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Most neuroscientists have yet to embrace a culture of data sharing. Using our decade-long experience at NeuroMorpho.Org as an example, we discuss how publicly available repositories may benefit data producers and end-users alike. We outline practical recipes for resource developers to maximize the research impact of data sharing platforms for both contributors and users.
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We gratefully acknowledge grants R01NS039600 (NIH), R01NS086082 (NIH), and DBI-1546335 (NSF) to G.A.A.
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Ascoli, G., Maraver, P., Nanda, S. et al. Win–win data sharing in neuroscience. Nat Methods 14, 112–116 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.4152
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