Open science is improving research practices as it begins to proliferate across a variety of research disciplines. Research sponsors that adopt open science are now requiring studies they fund to share the collected data with the public at the time when the article describing the use of the data is published. Researchers are submitting various data sets to repositories, seeking dissemination as open data before their manuscripts are published. Many data repositories and curation professionals facilitate reviews of data submissions to assist potential users in choosing which data to reuse for their research goals. Data repositories that review data submissions as part of the data curation process will be expected to perform data archiving, curation, reviews, and dissemination in a timely manner to help data producers comply with sponsor requirements for open science. Data curation professionals will need to be prepared to guide the research community in conducting data reviews.

The joint session will describe various approaches that data repositories are adopting to review data submissions along with the challenges and opportunities for conducting data reviews. Session participants and presenters will discuss various approaches to data review and explore how repositories, especially those with limited resources, can conduct reviews effectively in a timely manner. Outcomes of the session will include knowledge about data review practices, perspectives on developing and improving timely data review processes and capabilities at data repositories, and improved understanding about needs for educational and training programs to prepare the next generation of data curation professionals and researchers in conducting data reviews as we move into the era of open science.

Introduction to Joint Session on Data Review in Data Repositories for Open Science – (~5 Minutes)

Discussion (~3 Minutes)

Results of a Data Quality Assurance Study. Maxi Kindling and Dorothea Strecker (~12 Minutes)

Discussion (~3 Minutes)

The Review Process and its Development for Peer-Review of Astromaterials Samples Data. Kerstin A. Lehnert (~10 Minutes)

Discussion (~3 Minutes)

Progress and Challenges for Conducting Data Reviews. Robert R. Downs (~8 Minutes)

Discussion (~3 Minutes)

TBD (~10 Minutes)

Discussion (~3 Minutes)

General Discussion (~ 30 minutes)

Data archivists, managers, distributors, producers and users;

Repository managers and depositors of research data;

Institutional hosts, sponsors, and users of research data repositories;

Data archivists and managers planning to establish a research data repository;

Developers of repository platforms for research data;

Data curation and data repository service providers; and

Instructors teaching data curation and research practices.