Data from: 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）等大型科研资助机构已然认可数据归档（data archiving）对科学进步的重要意义，但多数科研资助机构仍不愿为数据归档提供支持。本研究通过对数据再利用的定量评估表明，对数据归档基础设施的持续资金投入能够带来可观的科学回报。