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Reasons for Data Sharing

Data Sharing and Copyright 1. Introduction to Data Sharing Reasons for Data Sharing

The benefits of data sharing are extensive. Sharing data helps to:

handshake — Increase transparency and trust in their work

verification — Reproduce and validate their findings

question mark — Stimulate new hypotheses (Menchaca , 2019)

Encourages others to verify and cite research

smartphone, call, answer-3572807.jpg — Lead to new contacts from potential collaborators and funders

security — Provides a securely-stored, authoritative copy of the data (Share Your Research Data, 2021)

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