Sharing biological data: why, when, and how

[摘要] Data sharing is an essential element of the scientificmethod, imperative to ensure transparency and reproducibility. Researchers often reuse shared data formeta-analyses or to accompany new data. Differentareas of research collect fundamentally different typesof data, such as tabular data, sequence data, andimage data. These types of data differ greatly in sizeand require different approaches for sharing. Here, weoutline good practices to make your biological datapublicly accessible and usable, generally and for several specific kinds of data.