noun phrase · academic
data sharing policy
UK/ˈdeɪ.tə ˈʃeə.rɪŋ ˈpɒl.ɪ.si/US/ˈdeɪ.t̬ə ˈʃer.ɪŋ ˈpɑː.lə.si/DATA SHAR·ing POL·i·cy
a set of rules about how research data may be stored, shared, and accessed by others
Examples
“The funder required a clear data sharing policy before awarding the grant.”
“A robust data sharing policy improves transparency and reproducibility.”
“Researchers must follow the university's data sharing policy when publishing.”
Band 8 sentence
“Before submission, the team checked the journal's data sharing policy to ensure the anonymised dataset complied with both funder and publisher requirements.”
Collocations
- adopt a data sharing policy
- follow the data sharing policy
Word family
Common mistakes
data sharing rule→data sharing policy
sharing data policy→data sharing policy
Say it for a higher band
5sharing data rule→6data access policy→7+data sharing policy
Synonyms
data access policy
Easily confused
data protection law
“A new data protection law restricts how personal data can be published online.”
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