra Duffy, Shimaa Abd El-Salam El-Sayed, Michael T. Ferdig, José A. Fernández Robledo, David A. Fidock, Isabelle Florent, Patrick V. T. Fokou, Ani Galstian, Francisco Javier Gamo, Suzanne Gokool, Ben Gold, Todd Golub, Gregory M. Goldgof, Rajarshi Guha, W. Armand Guiguemde, Nil Gural, R. Kiplin Guy, Michael A. E. Hansen, Kirsten K. Hanson, Andrew Hemphill, Rob Hooft van Huijsduijnen, Takaaki Horii, Paul Horrocks, Tyler B. Hughes, Christopher Huston, Ikuo Igarashi, Katrin Ingram-Sieber, Maurice A. Itoe, Ajit Jadhav, Amornrat Naranuntarat Jensen, Laran T. Jensen, Rays H. Y. Jiang, Annette Kaiser, Jennifer Keiser, Thomas Ketas, Sebastien Kicka, Sunyoung Kim, Kiaran Kirk, Vidya P. Kumar, Dennis E. Kyle, Maria Jose Lafuente, Scott Landfear, Nathan Lee, Sukjun Lee, Adele M. Lehane, Fengwu Li, David Little, Liqiong Liu, Manuel Llinás, Maria I. Loza, Aristea Lubar, Leonardo Lucantoni, Isabelle Lucet, Louis Maes, Dalu Mancama, Nuha R. Mansour, Sandra March, Sheena McGowan, Iset Medina Vera, Stephan Meister, Luke Mercer, Jordi Mestres, Alvine N. Mfopa, Raj N. Misra, Seunghyun Moon, John P. Moore, Francielly Morais Rodrigues da Costa, Joachim Müller, Arantza Muriana, Stephen Nakazawa Hewitt, Bakela Nare, Carl Nathan, Nathalie Narraidoo, Sujeevi Nawaratna, Kayode K. Ojo, Diana Ortiz, Gordana Panic, George Papadatos, Silvia Parapini, Kailash Patra, Ngoc Pham, Sarah Prats, David M. Plouffe, Sally-Ann Poulsen, Anupam Pradhan, Celia Quevedo, Ronald J. Quinn, Christopher A. Rice, Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Andrea Ruecker, Robert St. Onge, Rafaela Salgado Ferreira, Jasmeet Samra, Natalie G. Robinett, Ulrich Schlecht, Marjorie Schmitt, Filipe Silva Villela, Francesco Silvestrini, Robert Sinden, Dennis A. Smith, Thierry Soldati, Andreas Spitzmüller, Serge Maximilian Stamm, David J. Sullivan, William Sullivan, Sundari Suresh, Brian M. Suzuki, Yo Suzuki, S. Joshua Swamidass, Donatella Taramelli, Lauve R. Y. Tchokouaha, Anjo Theron, David Thomas, Kathryn F. Tonissen, Simon Townson, Abhai K. Tripathi, Valentin Trofimov, Kenneth O. Udenze, Imran Ullah, Cindy Vallieres, Edgar Vigil, Joseph M. Vinetz, Phat Voong Vinh, Hoan Vu, Nao-aki Watanabe, Kate Weatherby, Pamela M. White, Andrew F. Wilks, Elizabeth A. Winzeler, Edward Wojcik, Melanie Wree, Wesley Wu, Naoaki Yokoyama, Paul H. A. Zollo, Nada Abla, Benjamin Blasco, Jeremy Burrows, Benoît Laleu, Didier Leroy, Thomas Spangenberg, Timothy Wells, Paul A. Willis
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10.1371/journal.pbio.1002506

PLOS Biology A Practical Guide for Improving Transparency and Reproducibility in Neuroimaging Research
July 7, 2016 Krzysztof J. Gorgolewski, Russell A. Poldrack
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PLOS ONE Water, Water, Everywhere: Defining and Assessing Data Sharing in Academia
February 17, 2016 Steven Van Tuyl, Amanda L. Whitmire
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PLOS Medicine Can Data Sharing Become the Path of Least Resistance?
January 26, 2016 The PLOS Medicine Editors
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10.1371/journal.pmed.1001946

PLOS Medicine Sharing Individual Participant Data (IPD) within the Context of the Trial Reporting System (TRS)
January 19, 2016 Deborah A. Zarin, Tony Tse
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10.1371/journal.pmed.1001935

PLOS Medicine Developing Global Norms for Sharing Data and Results during Public Health Emergencies
January 5, 2016 Kayvon Modjarrad, Vasee S. Moorthy, Piers Millett, Pierre-Stéphane Gsell, Cathy Roth, Marie-Paule Kieny
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10.1371/journal.pbio.1002295

PLOS Biology Public Data Archiving in Ecology and Evolution: How Well Are We Doing?
November 10, 2015 Dominique G. Roche, Loeske E. B. Kruuk, Robert Lanfear, Sandra A. Binning
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10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004525

