Dap, a few points I'd like to make about your situation:
(1) Eight years is not such a long time. There are researchers
who have collected a large mass of data and continue to use
it to generate publications many years after it was collected.
Indeed, there are cases similar to the one you descri
Mike asked a valid question: "WHY one wants to publish old research data.
Does one just want to get another entry into their publications list (for
tenure/promotion/academic reasons)?"
It speaks for itself that there can be such secondary motives. However,
Tipsters may (hopefully) find the
