The importance of adherence to international standards for depositing open data in public repositories

Diego A Forero; Walter H Curioso; George P Patrinos

doi:10.1186/s13104-021-05817-z

The importance of adherence to international standards for depositing open data in public repositories

BMC Res Notes. 2021 Nov 2;14(1):405. doi: 10.1186/s13104-021-05817-z.

Authors

Diego A Forero^{1

2}, Walter H Curioso³, George P Patrinos^{4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Health and Sport Sciences Research Group, School of Health and Sport Sciences, Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina, Bogotá, Colombia. dforero41@areandina.edu.co.
² Professional Program in Respiratory Therapy, School of Health and Sport Sciences, Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina, Bogotá, Colombia. dforero41@areandina.edu.co.
³ Vicerrectorado de Investigación, Universidad Continental, Lima, Peru.
⁴ Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
⁵ Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, UAE.
⁶ Zayed Center for Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, UAE.

Abstract

There has been an important global interest in Open Science, which include open data and methods, in addition to open access publications. It has been proposed that public availability of raw data increases the value and the possibility of confirmation of scientific findings, in addition to the potential of reducing research waste. Availability of raw data in open repositories facilitates the adequate development of meta-analysis and the cumulative evaluation of evidence for specific topics. In this commentary, we discuss key elements about data sharing in open repositories and we invite researchers around the world to deposit their data in them.

Keywords: Data repositories; Data reuse; Open data; Open science.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Access to Information*
Biomedical Research*
Humans
Research Personnel
Science* / standards