Integration of Data and Publications - Alliance for Permanent Access
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Report on <strong>Integration</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Data</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Publications</strong> Grant Agreement no.: 261530<br />
<strong>Data</strong> (selections) underlying<br />
articles reside in:<br />
<strong>Data</strong> contained within the peer<br />
reviewed article, in tables,<br />
graphs, plotting, etc<br />
Supplementary files to journal<br />
articles – whatever it contains<br />
with very few restrictions on size<br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>for</strong>mat<br />
2.a Supplementary files to<br />
journal articles, with restrictions<br />
<strong>and</strong> tightened instructions to<br />
manage the proliferation <strong>of</strong><br />
supplemented material<br />
Advantages:<br />
Analyzed data <strong>and</strong> relevant data<br />
selections are integral part <strong>of</strong> the Record<br />
<strong>of</strong> Science.<br />
Readers, users <strong>and</strong> peer reviewers can<br />
find <strong>and</strong> consult these data selections<br />
<strong>Data</strong>sets <strong>and</strong> publications tightly<br />
connected, data is embedded in public<br />
record <strong>of</strong> science, managed <strong>and</strong> preserved<br />
as such, author gets full credits, reviewers<br />
<strong>and</strong> readers are able to access data in<br />
combination with the article<br />
More clarity on the supplemental<br />
materials that journals can <strong>and</strong> will<br />
support. Better reassurance <strong>of</strong> curation<br />
<strong>and</strong> preservation <strong>and</strong> perpetual access.<br />
Journals will encourage authors to place<br />
unsupported materials in a reliable<br />
repository<br />
Limitations:<br />
Usually high level <strong>of</strong> aggregation <strong>of</strong> the<br />
data, more data summaries than full<br />
set <strong>of</strong> original data.<br />
Usually not findable or retrievable<br />
separately from the article.<br />
Not well reusable outside the context <strong>of</strong><br />
the article.<br />
Volume is a limitation, usually datasets<br />
not bigger than 10MB.<br />
Curation sometimes unclear,<br />
preservation likely to remain limited to<br />
that <strong>for</strong> articles.<br />
Easy discovery <strong>and</strong> re-use hampered by<br />
fragmentation over journal silos. Not<br />
all supplements are linkable.<br />
Sometimes the files can only be<br />
accessed via the article <strong>and</strong> not<br />
independently.<br />
Volume is usually further restricted to<br />
underlying tables or explanatory<br />
graphs <strong>and</strong> full data sets are not<br />
included.<br />
Examples<br />
All peer reviewed scholarly journals<br />
Vast majority <strong>of</strong> STM journals <strong>and</strong><br />
dem<strong>and</strong> <strong>for</strong> this from authors is<br />
increasing rapidly lately.<br />
Some journals have made the<br />
availability <strong>of</strong> underlying research<br />
data (Nature, PLoS) a condition <strong>for</strong><br />
publication.<br />
First examples appear <strong>of</strong> journals<br />
who can no longer h<strong>and</strong>le the<br />
overload (Jnl <strong>of</strong> NeuroScience, Cell)<br />
Cell, Journal <strong>of</strong> Neuroscience, <strong>and</strong> a<br />
growing number <strong>of</strong> journals<br />
contemplating such restrictions as<br />
they find it hard to h<strong>and</strong>le the<br />
growing volume <strong>and</strong> variety in<br />
<strong>for</strong>mats (example: NISO/NFAIS<br />
working group)<br />
Opportunities <strong>for</strong> <strong>Data</strong> Exchange (ODE) –www.ode-project.eu 40
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