PLOS Computational Biology Ten Simple Rules for Creating a Good Data Management Plan
October 22, 2015 William K. Michener
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PLOS Biology Sharing Research Data and Intellectual Property Law: A Primer
August 27, 2015 Michael W. Carroll
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PLOS ONE Biomedical Data Sharing and Reuse: Attitudes and Practices of Clinical and Scientific Research Staff
June 24, 2015 Lisa M. Federer, Ya-Ling Lu, Douglas J. Joubert, Judith Welsh, Barbara Brandys
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10.1371/journal.pbio.1002128

PLOS Biology Beyond Bar and Line Graphs: Time for a New Data Presentation Paradigm
April 22, 2015 Tracey L. Weissgerber, Natasa M. Milic, Stacey J. Winham, Vesna D. Garovic
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10.1371/journal.pone.0121409

PLOS ONE When Data Sharing Gets Close to 100%: What Human Paleogenetics Can Teach the Open Science Movement
March 23, 2015 Paolo Anagnostou, Marco Capocasa, Nicola Milia, Emanuele Sanna, Cinzia Battaggia, Daniela Luzi, Giovanni Destro Bisol
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10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003904

PLOS Computational Biology Ethical Challenges of Big Data in Public Health
February 9, 2015 Effy Vayena, Marcel Salathé, Lawrence Madoff, John Brownstein
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PLOS Biology Recommendations for the Role of Publishers in Access to Data
October 28, 2014 Jennifer Lin, Carly Strasser
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PLOS ONE The Dawn of Open Access to Phylogenetic Data
October 24, 2014 Andrew F. Magee, Michael R. May, Brian R. Moore
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PLOS ONE How Do Astronomers Share Data? Reliability and Persistence of Datasets Linked in AAS Publications and a Qualitative Study of Data Practices among US Astronomers
August 28, 2014 Alberto Pepe, Alyssa Goodman, August Muench, Merce Crosas, Christopher Erdmann
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10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003542

PLOS Computational Biology Ten Simple Rules for the Care and Feeding of Scientific Data
April 24, 2014 Alyssa Goodman, Alexander W. Blocker, Christine L. Borgman, Kyle Cranmer, Merce Crosas, Rosanne Di Stefano, Yolanda Gil, Paul Groth, Margaret Hedstrom, David W. Hogg, Vinay Kashyap, Ashish Mahabal, Aneta Siemiginowska, Aleksandra Slavkovic, Alberto Pepe
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PLOS Biology Data Access for the Open Access Literature: PLOS’s Data Policy
February 25, 2014 Theodora Bloom, Emma Ganley, Margaret Winker
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10.1371/journal.pone.0078080

PLOS ONE Making Research Data Repositories Visible: The re3data.org Registry
November 4, 2013 Heinz Pampel, Paul Vierkant, Frank Scholze, Roland Bertelmann, Maxi Kindling, Jens Klump, Hans-Jürgen Goebelbecker, Jens Gundlach, Peter Schirmbacher, Uwe Dierolf
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10.1371/journal.pone.0067111

PLOS ONE Toward Reproducible Computational Research: An Empirical Analysis of Data and Code Policy Adoption by Journals
June 21, 2013 Victoria Stodden, Peixuan Guo, Zhaokun Ma
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PLOS Medicine Research Conducted Using Data Obtained through Online Communities: Ethical Implications of Methodological Limitations
October 23, 2012 A. Cecile J. W. Janssens, Peter Kraft
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PLOS Medicine The Imperative to Share Clinical Study Reports: Recommendations from the Tamiflu Experience
April 10, 2012 Peter Doshi, Tom Jefferson, Chris Del Mar
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0001404

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Toward an Open-Access Global Database for Mapping, Control, and Surveillance of Neglected Tropical Diseases
December 13, 2011 Eveline Hürlimann, Nadine Schur, Konstantina Boutsika, Anna-Sofie Stensgaard, Maiti Laserna de Himpsl, Kathrin Ziegelbauer, Nassor Laizer, Lukas Camenzind, Aurelio Di Pasquale, Uwem F. Ekpo, Christopher Simoonga, Gabriel Mushinge, Christopher F. L. Saarnak, Jürg Utzinger, Thomas K. Kristensen, Penelope Vounatsou
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10.1371/journal.pone.0026828

PLOS ONE Willingness to Share Research Data Is Related to the Strength of the Evidence and the Quality of Reporting of Statistical Results
November 2, 2011 Jelte M. Wicherts, Marjan Bakker, Dylan Molenaar
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10.1371/journal.pone.0021101

PLOS ONE Data Sharing by Scientists: Practices and Perceptions
June 29, 2011 Carol Tenopir, Suzie Allard, Kimberly Douglass, Arsev Umur Aydinoglu, Lei Wu, Eleanor Read, Maribeth Manoff, Mike Frame
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10.1371/journal.pone.0000308

PLOS ONE Sharing Detailed Research Data Is Associated with Increased Citation Rate
March 21, 2007 Heather A. Piwowar, Roger S. Day, Douglas B. Fridsma