Collaboration and concerted action are key to making open data a reality

The argument for better data practice is made stronger by global concerns about reproducibility and research integrity, reducing fraud and improving patient outcomes. The case for good research practice and open data to research outputs is increasingly inarguable. Open access to research data can help speed the pace of advancing discovery and deliver more value by enabling reuse and reducing duplication. Good data practice also makes research more efficient, effective and fulfilling for researchers. As the data in this survey show, the research community recognize the value of open data, yet good data practice and data sharing are still far from the status quo. Springer Nature and its publications have been advocating for good data practice for over a decade. Recent efforts have focussed on growing data publishing options to provide credit, and strengthening and simplifying our data policies. Our future focus is on support and incentives to enable data sharing, data management and open data, built in collaboration with the research community. The case for data The argument for better data practice is made stronger by global concerns about reproducibility and research integrity, reducing fraud and improving patient outcomes. As much as 50% of preclinical research done in the US, at a cost of US$56.4B a year, cannot be reproduced, estimates a 2015 study In the same year, a Nature survey found that 70% of over 1,500 respondents had tried and failed to replicate the work of other...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Open Access Publishing Uncategorized FigShare Open Access Week Open Access Week 2017 Source Type: blogs