The Rise of Primary Research Data

Abstract: As the scale of global commerce and opportunities for multidisciplinary collaboration increase, there is greater pressure on basic research to supply a quick return on investment (ROI). The emergence and development of digital information technologies in the new millennium have inspired a new look at how research outputs are managed and disseminated. The driving question in the minds of many research funders is this—will lowering the barriers for access increase the value of research for the greater society? This is a particularly interesting question to consider for measurement data, the greater amount of which are scattered across millions of separate, fixed publications (not to mention those never published and lingering in file drawers and on hard drives). Can the advent of cloud technologies, exchange standards, and provenance tracking facilitate improved access, evaluation, and use of data for both research and commerce? Can new value and discovery be realized through the greater aggregation of measured scientific data as “Big Data”?

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Deutsch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: The Rise of Primary Research Data ; volume:39 ; number:3 ; year:2017 ; pages:3-4 ; extent:2 ; Chemistry international ; 39, Heft 3 (2017), 3-4 (gesamt 2)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: McEwen, Leah ; Martinsen, David

Further information

• DOI: 10.1515/ci-2017-0302
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410201607048.478211320000
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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