IPN Student Lourdes has just published an article in Neuron.
Few smaller-scale projects release their data, however 鈥� possibly because they don't have to. A few journals require all data supporting published findings to be made available to the community, but by and large, data sharing is not incentivized. There is 鈥渘o strong impetus鈥� to do that bit of extra work, says Grayson.
The conventional academic model doesn't help. Researchers typically develop hypotheses and work on their own ideas independently of peers in their group. In such an environment, research does not drive people together 鈥� it pulls them apart, says Hongkui Zeng of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, Washington. 鈥淵ou need to distinguish yourself. To establish your identity in the field, you have to do something different from others.鈥