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[rudatuda]

I apologize in advance if this question has been asked before or should be categorized in a different section.

Question:I defended dissertation in 2009. The dataset that was used for dissertation was from 2005. Is it too late to publish articles from dissertation?

[mozman]

Hell, I have a paper currently in press where the data are from experiments I ran 13 years ago (last publon from my dissertation!).

[pedrita]

Hell, I have a paper currently in press where the data are from experiments I ran 13 years ago (last publon from my dissertation!).

Sorry, but this made me laugh :-)

[polly_mer]

Publish.  Why is this even a question?

[daniel_von_flanagan]

Facts don't expire. - DvF

[totoro]

I apologize in advance if this question has been asked before or should be categorized in a different section.

Question:I defended dissertation in 2009. The dataset that was used for dissertation was from 2005. Is it too late to publish articles from dissertation?

Obviously, this is dependent on field. For people in lab sciences or most natural science areas this seems an odd question. But it isn't odd in economics and business etc. So I think you'll need to let us know that.

If the topic is trends in internet usage in China say, this data is looking old. You'd have to put a spin on why it is still relevant. For example, if the paper had a more theoretical angle and the data show that the theory holds up empirically then the year might not matter so much.

But I don't know what your field is. If you are in econ or similar social sciences you can PM me.

[sagit]

As long as no one else has beat you to the punch and already published these findings, I don't see why not.  But as totoro said, this may be field dependent.

[hulkhogan]

Actually, our IRB makes us write in a date after which we have to destroy the data. They usually don't grant more than seven years. OP, what does your IRB approval say?

[pathogen]

Context is key here. How has knowledge of the field changed since you collected the data? For example say you collected data on a natural phenomenon. Can you make an interesting story about how much it has changed or stayed the same since you collected the data?