Data Management

A funder-imposed data publication requirement seldom inspired data sharing

Growth of the open science movement has drawn significant attention to data sharing and availability across the scientific community. In this study, we tested the ability to recover data collected under a particular funder-imposed requirement of …

Accessibility Data Curation Primer

Data curators are uniquely positioned to help improve access not just to individual datasets, but to the world of research data at large. As guides to and stewards of data, curators can counsel researchers on how to build accessibility into data …

Data management

A series of video of data management

Data Management for Psychological Science: A Crowdsourced Syllabus

Data management - including data preparation, cleaning, storage, and sharing - is critical to psychological research. Despite its importance, data management is rarely formally taught to students. This syllabus provides detailed descriptions of data …

Data Sharing by Scientists: Practices and Perceptions

Background Scientific research in the 21st century is more data intensive and collaborative than in the past. It is important to study the data practices of researchers – data accessibility, discovery, re-use, preservation and, particularly, data …

DEBATE-statistical analysis plans for observational studies

Background All clinical research benefits from transparency and validity. Transparency and validity of studies may increase by prospective registration of protocols and by publication of statistical analysis plans (SAPs) before data have been …

Good enough practices in scientific computing

Computers are now essential in all branches of science, but most researchers are never taught the equivalent of basic lab skills for research computing. As a result, data can get lost, analyses can take much longer than necessary, and researchers are …

Habits and perceptions regarding open science by researchers from Spanish institutions

The article describes the results of the online survey on open science (OS) carried out on researchers affiliated with universities and Spanish research centres and focused on open access to scientific publications, the publication process, the …

ORCC UKRN Primer on Working in Open Research

This is an introductory guide for those working and considering working in the area of open research. It was drafted by members of the Open Research Competencies Coalition. There are many resources available on the topic of open research either aimed …

Research Integrity and Responsible Scholarship

Manual for a mandatory course for PhD candidates enrolled in the Graduate School for Social Sciences and Master students in the Social Sciences for a Digital Society program at VU Amsterdam. The course seeks to contribute to a reflection and …