Data Withholding in Academic Genetics
Top Cited Papers
Open Access
- 23 January 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 287 (4) , 473-480
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.287.4.473
Abstract
Without the free exchange of published scientific information and resources, researchers may unknowingly build on something less than the total accumulation of scientific knowledge or work on problems already solved.1 However, a number of instances of data withholding (defining data to include the full range of research results, techniques, and materials useful in future investigations and withholding as the failure to share such published data) have been reported.2-7 A 1994-1995 survey of academic life scientists found that 34% of respondents were denied research results requested from a fellow university scientist in the previous 3 years, and 8.9% said they had denied a request from another university scientist for access to research results.8Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Implications of the Human Genome Project for Medical ScienceJAMA, 2001
- Participation of Life-Science Faculty in Research Relationships with IndustryNew England Journal of Medicine, 1996