Abstract
AbstractRepurposing research data holds many benefits for the advancement of biomedicine, yet is very difficult to measure and evaluate. We propose a data reuse registry to maintain links between primary research datasets and studies that reuse this data. Such a resource could help recognize investigators whose work is reused, illuminate aspects of reusability, and evaluate policies designed to encourage data sharing and reuse.
Highlights
Motivation The full benefits of data sharing will only be realized when we can incent investigators to share their data[1] and quantify the value created by data reuse.[2]
We propose a solution: a Data Reuse Registry
What is a data reuse registry? We define a Data Reuse Registry (DRR) as a database with links between biomedical research studies and the datasets used within the studies
Summary
Motivation The full benefits of data sharing will only be realized when we can incent investigators to share their data[1] and quantify the value created by data reuse.[2] Current practices for recognizing the provenance of reused data include an acknowledgment, a listing of accession numbers, a database search strategy, and sometimes a citation within the article. These mechanisms make it very difficult to identify and tabulate reuse, and to reward and encourage data sharing. We propose a solution: a Data Reuse Registry.
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