Workshop to Address Changing Practices Around the Publication of Biological Data, Washington, D.C., December, 2014

美国生物科学研究所(AIBS)将召开一次会议，以确定更多期刊可以鼓励共享研究数据的有效方法。AIBS成员学会代表了生物科学的广泛领域，包括有机学、比较生物学、生态学和进化生物学。目前，科学学会及其期刊采取了不同的方法来发布数据。通过制定协调一致的政策，学会及其期刊可以在确保向更多公众获取研究数据的平稳过渡方面发挥关键作用。主要利益相关者将与科学出版商、政府官员和生物学家齐聚一堂，讨论有助于改善公众获取的期刊政策的可能模式。AIBS还将包括对利用公开数据进行研究感兴趣的研究生，以及科学政策、传播和出版。2013年2月，科学和技术政策办公室(OSTP)提出了一份关于“增加联邦资助的科学研究成果的获取”的备忘录，该备忘录将为正在制定计划以改善公众对科学出版物和数据的获取的政府机构提供指导。在这方面，与会者将对数据管理做法的当前和预期变化以及期刊示范政策的基本要素的影响进行初步评估。这些问题包括：1)对已公布数据的归属和发表这些数据的研究人员将如何获得职业信誉的担忧；2)确保适当的质量控制和标准的应用(例如，应就物种名称征求哪些当局的意见？)3)确定出版的法律限制；4)考虑数据文件？描述数据集，但不提供分析；以及，5)以对其他人有用的方式发布主要研究数据可能涉及的时间和费用。讲习班将通过网络广播播出，供今后观看；将建立一个在线讨论论坛，以便公众发表意见。为了扩大讲习班的益处，将设立一个咨询工作组，以保持生物学期刊编辑、其读者和社会成员的认识和参与。

The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) will convene a meeting to identify productive ways in which more journals could encourage sharing of research data. AIBS member societies represent the breadth of the biological sciences, including organismal, comparative, ecological, and evolutionary biology. Currently, scientific societies and their journals have taken varied approaches to publication of data. By enacting coordinated policies, societies and their journals could play a key role in ensuring a smooth transition to greater public access to research data. Key stakeholders will gather with scientific publishers, government officials, and biologists to discuss possible models for journal policies that could help to improve public access. AIBS will also involve graduate students interested in conducting research with publicly available data, as well as science policy, communications, and publishing.In February, 2013, the Office of Science and Technology Policy(OSTP) put forth a memorandum on "Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research," which is serving as a guide for government agencies now developing plans to improve public access to scientific publications and data. In this context, participants will make preliminary assessments of the implications of current and expected changes in data management practices and essential elements of model policies for journals. Among the issues are 1) concerns about attribution of published data and about how professional credit will accrue to researchers who publish them; 2) ensuring adequate quality control and application of standards (for example, what authorities should be consulted on species names?); 3) the identification of legal constraints on publication; 4) The consideration of ?data papers? that describe a data set but do not offer analyses; and, 5) the time and expense that might be involved in publishing primary research data in a way that will be useful to others. The workshop will be broadcast by Webcast and available for future viewing; an online discussion forum will be established to enable public comment. To extend the benefits of the workshop, an advisory working group will be established to sustain awareness and engagement by the editors of the biological journals, their readers, and society members.