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Area of Science:

  • Biomedical research
  • Scientific collaboration
  • Data management

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  • High-quality research environments are crucial for biomedical progress.
  • Existing research environments face challenges in collaboration, data access, and innovation.
  • Five key themes identified: collaboration, data access, user-led innovation, data provenance, and public/scientific benefit.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To model the social structures underpinning effective biomedical research environments.
  • To identify barriers to collaboration and efficient data markets.
  • To propose solutions for enhancing biomedical research environments, particularly in the Global South.

Main Methods:

  • Literature search to identify key themes in biomedical research environments.
  • Application of club theory to model social structures.
  • Analysis of transaction costs and property rights affecting data markets.

Main Results:

  • Collaboration is essential for impactful science but hindered by high transaction costs.
  • Poorly defined data property rights limit efficient data markets.
  • Incentivization by funding agencies and trust-by-design solutions can improve collaboration and data sharing.

Conclusions:

  • Addressing structural issues in research environments is vital for advancing data-driven science.
  • Prospective solutions can help developing biomedical science in the Global South avoid current practice constraints.
  • The aesthetic and ethical value base of science is a key motivator for collaboration.