Open Data

"Data available on request."

This is the most common lie in science. When you request the data, the authors are busy. Or the hard drive crashed. Or the dog ate it.

The Crisis of Secrecy

Science relies on verification. If I cannot check your math, I cannot trust your conclusion.

Many famous frauds were only caught because someone demanded the raw data. They found duplicate numbers, impossible patterns, or copy-pasted cells.

The FAIR Principles

Good science follows the FAIR principles:

• Findable
• Accessible
• Interoperable
• Reusable

The data should be in a public repository (like OSF or Zenodo). It should be a CSV file, not a PDF scan of a table.

The Diagnosis

At PaperScores, we reward Open Data.

If a paper shares its code and data, it gets a higher transparency score. If it hides behind "proprietary reasons," we assume the worst.