Research DataManagement and Data Sharing for Reproducible Research : Results of a Community Survey of the German National Research Data Infrastructure Initiative Neuroscience

GND
131825070
Affiliation
Hans Berger Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Jena
Klingner, Carsten M.;
Affiliation
Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-6) and Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS-6) and JARA-Institute Brain Structure-Function Relationships (INM- 10), Jülich Research Centre, Jülich, 52428, Germany
Denker, Michael;
Affiliation
Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-6) and Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS-6) and JARA-Institute Brain Structure-Function Relationships (INM- 10), Jülich Research Centre, Jülich, 52428, Germany
Grün, Sonja;
Affiliation
Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain & Behaviour (INM-7), Research Center Jülich, Jülich, 52428, Germany
Hanke, Michael;
Affiliation
Department of Neurology, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
Oeltze-Jafra, Steffen;
Affiliation
Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), Magdeburg, 38118, Germany
Ohl, Frank W.;
Affiliation
Bernstein Coordination Site, Jülich, 79104, Germany
Radny, Janina;
Affiliation
Bernstein Center Freiburg and Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, 79104, Germany
Rotter, Stefan;
Affiliation
Deutsches Primatenzentrum GmbH – Leibniz-Institut für Primatenforschung, Göttingen, 37077, Germany
Scherberger, Hansjörg;
Affiliation
Bernstein Coordination Site, Jülich, 79104, Germany
Stein, Alexandra;
Affiliation
Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, 82152, Germany
Wachtler, Thomas;
GND
1151048542
Affiliation
Hans Berger Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Jena
Witte, Otto W.;
Affiliation
Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, 10117, Germany
Ritter, Petra

Science is changing: the volume and complexity of data are increasing, the number of studies is growing and the goal of achieving reproducible results requires new solutions for scientific data management. In the field of neuroscience, the German National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI-Neuro) initiative aims to develop sustainable solutions for research data management (RDM). To obtain an understanding of the present RDM situation in the neuroscience community, NFDI-Neuro conducted a comprehensive survey among the neuroscience community. Here, we report and analyze the results of the survey. We focused the survey and our analysis on current needs, challenges, and opinions about RDM. The German neuroscience community perceives barriers with respect to RDM and data sharing mainly linked to (1) lack of data and metadata standards, (2) lack of community adopted provenance tracking methods, (3) lack of secure and privacy preserving research infrastructure for sensitive data, (4) lack of RDM literacy, and (5) lack of resources (time, personnel, money) for proper RDM. However, an overwhelming majority of community members (91%) indicated that they would be willing to share their data with other researchers and are interested to increase their RDM skills. Taking advantage of this willingness and overcoming the existing barriers requires the systematic development of standards, tools, and infrastructure, the provision of training, education, and support, as well as additional resources for RDM to the research community and a constant dialogue with relevant stakeholders including policy makers to leverage of a culture change through adapted incentivization and regulation.

Cite

Citation style:
Could not load citation form.

Rights

Use and reproduction: