NRC Committee on Responsibilities of Authorship in the Biological Sciences
UPSIDE principles |
| In the committee's view, the principle has five corollary principles: |
| 1. Papers should include all data or algorithms needed to support their major claims. |
| 2. If this information cannot be included (e.g., data set is too large), authors should make it available to all researchers at no charge (e.g., online). |
| 3. By the time of publication, authors should deposit data in publicly accessible data respositories if these are in general use. |
| 4. Authors should identify which materials others might request and should state how to obtain those materials. |
| 5. Authors should make patented materials available under license. |
| UPSIDE recommendations |
| Building on these principles, Cech makes ten recommendations: |
| 1. Scientists should continue to contribute to framing database protection laws. |
| 2. Reviewers for journals should advise authors on the what and how of making materials available. |
| 3. Authors should not apply conditions to others' use of unpatented new materials (e.g., requiring collaboration). |
| 4. We should move toward one standard Material Transfer Agreement with a streamlined process. |
| 5. Researchers should receive their requested materials expeditiously (<60 days). |
| 6. Journals should have a clear policy on sharing data and materials, with a policy on authors' nonadherence to the policy. |
| 7. Research funding policy should include a material and data sharing policy for PIs. |
| 8. Researchers should report an author who delays despatch—first to the journal (>60 days), then to the authors' employer or funder (>90 days). |
| 9. Funders should pay PIs to cover costs of dissemination of data and materials. |
| 10. Researchers receiving data and materials should acknowledge this appropriately. |