Data Management Practices

【What’s data management?】

■ Responsible Conduct in Data Management (Northern Illinois University)

■ Management of Research Data (University of New Hampshire)

■ Data Management Toolkit (University of New Hampshire)

■ Research Data Management Toolkit: Planning (University of Western Australia)

■ Data management (MIT Libraries)

■ Data acquisition and management  (Columbia University)

■ Benefits of good research data management (KU Leuven)

■ Research data management (KU Leuven)

■ Reproducible Research Practices: Research Data Management (UC Berkeley)

Data Management (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Data management plan

■ California Digital Library

Digital Curation Centre, UK

 

【Data ownership】

■ Who owns your thesis data? We do, says one university, prompting retraction (Retraction Watch)

 NCKU Regulations Governing the Management of Research and Development Accomplishments

Government Scientific and Technological Research and Development Results Ownership and Utilization Regulation

 

【Data sharing】

NIH Data Sharing Policy (NIH USA)

Data sharing and how it can benefit your scientific career (Nature)

Sharing research data (Elsevier)

Research Data Sharing Policies (SAGE)

 

【Case Study】

RCR Casebook: Data Acquisition and Management (NIH ORI)

Author dispute concerning ownership of data (COPE)

A claim of stolen data and a demand for retractions (COPE)

Paper submitted for publication without consent or knowledge of co-authors (COPE)

Alleged unauthorized use of data and possible dual publication (COPE)

Author accused of stealing research and publishing under their name (COPE)

 

【Further Reading】

Data management made simple (Nature 2018)

Award-winning nursing researcher’s paper retracted for ‘failure to acknowledge the contribution of other researchers and the funding source’ (Retraction Watch)

Why digital badges don't work:Turns out they're not enough incentive for researchers to share their data. (Natureindex).

Six tips for data sharing in the age of the coronavirus (Nature)

Data sharing: An open mind on open data (Nature)