NFDI-Neuro Survey Data

The lack of reproducibility of research results is a serious problem – known as “the reproducibility crisis”. The German National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) initiative implemented by the German Research Foundation (DFG) aims to help overcoming this crisis by developing sustainable solutions for research data management (RDM). NFDI comprises domain specific consortia across all science disciplines. In the field of neuroscience, NFDI Neuroscience (NFDI-Neuro) contributes to the strengthening of systematic and standardized RDM in its research communities. NFDI-Neuro conducted a comprehensive survey amongst the neuroscience community to determine the current needs, challenges, and opinions with respect to RDM. The outcomes of this survey are presented here. The German neuroscience community perceives barriers with respect to RDM and data sharing mainly linked to (1) lack of data and metadata standards, (2) lack of community adopted provenance tracking methods, 3) lack of a privacy preserving research infrastructure for sensitive data (4) lack of RDM literacy and (5) lack of required time and resources for proper RDM. NFDI-Neuro aims to systematically address these barriers by leading and contributing to the development of standards, tools, and infrastructure and by providing training, education and support, as well as additional resources to its research community. The RDM work of NFDI-Neuro is conducted in close collaboration with its partner EBRAINS AISBL, the coordinating entity of the EU Flagship Human Brain Project, and its Research Infrastructure (RI) EBRAINS with more than 4500 registered users and developers from more than 30 countries. While NFDI-Neuro aims to address the national needs, it closely aligns with the international community and the topics of the Digital Europe Program and EU Data Spaces.

研究结果无法复现是一个严峻的问题，即所谓的‘可复现性危机（reproducibility crisis）’。由德国研究基金会（Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG）牵头实施的德国国家研究数据基础设施（German National Research Data Infrastructure, NFDI）计划，旨在通过研发研究数据管理（Research Data Management, RDM）的可持续解决方案，助力破解这一危机。NFDI由覆盖所有科学学科的领域专属联盟组成。在神经科学领域，NFDI神经科学联盟（NFDI Neuroscience, NFDI-Neuro）致力于强化其研究社群中的系统化、标准化研究数据管理工作。NFDI-Neuro曾在神经科学社群中开展一项全面调研，以明确当前研究数据管理相关的需求、挑战与看法，本数据集即呈现该调研的结果。德国神经科学社群认为，研究数据管理与数据共享方面的障碍主要源于以下五点：（1）缺乏数据与元数据标准；（2）缺乏社群通用的溯源追踪方法；（3）缺乏面向敏感数据的隐私保护研究基础设施；（4）研究数据管理素养不足；（5）缺乏开展规范研究数据管理所需的时间与资源。NFDI-Neuro旨在通过主导并参与标准、工具与基础设施的研发，以及为其研究社群提供培训、教育、支持与额外资源，系统性地破解上述障碍。NFDI-Neuro的研究数据管理工作，与其合作伙伴EBRAINS AISBL——欧盟旗舰项目“人类脑计划”的协调实体——及其研究基础设施（Research Infrastructure, RI）EBRAINS紧密协作开展；EBRAINS拥有来自30余个国家的4500余名注册用户与开发者。尽管NFDI-Neuro旨在满足本国科研需求，但其工作也与国际科研社群及“数字欧洲计划”、欧盟数据空间的相关议题保持高度契合。