data sharing

Rare is the occasion when I disagree significantly with my collaborator Steve Novella, but this is one of those times. It's a measure of how much we agree on most things that, even in this case, I don't completely disagree with him. But, hey, it happens. I'm referring to Steve's post yesterday in which he gushed over the new policy at PLoS (Public Library of Science) regarding articles published in their journals. (Steve rarely gushes.) Here's the policy: In an effort to increase access to this data, we are now revising our data-sharing policy for all PLOS journals: authors must make all…