测量数据腐烂:对单一大学共享数据持续可用性的分析
1Caltech Library, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States of America.
PloS one
|June 5, 2024
概括
研究人员在许多地点共享了补充数据,但5.4%的链接不可用. 数字对象识别符 (DOI) 比URL更稳定,突出显示了数据存储库对长期数据可访问性的重要性.
科学领域:
- 图书统计学 图书统计学
- 数据科学数据科学数据科学
- 信息科学 信息科学 信息科学
背景情况:
- 分享研究数据对于可重复性和科学进步至关重要.
- 评估共享研究数据的长期可用性对于其有用性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 分析研究人员共享补充数据的地点.
- 为了确定共享数据链接的可用性和持久性.
主要方法:
- 从一个大学的机构存储库中收集了2166个补充数据链接.
- 使用R进行web scraping和对链接可用性的算法测试.
- 对无法算法测试的链接进行手动验证.
主要成果:
- 研究人员在数百个平台上共享数据,其中三分之二是URL,三分之一是数字对象识别器 (DOI).
- 发现所有共享数据链接中有5.4%无法使用.
- 与URL相比,数字对象识别器 (DOI) 的链接持久性 (1.7%损失) 高于URL (5.9%损失).
- 旧出版物和在期刊网站上托管的链接显示了更高的数据消失率.
结论:
- 在专用存储库中通过像DOI这样的持久标识符共享数据,可以提高数据的寿命.
- 随着时间的推移,很大一部分共享数据变得无法访问,尤其是在通过URL共享或在不稳定的平台上托管时.
- 最佳实践应强调使用数据存储库和永久标识符来实现可持续的数据共享.
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