DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7896759
Concerns are raised about a dataset that may be harmful or breach privacy. The flowchart offers data publishers, such as a journal or a data repository, a step by step guide on how to handle these concerns.
Concerns about risk in unpublished data
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This flowchart has been developed by the FORCE11 and COPE Research Data Publishing Working Group.
Key points
Concerns raised about data with possible risk to:
- Individuals
- Certain communities
- Wider society
- Endangered species
Related resources
- Concerns about risk in published data COPE flowchart
- Legal and regulatory restrictions of unpublished data: dealing with concerns COPE flowchart
- Legal and regulatory restrictions of published data: dealing with concerns COPE flowchart
- Authorship and contributorship of unpublished data: dealing with concerns COPE flowchart
- Authorship and contributorship of published data: dealing with concerns COPE flowchart
- Scientific rigour of unpublished data: dealing with concerns COPE flowchart
- Scientific rigour of published data: dealing with concerns COPE flowchart
- Recommendations for the handling of ethical concerns relating to the publication of research data Joint FORCE11 & COPE Research Data Publishing Ethics Working Group recommendations
- Policy template text for data publishers, journals and data repositories Joint FORCE11 & COPE Research Data Publishing Ethics Working Group templates
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FORCE11 & COPE Research Data Publishing Ethics Working Group flowchart: - Concerns about risk (e.g. potential harm or privacy breach) - Pre-publication
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7896759
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Version history
Version 1: June 2023