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Data Sharing By Scientists: Practices And Perceptions, Carol Tenopir, Suzie Allard, Kimberly L. Douglass, Arsev Umur Aydinoglu, Lei Wu, Eleanor Read, Maribeth Manoff, Mike Frame Jun 2011

Data Sharing By Scientists: Practices And Perceptions, Carol Tenopir, Suzie Allard, Kimberly L. Douglass, Arsev Umur Aydinoglu, Lei Wu, Eleanor Read, Maribeth Manoff, Mike Frame

Kimberly L Douglass

Background: Scientific research in the 21st century is more data intensive and collaborative than in the past. It is important to study the data practices of researchers – data accessibility, discovery, re-use, preservation and, particularly, data sharing. Data sharing is a valuable part of the scientific method allowing for verification of results and extending research from prior results. Methodology/Principal Findings: A total of 1329 scientists participated in this survey exploring current data sharing practices and perceptions of the barriers and enablers of data sharing. Scientists do not make their data electronically available to others for various reasons, including insufficient time …


Escalation Of Interstate Crises Of Conflictual Dyads:Greece-Turkey And India-Pakistan, Akisato Suzuki, Neophytos Loizides Mar 2011

Escalation Of Interstate Crises Of Conflictual Dyads:Greece-Turkey And India-Pakistan, Akisato Suzuki, Neophytos Loizides

Neophytos Loizides

This article examines the causation and extent of interstate crisis escalation among two conflictual dyads, namely, Greece-Turkey and India-Pakistan. It draws from the International Crisis Behavior dataset to present a new sub-dataset of 12 interstate crises involving the two dyads in the period between 1987 and 2002. While crisis behavior in Greece-Turkey has frequently been analyzed within the context of two major regional organizations (NATO and the EU), Indian-Pakistani crises have been studied within the perspective of nuclear proliferation. To examine the linkage between these features and interstate crises, the article operationalizes the security dilemma and the diversionary theory of …