Archiving Primary Data: Solutions for Long-Term Studies

James A. Mills; Céline Teplitsky; Beatriz Arroyo; Anne Charmantier; Peter H. Becker; Tim R. Birkhead; Pierre Bize; Daniel T. Blumstein; Christophe Bonenfant; Stan Boutin; Andrey Bushuev; Emmanuelle Cam; Andrew Cockburn; Steeve D. Côté; John C. Coulson; Francis Daunt; Niels J. Dingemanse; Blandine Doligez; Hugh Drummond; Richard H.M. Espie; Marco Festa-Bianchet; Francesca Frentiu; John W. Fitzpatrick; Robert W. Furness; Dany Garant; Gilles Gauthier; Peter R. Grant; Michael Griesser; Lars Gustafsson; Bengt Hansson; Michael P. Harris; Frédéric Jiguet; Petter Kjellander; Erkki Korpimäki; Charles J. Krebs; Luc Lens; John D.C. Linnell; Matthew Low; Andrew McAdam; Antoni Margalida; Juha Merilä; Anders P. Møller; Shinichi Nakagawa; Jan Åke Nilsson; Ian C.T. Nisbet; Arie J. van Noordwijk; Daniel Oro; Tomas Pärt; Fanie Pelletier; Jaime Potti; Benoit Pujol; Denis Réale; Robert F. Rockwell; Yan Ropert-Coudert; Alexandre Roulin; James S. Sedinger; Jon E. Swenson; Christophe Thébaud; Marcel E. Visser; Sarah Wanless; David F. Westneat; Alastair J. Wilson; Andreas Zedrosser

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2015.07.006

Archiving Primary Data: Solutions for Long-Term Studies

James A. Mills^*, Céline Teplitsky, Beatriz Arroyo, Anne Charmantier, Peter H. Becker, Tim R. Birkhead, Pierre Bize, Daniel T. Blumstein, Christophe Bonenfant, Stan Boutin, Andrey Bushuev, Emmanuelle Cam, Andrew Cockburn, Steeve D. Côté, John C. Coulson, Francis Daunt, Niels J. Dingemanse, Blandine Doligez, Hugh Drummond, Richard H.M. EspieMarco Festa-Bianchet, Francesca Frentiu, John W. Fitzpatrick, Robert W. Furness, Dany Garant, Gilles Gauthier, Peter R. Grant, Michael Griesser, Lars Gustafsson, Bengt Hansson, Michael P. Harris, Frédéric Jiguet, Petter Kjellander, Erkki Korpimäki, Charles J. Krebs, Luc Lens, John D.C. Linnell, Matthew Low, Andrew McAdam, Antoni Margalida, Juha Merilä, Anders P. Møller, Shinichi Nakagawa, Jan Åke Nilsson, Ian C.T. Nisbet, Arie J. van Noordwijk, Daniel Oro, Tomas Pärt, Fanie Pelletier, Jaime Potti, Benoit Pujol, Denis Réale, Robert F. Rockwell, Yan Ropert-Coudert, Alexandre Roulin, James S. Sedinger, Jon E. Swenson, Christophe Thébaud, Marcel E. Visser, Sarah Wanless, David F. Westneat, Alastair J. Wilson, Andreas Zedrosser

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The recent trend for journals to require open access to primary data included in publications has been embraced by many biologists, but has caused apprehension amongst researchers engaged in long-term ecological and evolutionary studies. A worldwide survey of 73 principal investigators (Pls) with long-term studies revealed positive attitudes towards sharing data with the agreement or involvement of the PI, and 93% of PIs have historically shared data. Only 8% were in favor of uncontrolled, open access to primary data while 63% expressed serious concern. We present here their viewpoint on an issue that can have non-trivial scientific consequences. We discuss potential costs of public data archiving and provide possible solutions to meet the needs of journals and researchers. Public data archiving is the archiving of primary data used in publications so that they can be preserved and made accessible to all online. Public data archiving is increasingly required by journals. However, the costs of public data archiving might be underestimated, in particular with respect to long-term studies. Long-term studies have been responsible for the answers to many important questions in evolution and ecology which could only be answered through following the life-histories of individuals for decades. Several papers have been published in favor of public data archiving, but a more balanced viewpoint is necessary to allow a discussion to emerge on a code of ethics and ways to preserve and protect the data, encourage the initiation and continuation of long-term studies, and meet the requirements of the whole scientific community.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	581-589
Number of pages	9
Journal	Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Volume	30
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.07.006
Publication status	Published - Oct 2015

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Mills, J. A., Teplitsky, C., Arroyo, B., Charmantier, A., Becker, P. H., Birkhead, T. R., Bize, P., Blumstein, D. T., Bonenfant, C., Boutin, S., Bushuev, A., Cam, E., Cockburn, A., Côté, S. D., Coulson, J. C., Daunt, F., Dingemanse, N. J., Doligez, B., Drummond, H., ... Zedrosser, A. (2015). Archiving Primary Data: Solutions for Long-Term Studies. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 30(10), 581-589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.07.006

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