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Dr. Helena Cousijn, Product Manager Research Data, Elsevier
Open Research Data: Implications for Science and Society, 28-05-2015
Ways for researchers to store, share, discover and use data
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Data is important, but hard to access
Researcher survey, 3824 respondents(Publishing Research Consortium, 2010)
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Importance of access
Ease
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Data storage is very fragmented
Researcher survey, 1202 respondents (PARSE.insight 2010)
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How Elsevier supports research data sharing and publication
Elsevier Research Data Policy
To help researchers store, share, discover, and use data
“Raw research data should be made freely available to all researchers wherever possible” – STM Brussels Declaration 2007
Data-linking program
Data Repository
Open Data Data articles(Data in Brief)
Standards bodies & working groups
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How do our initiatives meet research data needs? 9. (Re)usable
8. Reproducible
7. Reviewed
6. Comprehensible
5. Citable
4. Discoverable
3. Accessible
2. Preserved
1. Stored
Data-linking program:
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Data Repository:
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Open Data:
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Data articles:
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Standards & working groups:
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Data Profile:
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Elsevier data initiatives:
• Linking articles and data• Mendeley Data repository• Open Data pilot• Data journals• Data Profile• In-article data visualization • Community efforts and standards
– Data Citation principles– RDA / ICSU-WDS working groups
More at: http://www.elsevier.com/about/research-data
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Linking through in-article data accession numbers Database banners shown next to
the article on ScienceDirect
See http://www.elsevier.com/databaselinking
• Elsevier has an extensive program with 40+ leading domain-specific data repositories to interlink articles and data
• Makes it easier to find relevant data and place data into the right context• Linking through in-article accession numbers, data DOI’s, or data
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Data-linking at Elsevier
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Mendeley Data > Elsevier’s new data repository
… described through an abstract …
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Open Data Pilot
This supplementary data set is publicly available as Open Data
(CC BY) on ScienceDirect
Article: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320714004765
• Pilot project to test implementation and get feedback on researchers’ attitudes towards Open Data in live setting
• Authors can submit raw research data with their article will be made publicly available with their paper on ScienceDirect.
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Data journals
“Data in Brief” articles are a thorough description of data, making datasets truly accessible and reproducible.
Links to primary data stored at domain-specific data repositories
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Data Profile
Data profile describes the data and explains where the data that this article is based on can be found
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• Extend the format of the article to also capture data (as well as computer code, multimedia files, etc.)
• Offer authors the best possible way to present their work• Enabling other researchers explore and engage with rich articles
Interactive plots... Google Maps... 3D models... Virtual Microscope...
And much more!See
Content Innovation on Elsevier.com
Data visualization: in-article data viewers to allow data exploration with the article
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Example: 3D neuroimaging data viewer
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In-article data visualization tools for 3D brain imagery data (e.g. fMRI)
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Research Data Working Groups and Industry Standards• Joint Declaration of Data Citation Principles: best-
practices to cite data in articles for better linking and credit• Research Data Alliance & ICSU World Data System:
Tackling a broad range of interconnected issues around Data Publication (workflows, bibliometrics, cost recovery, services)
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http://www.elsevier.com/about/research-data http://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/research-data http://www.elsevier.com/about/content-innovation
Thank you!