Perhaps we just need to put strings on public funding so that study/experiment data is made publicly available (after a short period of exclusivity).
It wouldn't be too different from the Patent system. In that, in exchange for a limited-time monopoly, you agree to publish the details of your invention to further the state of the art.
It might also help scientists learn from each others mistakes, as it would also catalog -failed- projects. Something journals don't do and which doubtlessly results in redundant efforts.
It wouldn't be too different from the Patent system. In that, in exchange for a limited-time monopoly, you agree to publish the details of your invention to further the state of the art.
It might also help scientists learn from each others mistakes, as it would also catalog -failed- projects. Something journals don't do and which doubtlessly results in redundant efforts.