Ten simple rules for improving research data discovery
Nicole Contaxis, Jason A. Clark, Anthony J. Dellureficio, Sara Gonzales, Sara Mannheimer, Peter R. Oxley, Melissa Ratajeski, Alisa Surkis, Amy Yarnell, Michelle Yee, Kristi Holmes
Abstract
Sharing and reusing research data present both opportunities and challenges for the individual researcher, their organizations, and the entire research community, but the promise of data sharing can only be actualized if the right data can be found. While grants and publications increasingly include data sharing requirements, locating the right data to answer a research question can still be challenging. As more data is shared more frequently, the data discovery problem becomes more apparent. There is simply more data to look through, and that data is distributed across a growing number of repositories, article supplements, websites, and other locations with different metadata, data standards, and search functionality.