Amy Dockser Marcus writes in the  The Wall Street Journal (April 13, 2010) about the challenge of creating a cultural shift of collaborations and sharing of information amongst scientists.

Scientists worry that if they share data before publishing their findings, someone else might claim credit for a discovery they made. And even after they mine information for themselves, they frequently cling to the notion that more may be discovered, and so continue to hoard the data.

Many organizations and government institutions are finding that collaborations need to be managed throughout the whole process in order to make progress on research. Read the full article “My Data, Our Data, Your Data.”

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