Data archiving is a good investment

Funding agencies are reluctant to support data archiving, even though large research funders such as the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health acknowledge its importance for scientific progress. Our quantitative estimates of data reuse indicate that ongoing financial investment in data-archiving infrastructure provides a high scientific
return.

尽管美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation, NSF）与美国国立卫生研究院（National Institutes of Health, NIH）等大型研究资助方均已认可数据存档对科学进步的重要价值，但多数科研资助机构仍不愿为数据存档提供支持。我们针对数据复用开展的定量估算结果显示，对数据存档基础设施的持续资金投入可带来显著的科学回报。