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. 2017 Mar 16;12(3):e0173987. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173987

Table 2. Data providers and their activities.

Data Providers
Faculty members, postdoc researchers, graduate students, and undergraduate students
Activities
Provide data files and its metadata Share data through social networking sites
Convert file formats to nonproprietary formats Share recommended citation and contribute citation data
Track data usage (downloads, publication uses, etc.) Collaborate with researchers in IR project space
Transfer data ownership from student to faculty advisor