2015 SSP 37th Annual Meeting
Concurrent 5E: Does data fit in the traditional publication? Shouldn’t it?
As funder mandates regarding open data become more common, publishers are beginning to offer new functionality to their authors. The journal is the first place academics turn to for dissemination of scholarly work, and the paper is still the currency of the research world. PLOS Senior Product Manager Jennifer Lin will talk about the pioneering stance taken by PLOS in early 2014 with their open data policy, which requires authors to make available the data underlying the findings in each paper. She will be joined by Mark Hahnel, CEO of figshare, which provides technology for publishers to help store and visualize data without adding weight to their existing journal infrastructure. The two will discuss best practice with regard to sharing data, new business models that different types of publishers are building around non-traditional research outputs, and potential future developments and innovation built on top of this emerging space.
Speakers
Twitter Handle: @MarkHahnel
Twitter Handle: @jenniferlin15