Challenges and Opportunities

TitleChallenges and Opportunities
Publication TypeMagazine Article
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsScience Staff
MagazineScience
Volume331
Issue Number6018
Pagination692 - 693
Date Published2011///
Keywordsgap_evidence, gap_relationships
URLdoi:10.1126/science.331.6018.692

Gap Area Study Type:

Purpose: 
Investigated issues surrounding the growing amounts of research data that exist
Method: 
Performed a survey of Science peer reviewers, receiving 1,700 responses; asked about frequency of use of datasets from published literature and archival databases, the size of the largest dataset used or generated, where most of the data they generate is archived, whether they have asked colleagues for research data, whether the data were provided, whether there is adequate expertise in their lab or group to analyze their data in the way desired, and whether there is sufficient funding for data curation in their group