Hello, I am studying the modeling of RNA-Seq count data. Recently, I am doing some kind of meta-analysis for the multiple dataset deposited in SRA database. I came across one dataset that has not been published in the journal (I searched for every possible combinations of multiple identifiers for dataset).
My question is that, is it okay, or ethical to use unpublished sequence data deposited in SRA in our studies and publish the results? My thought is that it is somewhat unethical, so we should contact those who deposited the sequence and get the permission or something, but want to hear the opinion of the community.
Sincerely,
good point. very political correct behaviour indeed.