The value of data curation as part of the publishing process
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The document discusses the importance of data curation in the scientific publishing process, specifically highlighting the role of Springer Nature since the launch of its Scientific Data journal in 2014. It outlines the steps involved in data management, the curation team's achievements, and services aimed at enhancing data discoverability and accessibility. The document also mentions recent findings by researchers regarding the impact of Antarctic ice melt on sea level rise.
The value of data curation as part of the publishing process
- 1. The value of data curation as part of the publishing process Varsha Khodiyar, PhD Biocuration 2019 Antarcticameltdowncoulddoublesealevelrise
- 2. 1 Data curation as part of publishing / 10th April 2019 A brief history of data curation at Springer Nature • Scientific Data launched May 2014 • Novel manuscript format, the Data Descriptor • Focus on data generation and data peer review • Machine readable metadata file generated by in house curators (ISA-Tab format) for each published Data Descriptor www.nature.com/scientificdata
- 3. 2 Data curation as part of publishing / 10th April 2019 Data Descriptors have human and machine understandable components Human readable representation of study i.e. article (HTML & PDF) Human readable representation of study i.e. article (HTML & PDF)
- 4. 3 Data curation as part of publishing / 10th April 2019 Data Descriptors have human and machine understandable components Machine accessible representation of study, i.e. metadata Human readable summary of the metadata
- 5. 4 Data curation as part of publishing / 10th April 2019 Output from Scientific Data’s curation process Machine readable overview of how sources and samples were turned into the digital data outputs. Curator captures key dataset characteristics using ontology terms: • Type of study • What was measured • How it was measured • Any independent variables • Sample characteristics e.g. - Species - Geographical location - Environment type scientificdata.isa-explorer.org
- 6. 5 Data curation as part of publishing / 10th April 2019 Publishing a data paper with Scientific Data Deposit data in an appropriate repository Draft a manuscript based on the template Submit your manuscript Peer review of the manuscript Revise the manuscript as required Make any changes requested by the data curators The data descriptor is published
- 7. 6 Data curation as part of publishing / 10th April 2019 A brief history of data curation at Springer Nature • Research Data Support service (RDS) launched April 2017 • Expansion of data curation practice to other Springer Nature journals • Provide support and advice on research data sharing, for authors and editors • Promote best practice for sharing research data associated with a publication www.springernature.com/la/authors/research-data
- 8. 7 Data curation as part of publishing / 10th April 2019 To help authors and journals follow good practice in sharing and archiving of research data, we provide optional data deposition and curation services. Springer Nature Research Data Support Researchers submit their data files securely The Research Data team curates the data and metadata The data are published and linked to the author’s paper More information is available on our website here: http://www.springernature.com/gb/group/data-policy/data-support-services
- 9. 8 Data curation as part of publishing / 10th April 2019 Comprehensive description including the data context of the study and data gathering method Altmetrics provide information on downloads and citations Relevant categories and keywords added to enhance discoverability of the data Dataset assigned a DOI Source: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5259415 Example of curation output from Research Data Support Licence to clarify reuse conditions
- 10. 9 Data curation as part of publishing / 10th April 2019 Example author feedback report
- 11. 10 Data curation as part of publishing / 10th April 2019 Checks carried out by the curation team Most appropriate repository used? Data and metadata at the repository consistent with manuscript? Terms of use and terms of access for the data consistent with manuscript? Terms of data use consistent with journal policy?
- 12. 11 Data curation as part of publishing / 10th April 2019 Addition of missing information Error correction Suggestions to increase FAIRness Improvements to manuscript tables, text or figures to aid understanding and reuse of the work Data access or data license conditions updated at repository or manuscript to aid accessibility Repository metadata improved to aid dataset discoverability Improvements to file names and/or file structure at the repository to aid understanding and reuse of the work Possible outcomes of curation Manuscript text Manuscript figure Manuscript table Data files at the repository
- 13. 12 Data curation as part of publishing / 10th April 2019 Curation outcomes at Scientific Data (Study period March 2018 to March 2019) 77% of manuscripts - no issues identified 23% of manuscripts - at least 1 issue identified and resolved 10% of manuscripts - errors identified and resolved
- 14. 13 Data curation as part of publishing / 10th April 2019 RDS curation outcomes (Study period March 2018 to March 2019) In 55% of RDS curation jobs, the curator suggested updates to the repository hosted data files Sensitive data removed Missing data added License conditions updated File format & naming improved Mandated data moved to specialist repositories Supplementary Information moved to repository Opaque language clarified
- 15. 14 Data curation as part of publishing / 10th April 2019 We encourage the use of community endorsed ontologies, standards and repositories where possible
- 16. 15 Data curation as part of publishing / 10th April 2019 We encourage the use of community endorsed ontologies, standards and repositories where possible springernature.com/gp/authors/research-data-policy/repositories/12327124
- 17. 16 Data curation as part of publishing / 10th April 2019 The Springer Nature research data curators Joseph Salter Development Editor Tristan Matthews Assistant Research Data Editor Graham Smith Senior Research Data Editor Rebecca Grant Research Data Manager Alexandra Philiastides Assistant Research Data Editor Varsha Khodiyar Data Curation Manager
- 18. 17 Data curation as part of publishing / 10th April 2019 • Springer Nature has had at least one research data curator since the launch of Scientific Data in 2014. • Since 2017, data curation has been available as a separate service for increasing numbers of Springer Nature authors and editors. • The Research Data team has built up significant expertise in the area of data publishing. • Our curators are able to identify and help resolve both minor and major issues prior to articles and data being made public. • Our curators increase the FAIRness of published research data • We focus on increasing the Findability and Accessibility of data and metadata in our curation processes. • We encourage our authors to increase the Interoperability and Reusability of their data and metadata; by using community ontologies for metadata, and encouraging the use of community research data infrastructure where this exists. Summary: Curation as part of the publishing process
- 19. 18 Data curation as part of publishing / 10th April 2019 18 The story behind the image Antarctica meltdown could double sea level rise Researchers at Pennsylvania State University have been considering how quickly a glacial ice melt in Antarctica would raise sea levels. By updating models with new discoveries and comparing them with past sea-level rise events they predict that a melting Antarctica could raise oceans by more than 3 feet by the end of the century if greenhouse gas emissions continued unabated, roughly doubling previous total sea- level rise estimates. Rising seas could put many of the world’s coastlines underwater or at risk of flooding and storm surges. Varsha Khodiyar, PhD Data Curation Manager varsha.khodiyar@nature.com @varsha_khodiyar go.nature.com/ResearchDataServices researchdata.springernature.com researchdata@springernature.com nature.com/scientificdata scientificdata@nature.com @scientificdata