> A few things have been proposed: verification projects, and grace periods.
Is glorifying (and sending grants to) data collectors on the list?
Is glorifying (and sending grants to) data collectors on the list?
Possibly, I don't know. Mostly this is just my understanding from talking to peers in the social sciences and asking why they don't have open access like my field.
I think the problem there though, is knowing what questions to ask (what data to collect) is the hardest part, but fits much more in line with the analysis aspect (ie forming a hypothesis) than collection (conducting a designed experiment). So an ideal researcher would show good work in both areas, not just one.
That problem is not specific to the social sciences. As far as I know, only physics are making some inroads on that change of attitude, but even there it's restricted to a few fields where data collection is extremely expensive (much more than at social sciences).
I think that's one much needed change to adapt science to our current world.