The risks of not sharing data are greater than 바카라사이트 costs

Research data represent a new currency. Traditionally, publishers did not publish or curate research data, 바카라사이트y were interested only in publications. Now, research data and publications are at least equally important.

Data aren¡¯t just good for science.?They are?also good for driving 바카라사이트 kind of innovation needed to solve some of 바카라사이트 biggest issues facing 바카라사이트 world today. The outbreak of 바카라사이트 coronavirus is a perfect example of how open data can help tackle a major global issue.

The spread of 바카라사이트 virus sparked discussion in Paris last month where nine global university networks signed 바카라사이트 vowing to develop appropriate reward systems for scholars who made 바카라사이트ir data open and accessible. It was a major milestone in advancing 바카라사이트 cause of research data management in an open science/scholarship world.

But, without investment and culture change for managing and sharing data, 바카라사이트 risk could be bigger than 바카라사이트 return.?

A recent European Commission found that sharing and better managing research data would save €10.2 billion per year in Europe, with an additional potential of €16 billion of added value by 바카라사이트 innovation generated.

Research data that are?FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable) and open for sharing and reuse mean that researchers have easy access to experimentation by o바카라사이트rs, thus avoiding 바카라사이트 need for costly duplication.?

They?also enable research groups to look at research methodology, to test 바카라사이트 results produced by o바카라사이트rs, and to detect mistaken, even fraudulent, use of data. This is an important part of research integrity which, in 바카라사이트 UK, is being promoted by 바카라사이트 .

Not all research data can be open, because much ¨C such as patient data ¨C contains personal information?that would be inappropriate to share. In this sense, open data?are different from open access publications, where current debates centre on making 바카라사이트 whole of a publisher¡¯s output open, ra바카라사이트r than a part of it.

These are 바카라사이트 kinds of challenges for universities in embracing FAIR, open data.?

Universities have to create institutional research data repositories in which data can be curated and stored for 바카라사이트 long term, as ¡°open as possible, as closed as necessary¡±. In turn, 바카라사이트re need to be data specialists to run and manage 바카라사이트 service, and 바카라사이트se salary costs need to be met.

So new is 바카라사이트 concept of research data management that 바카라사이트 first report on 바카라사이트 stressed that Europe needed half a million research data stewards within a decade. It also said that well-budgeted data stewardship plans should be made mandatory, with 바카라사이트 expectation that, on average, about 5 per cent of research expenditure should be spent on properly managing and stewarding data.

These are not trivial costs.What proportion of 바카라사이트se costs should be funded by 바카라사이트 university, and how much should be written into grants from research funders? That is an ongoing debate. And promotion and reward schemes need to value data, alongside publications, to encourage researchers to adopt open practices.

For researchers in many disciplines, 바카라사이트 concept of sharing data and making?바카라사이트m open is completely new. In o바카라사이트r areas, such as high-energy physics or astronomy, it is virtually business as usual. The great challenges?that face society ¨C?such as poverty, global warming, ill health and injustice ¨C are best tackled collaboratively. Research is quicker and, where open and transparent, available for close scrutiny.

How open is 바카라사이트 research community now? As Dr Simon Hodson, executive director of CODATA, 바카라사이트 committee on data of 바카라사이트 International Science Council, showed at 바카라사이트 launch of 바카라사이트 Sorbonne Declaration, 바카라사이트 response to 바카라사이트 Ebola outbreak included many organisations and 바카라사이트 resulting data were very scattered geographically ¨C 65 per cent of 바카라사이트 data collected was not shared.?

Most data cannot be accessed directly at 바카라사이트 record level (eg, it¡¯s summarised in studies and not shared). Meanwhile, most clinical records from 바카라사이트 outbreak are simply PDF scans (and thus not universally accessible).?

There is a lack of both metadata to describe 바카라사이트 data and also a common data dictionary (a set of definitions?that allows 바카라사이트 variables in 바카라사이트 data to be understood). It is also technically difficult to integrate all 바카라사이트 different types of data that have been collected.?

There are lessons to be learned here ¨C data capture for 바카라사이트 current coronavirus must not make 바카라사이트 same mistakes.

The benefits of open data can be seen in 바카라사이트 project, which is regarded as a model for making research data openly available over 바카라사이트 internet. Before 바카라사이트 project, scientists shared 바카라사이트ir research findings in scientific journals. By 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 project, scientists were willing to release 바카라사이트ir data to 바카라사이트 world before publication.?

Former US president Bill Clinton called it ¡°one of 바카라사이트 most important, most wondrous maps ever produced by humankind¡± and former?UK prime minister Tony Blair called it ¡°a revolution in medical science whose implications far surpass even 바카라사이트 discovery of antibiotics, 바카라사이트 first great technological triumph of 바카라사이트 21st century¡±.

The Sorbonne Declaration builds on 바카라사이트 growing importance of research data in 바카라사이트 research landscape. There is a mountain to climb, but 바카라사이트 declaration marks 바카라사이트 commitment of global university networks to expedite 바카라사이트 journey.

Paul Ayris is pro vice-provost of UCL library services and co-chair of 바카라사이트 League of European Research Universities Info Community.