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Scientists hide results for fear of being beaten to publication. If journals and funders guaranteed that a preprinted finding cannot be scooped, and encouraged rival groups to publish side by side, sharing would become safe.
Journals in the cancer field adopt explicit scoop-protection policies (a preprint or registered report establishes priority and a competing paper appearing during review does not affect acceptance, as PLOS and eLife have done) and funders count preprints as outputs. Add a co-publication mechanism in which groups working on the same question are matched and encouraged to publish back-to-back with cross-replication, which the field treats as a strength. Secrecy delays diffusion and, by preventing early cross-checking, contributes to irreproducible claims reaching translation.
Shares Promote academics for trials completed, data shared and findings replicated, Secrecy and intellectual property block collaboration, Preclinical results do not reproduce.
Shares Funder bonuses for releasing results and data within six months, negatives included, Promote academics for trials completed, data shared and findings replicated.
Shares Evaluation of Data Sharing After Implementation of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors Data Sharing Statement Requirement, Secrecy and intellectual property block collaboration.
Shares Secrecy and intellectual property block collaboration, Preclinical results do not reproduce.
Shares Preclinical results do not reproduce, Knowledge reaches practice too slowly.
Shares Secrecy and intellectual property block collaboration, Preclinical results do not reproduce.
Shares Evaluation of Data Sharing After Implementation of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors Data Sharing Statement Requirement, Secrecy and intellectual property block collaboration.
Shares Preclinical results do not reproduce, Knowledge reaches practice too slowly.