TABLE 1.

A list of proposed benefits to publishing data when the data collection process is complete. The benefits of publishing data prior to report or paper writing are developed, and two categories of benefit are proposed

Item	Benefit	Description	Category
1	Tidy data sooner	Publishing promotes attention to more presentable and tidy data	Efficiency and data improvements
2	More readable data	Data in a repository can be sourced remotely and iteratively read into R with replicable QA/WC workflows coded	Efficiency and data improvements
3	Simplifies versioning and provenance	Data repositories support versioning. This ensures transparent and reproducible science. It also reduces confusion and promotes data integrity with cleaning and manipulations done from an established data asset	Efficiency and data improvements
4	Data are archived and online	Publishing in an established data repository is your insurance against lost data, accidental deletions, and for larger files supports distributed online and potentially collaborative analyses	Efficiency and data improvements
5	Metadata are described more clearly and enable easier paper writing	Writing metadata develops clear thinking and supports effective description of the data and easier writing of methods and results if used in a publication. Different metadata languages engender structural thinking and can also highlight gaps in data.	Efficiency and data improvements
6	Error checking	Individuals outside your team and authors can catch errors. Referees on papers or stakeholders can review data and metadata and provide input on clarity	Efficiency and data improvements
7	Sharing within team facilitated	Data can be stored online and a link shared versus various versions of files shared by email	Efficiency and data improvements
8	Establishes precedence	Peer review can take time. Similar to preprints, publish your data sooner can establish precedence and provide a citable object. More broadly, it accelerates collective discovery	Team science and societal good
9	Increases likelihood of acceptance of a paper and supports open science	It is likely that open data facilitate more rapid and positive peer review of a paper using those data. It demonstrates a commitment to open science, and the authors can also cite their own data in their paper if data are online in advance	Team science and societal good
10	Attribution	Data are a valid research object and can be assigned a citable DOI. Authorship, land acknowledgement, and funding can be recognized. Most agencies require data publication, and sooner is better	Team science and societal good