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Open Data, Open Source: preparing for Big Data in Metabolomics Rob L Davidson GigaScience @bobbledavidson #MetSoc2015 This presentation DOI:10.6084/m9.figshare.1439750

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Big Science

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R&D is getting bigger http://www.battelle.org/docs/tpp/2014_global_rd_funding_forecast.pdf

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More PhDs doi:10.1038/472276a

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More postdocs http://www.nature.com/news/the-future-of-the-postdoc-1.17253

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Not so much at the top https://royalsociety.org/~/media/Royal_Society_Content/policy/publications/2010/4294970126.pdf

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Big is at the bottom http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1144

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THE NEED FOR OPEN DATA IN SCIENCE DOI:10.6084/m9.figshare.1439750

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Let me tell you about I am appalled sometimes at some papers today: they are so data-heavy and I don't think that makes them better papers. Tim Hunt 2014 Lab http://www.labtimes.org/i50/i_01.lasso

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Researcher bias Positive result bias 20 teams do studies, 1 publishes p