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Re:'I rarely get outside': scientists ditch fieldwork in the... by nick49488171 on Monday January 12, 2026 @07:15PM (#46595876)
It leads to hoarding data (or artifacts) within labs for exclusive analysis.
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Re:'I rarely get outside': scientists ditch fieldwork in the... by marcus_holmes on Monday January 12, 2026 @07:59PM (#46596164)
This. It's this broken publishing model we have at the moment that is the real problem.

You should be able to publish data as a paper and get academic credit for doing that. Then others can publish analyses of that data, crediting you.

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Re:'I rarely get outside': scientists ditch fieldwork in the... by tony_cannistra on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @01:12PM (#46605152)
To an extent there are incentive structures that support what you're describing, but the reality is that they just don't hold the same amount of value as "results-based" publishing does.
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