Encouraging Data Sharing: A Small Investment for Large Potential Gain
Data Availability Statements are a powerful tool in promoting data sharing, but what does it take to include them in a journal workflow?
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Making Magic Happen: Implementing and Contributing Data Citations in Support of Today's Scholarship
Making Magic Happen: Implementing and Contributing Data Citations in Support of Today's Scholarship
If we believe data should be valued like other research outputs, we must take action to achieve this. Supporting the open data movement means providing proper support for data citations.
Practices and Patterns in Research Information Management: Findings from a Global Survey
Practices and Patterns in Research Information Management: Findings from a Global Survey
OCLC Research and euroCRIS, the international organization for research information, partnered to develop a survey and synthesize the results to examine how research institutions worldwide are applying research information management (RIM) practices.
Announcing the Top 10 FAIR Data Things Global Sprint
A global sprint to develop 10 FAIR things resources for data in different disciplines.
The Main Obstacles to Better Research Data Management and Sharing Are Cultural. But Change is in Our Hands
The Main Obstacles to Better Research Data Management and Sharing Are Cultural. But Change is in Our Hands
Appointing data stewards and data champions can be key to improving research data management through positive cultural change.
New Wellcome Data Re-use Prizes to Help Unlock the Value of Research
New Wellcome Data Re-use Prizes to Help Unlock the Value of Research
Data re-use can generate new insights that in turn lead to vital health benefits. To stimulate and celebrate the innovative re-use of data, the Wellcome Trust today launched the Wellcome Data Re-use Prizes.
Why Jupyter is Data Scientists' Computational Notebook of Choice
An improved architecture and enthusiastic user base are driving uptake of the open-source web tool.
The Cart Before the Horse
The article is a call to go back to basics, to re-examine the drivers of our projects. My main aim here is to provide a few helpful tips to increase the chances of success and long-term adoption of data-science projects.
Google and Research Data
Peter Kraker on Google Dataset Discovery, the open science movement, and his #DontLeaveItToGoogle campaign.
Open Data and Data Management: Oct 29
The SCNAT is organizing this one day event in Bern, with the aim to give the research community the chance to raise their concern and also the SNF and the European Commission to present their view and to inform about recent trends. The workshop should provide recommendations on how to implement the open data requirements.
Mass Resignation Guts Board of Prestigious Cochrane Collaboration
Governing board of the evidence-based medicine group may now be dissolved entirely.
Universities Are Worse Than Drug Companies at Reporting Clinical Trial Results
Universities Are Worse Than Drug Companies at Reporting Clinical Trial Results
Almost 90% of academic clinical trials are not reported promptly to European registry.
Referees Should Exercise Their Rights
Peer reviewers have the right to view the data and code that underlie a work if it would help in the evaluation, even if these have not been provided with the submission. Yet few referees exercise this right.
Data Sharing in PLOS ONE: An Analysis of Data Availability Statements
Data Sharing in PLOS ONE: An Analysis of Data Availability Statements
Only about 20% of statements indicate that data are deposited in a repository, which the PLOS policy states is the preferred method. More commonly, authors state that their data are in the paper itself or in the supplemental information, though it is unclear whether these data meet the level of sharing required in the PLOS policy.
Data Sharing and the Future of Science
Who benefits from sharing data? The scientists of future do, as data sharing today enables new science tomorrow. Far from being mere rehashes of old datasets, evidence shows that studies based on analyses of previously published data can achieve just as much impact as original projects.
Data Management Checklist
Are you looking after your research data? This simple graphic provides a checklist of the key activities and requirements for making sure your research data is well managed.
Developing a Modern Data Workflow for Living Data
Developing a Modern Data Workflow for Living Data
Using version control and continuous integration, to create a modern data management system.
Clinical Trial Participants’ Views of the Risks and Benefits of Data Sharing
Clinical Trial Participants’ Views of the Risks and Benefits of Data Sharing
Provided that adequate security safeguards were in place, most participants were willing to share their data for a wide range of uses.
Microsoft’s Purchase of GitHub Leaves Some Scientists Uneasy
They fear the online platform used for collaborating on research data and software will become less open, but other researchers say the buyout could make GitHub more useful.
CORE Becomes the World’s Largest Aggregator
As of May 2018, CORE has aggregated over 131 million article metadata records, 93 million abstracts, 11 million hosted and validated full texts and over 78 million direct links to research papers hosted on other websites.
Turning FAIR Data into Reality: Interim Report from the European Commission Expert Group on FAIR Data
Turning FAIR Data into Reality: Interim Report from the European Commission Expert Group on FAIR Data
Detailed recommendations and specific actions for different stakeholders for making FAIR data a reality.
Introducing Metadata for Peer Review
The new exposure of peer review information through its public API provides opportunities for discoverability, analysis, and integration of tools.
EU Ministers Endorse Commission’s Plans for Research Cloud
The European Open Science Cloud, which will support EU science in its global leading role by creating a trusted environment for hosting and processing research data.
New Cancer Treatments Lie Hidden Under Mountains of Paperwork
The National Cancer Institute has invested millions of dollars into determining the genetic sequences of patients’ tumors, and researchers have found thousands of genes that seem to drive tumor growth. But until patients’ medical records are linked to the genetic data, life-or-death questions cannot be answered.
Manipulating the Alpha Level Cannot Cure Significance Testing
Manipulating the Alpha Level Cannot Cure Significance Testing
When evaluating the strength of the evidence, we should consider auxiliary assumptions, the strength of the experimental design, and implications for applications. To boil all this down to a binary decision based on a p-value threshold is not acceptable.
Deciding Who Can Access Satellite Data
Nasa, ESA, and Brazil’s inpe make most or all of their environmental satellite data available for free.
Scholars Have Data on Millions of Facebook Users. Who’s Guarding It?
Scholars Have Data on Millions of Facebook Users. Who’s Guarding It?
Academics have scoured Facebook pages in the name of science. But the troves they’ve amassed are sometimes unsecured and now pose a privacy risk.
Introducing a New Standard for the Citation of Research Data
The Identifiers Expert Group of the FORCE11 Data Citation Implementation Pilot (DCIP) has achieved a significant step toward the harmonization of identifier resolution standards for data citation in research articles.
NIH Seeks Health Data of 1 Million People, with Genetic Privacy Suddenly an Issue
NIH Seeks Health Data of 1 Million People, with Genetic Privacy Suddenly an Issue
Information about participants in the unprecedented “All of Us” study is protected from inquiries by law enforcement, officials said.
Ten Reasons to Share Your Data
Making data available to the larger scientific community has many benefits.
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