Why Resource Identification Matters - Scrazzl
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The presentation focuses on addressing the reproducibility crisis in research by highlighting two initiatives: the Reproducibility Initiative, which aims to replicate findings from landmark papers, and the Resource Identification Initiative, which seeks to improve the documentation of research resources. It emphasizes the importance of better reporting standards and the role of publishers in enhancing resource identifiability. The document also discusses collaborations with vendors to facilitate essential resources for replication and improve overall research quality.
Why Resource Identification Matters - Scrazzl
- 1. This presentation was designed to be delivered live. To help This presentation was designed to be delivered live. To help you understand the content IIhave added these notes… you understand the content have added these notes… International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers The Voice of Academic and Professional Publishing
- 2. In January, The Lancet published a series of papers about In January, The Lancet published a series of papers about waste in research. Inappropriate protocol and method waste in research. Inappropriate protocol and method reporting was singled out as major contributing factor…. reporting was singled out as major contributing factor….
- 3. The Economist also published a piece in October 2013 on the The Economist also published a piece in October 2013 on the reproducibility crisis. The article was wide ranging in scope reproducibility crisis. The article was wide ranging in scope and explored a number of themes thought to contribute to the and explored a number of themes thought to contribute to the lack of experimental reproducibility… lack of experimental reproducibility…
- 4. 2 Projects… At CompareNetworks there are two projects that we are At CompareNetworks there are two projects that we are involved in that are taking aim at some of the key issues involved in that are taking aim at some of the key issues contributing to this reproducibility crisis… contributing to this reproducibility crisis…
- 5. The first of these is the Reproducibility Initiative which is The first of these is the Reproducibility Initiative which is taking 50 recent landmark papers and attempting to reproduce taking 50 recent landmark papers and attempting to reproduce the reported findings… the reported findings…
- 6. CompareNetworks is working with vendors to facilitate the CompareNetworks is working with vendors to facilitate the donation of key reagents to reproduce these studies… donation of key reagents to reproduce these studies…
- 7. Resource Identification Initiative The second project that we are involved in is the Resource The second project that we are involved in is the Resource Identification Initiative which aims to address the the Identification Initiative which aims to address the the significant resource identifiability problem in published significant resource identifiability problem in published research… research…
- 8. A study published last year by our collaborators in the RII A study published last year by our collaborators in the RII reported that typically less than less than 50% of papers have reported that typically less than less than 50% of papers have adequate reporting of material resources, making reproduction adequate reporting of material resources, making reproduction of studies very difficult… of studies very difficult…
- 9. NEW RESULTS FROM STUDY? A study published last year by key members of the RII group A study published last year by key members of the RII group A similar exercise was undertaken for studies in the A similar exercise was undertaken for studies in the reported that typically less that less than 50% of papers have reported that typically less that less than 50% of papers have Reproducibility Initiative the results of which were largely Reproducibility Initiative the results of which were largely adequate reporting of material resources making reproduction adequate reporting of material resources making reproduction consistent with previous findings published in the PeerJ consistent with previous findings published in the PeerJ of studies very difficult… of studies very difficult… article… article…
- 10. 1. Unique Identifier AB_123457 8 1) A central aim of the RII is to develop a standard 1) A central aim of the RII is to develop a standard identification nomenclature for all experimental resources identification nomenclature for all experimental resources (Commercial and Non-commercial)… (Commercial and Non-commercial)…
- 11. 2. Editor Awareness • Drive adoption • Better XML standards • Content machine friendly 2) Publishers have a significant role to play in these efforts. By 2) Publishers have a significant role to play in these efforts. By simply improving and enforcing material and method author simply improving and enforcing material and method author guidelines the relative identifiability of experimental resources guidelines the relative identifiability of experimental resources could be dramatically improved… could be dramatically improved…
- 12. 3. Annotation 3) While NIF is focussing on research material annotation at 3) While NIF is focussing on research material annotation at the pre-publication stage, we are working on a separate the pre-publication stage, we are working on a separate initiative to drive retrospective annotation of published initiative to drive retrospective annotation of published research… research… - Pre-publication - Prospective - Post-Publication - Retrospective
- 13. 4. Interoperability 4) One of the main aims of the RII is to support the adoption of 4) One of the main aims of the RII is to support the adoption of a standardised public research material onthology and a standardised public research material onthology and vocabulary that is interoperable with other exsisting biological vocabulary that is interoperable with other exsisting biological onthologies… onthologies…
- 14. 5. Distribution… 5) As a company scrazzl/CompareNetworks are supporting 5) As a company scrazzl/CompareNetworks are supporting the efforts of the RII. Our business goals are to help our the efforts of the RII. Our business goals are to help our partners, like scholarly publishers, incorporate relevant partners, like scholarly publishers, incorporate relevant resource information into their web applications for the benefit resource information into their web applications for the benefit of their users… of their users…
- 15. In this regard we are uniquely positioned. Our clientbase includes all major life science and healthcare companies. We provide a range of premium digital marketing and lead generation services to over 800 companies globally…
- 16. $300,000,000 Our customers who pay us for website traffic and brand exposure, spend over $300M per year on advertising to scientists…
- 17. Syndication Product Sites Publisher Sites Syndication partners are free to use our product data in their own product offerings. Resulting traffic flowing through our URLs is billed Tools Workflowto our customers which is then shared with the partner…
- 18. Quartzy This type of collaboration allows our partners to avoid the This type of collaboration allows our partners to avoid the costs of managing their own product databases while growing costs of managing their own product databases while growing ancillary revenues by using our product URLs…. ancillary revenues by using our product URLs….
- 19. JoVE JoVE and Quartzy are both using our product API to power JoVE and Quartzy are both using our product API to power product discovery on their websites. This saves them data product discovery on their websites. This saves them data management costs and allows them to grow ancillary management costs and allows them to grow ancillary revenue… revenue…
- 20. Biocompare Our focus on product analysis and reterospective annotation Our focus on product analysis and reterospective annotation in research content allows us to make the content of in research content allows us to make the content of publishers we work with more discoverable. The Citation Feed publishers we work with more discoverable. The Citation Feed service is used by product vendors to manage citations on service is used by product vendors to manage citations on their websites… their websites…
- 21. Interested In • Discussion about best practice in material and method sections. • Users of product information APIs. • Please join the efforts to improve resource reporting by joining Please join the efforts to improve resource reporting by joining Data RII. You can learn more about our APIs andtheother the RII. You can learn more about our APIsand the other the mining access to material and ways that we work with publishers by going to ways that we work method sections. with publishers by going to developers.scrazzl.com… developers.scrazzl.com…
- 22. Questions? E: david.kavanagh@scrazzl.com T: +353 (0) 863-867-990 Twitter: @dkavanagh www.scrazzl.com