对生命科学数据资源的全面评估揭示了可访问性的重大障碍
Sehi L'Yi1, Harrison G Zhang2, Andrew P Mar1,3
1Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Scientific reports
|July 3, 2025
概括
生命科学数字资源往往存在严重的可访问性问题,阻碍残疾人参与. 仅仅实施标准并不能确保可用性,影响科学研究和教育的包容性.
科学领域:
- 生命科学 生命科学
- 生物信息学是一种生物信息学.
- 数字健康数字健康
背景情况:
- 在科学工作人员中,残疾人代表性不足.
- 数字知识资源的可访问性对于生命科学研究至关重要.
- 关于残疾人能否获得这些重要资源的数据有限.
研究的目的:
- 综合评估数字生命科学资源的可访问性.
- 确定常见的可访问性问题和促成因素.
- 评估这些问题对残疾用户的实际影响.
主要方法:
- 从3,112个数据门户和5,099个期刊网站收集了大规模的可访问性数据.
- 将可访问性指标与美国政府网站作为基线进行比较.
- 在三个数据门户网站上对一个盲人用户进行了深入的可用性研究.
主要成果:
- 74.8%的数据门户和69.1%的期刊网站存在严重的可访问性问题.
- 生命科学资源的可访问性明显低于美国政府网站.
- 一个盲人用户在常见任务中成功率为53.3%,包括数据发现.
结论:
- 当前可访问性标准的实施不足以实现现实世界的可用性.
- 解决关键的可访问性障碍对于包容性的生命科学研究和教育至关重要.
- 公开可用的数据和分析可以推动数字资源可访问性的改进.
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