The 10 principles of open research data
With the publication of the Concordat on Open Research Data last week, the UK further cemented its leadership position in promoting access to tax payer-funded research data. Read more
Progress on pragmatic sharing of clinical data
Guidelines on clinical data sharing developed by the Scientific Data team have been published in Research Integrity and Peer Review, and several published Data Descriptors at Scientific Data demonstrate the guidelines in practice. Our aim is to implement the best features of journals, data repositories and secure data request services to enable effective sharing of experimental clinical research data. Read more
Announcing the #scidata16 draft programme and call for lightning talks
We have a galaxy of open research stars giving talks at this year’s edition of Publishing Better Science through Better Data (#scidata16). And if you have a great example of research data sharing or reuse, you could be joining them. Read more
Getting practical about the transition to Open Data
It’s Open Access Week and this Friday the Scientific Data team and colleagues at Nature Publishing Group are preparing for the second – now, annual – edition of our data-focused conference, Publishing Better Science through Better Data. Read more
Scientific Data outreach in Japan
Scientific Data and Nature Publishing Group’s open data initiatives have been presented to Japanese audiences through several recent events. Read more
Registration open for ‘Publishing better science through better data’
The Scientific Data team are excited to be chairing a half-day conference, aimed at scientific researchers, at Nature Publishing Group’s UK headquarters this autumn. Free tickets for the event, ‘Publishing better science through better data’, have just been released. Read more