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Nature 404, 6 (2 March 2000) | doi:10.1038/35003717

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Young, worldly and unhelpful all miss out on data sharing

Rex Dalton

Researchers who refuse to share data may provoke others to withhold results from them, according to a study by health-policy analysts at Harvard Medical School.The study found that young researchers, those who publish a lot, and investigators seeking patents are most likely to be denied access to biomedical data and reagents.