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Heather A. Piwowar, Todd J. Vision, Xiaolei Huang
Background. Attribution to the original contributor upon reuse of published data is important both as a reward for data creators and to document the provenance of research findings. Previous studies have found that papers with publicly available datasets receive a higher number of citations than similar studies without…
Katharina Sielemann, Alenka Hafner, Boas Pucker, Christopher Lortie
The ‘big data’ revolution has enabled novel types of analyses in the life sciences, facilitated by public sharing and reuse of datasets. Here, we review the prodigious potential of reusing publicly available datasets and the associated challenges, limitations and risks. Possible solutions to issues and research…
Alisa Bokulich, Wendy Parker
We critically engage two traditional views of scientific data and outline a novel philosophical view that we call the pragmatic-representational (PR) view of data. On the PR view, data are representations that are the product of a process of inquiry, and they should be evaluated in terms of their adequacy or fitness…
Renata Gonçalves Curty, Kevin Crowston, Alison Specht, Bruce W. Grant + 2 more
'Bruce W. Grant' 'Elizabeth D. Dalton' 'Cassidy Rose Sugimoto'] The value of sharing scientific research data is widely appreciated, but factors that hinder or prompt the reuse of data remain poorly understood. Using the Theory of Reasoned Action, we test the relationship between the beliefs and attitudes of scientists…
Elina Late, Jaana Kekäläinen, Shailesh Kumar
This study focuses on the use and users of Finnish social science research data archive. Study is based on enriched user data of the archive from years 2015-2018. Study investigates the number and type of downloaded datasets, the number of citations for data, the demographics of data downloaders and the purposes data…
Karen E Ross, Frederic B Bastian, Matt Buys, Charles E Cook + 13 more
We carried out two surveys prior to the workshop, one aimed at data resource providers and one aimed at users of data resources ([sup1] and [sup1]). The surveys were advertised via the UniProt home page and social media, as well as via professional societies, including the International Society for Biocuration and the…
Laura Koesten, Pavlos Vougiouklis, Elena Simperl, Paul Groth
Title: Summary The web provides access to millions of datasets that can have additional impact when used beyond their original context. We have little empirical insight into what makes a dataset more reusable than others and which of the existing guidelines and frameworks, if any, make a difference. In this paper, we…
Marcel LaFlamme, Marion Poetz, Daniel Spichtinger, Sergi Fàbregues
Considerable resources are being invested in strategies to facilitate the sharing of data across domains, with the aim of addressing inefficiencies and biases in scientific research and unlocking potential for science-based innovation. Still, we know too little about what determines whether scientific researchers…
Elina Late, Michael Ochsner, Hong Qin
The aim of this paper is to investigate the re-use of research data deposited in digital data archive in the social sciences. The study examines the quantity, type, and purpose of data downloads by analyzing enriched user log data collected from Swiss data archive. The findings show that quantitative datasets are…
David J. Hand
Ready data availability, cheap storage capacity, and powerful tools for extracting information from data have the potential to significantly enhance the human condition. However, as with all advanced technologies, this comes with the potential for misuse. Ethical oversight and constraints are needed to ensure that an…
Arthur W Toga, Ivo D Dinov
Background The promise of Big Biomedical Data may be offset by the enormous challenges in handling, analyzing, and sharing it. In this paper, we provide a framework for developing practical and reasonable data sharing policies that incorporate the sociological, financial, technical and scientific requirements of a…