Regarding the collection of "Research Data" and "Evidence Data" from Institutional Repositories.
Under the current open science policy in Japan has been the situation that is promoting the following two policies side by side.
- Initiatives into "Research Data" associated with "Management and utilization of publicly funded research data"
- Initiatives into "Evidence Data" associated with "Promoting articles, etc. open access"
Research DX (digital transformation)
- Open science: "Promoting articles, etc. open access","Management and utilization of publicly funded research data", etc.
https://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/kenkyudx.html (in Japanese)
Regarding this, in the publication of "Research Data" and "Evidence Data" promoted by domestic
Institutional Repositories, in particular, the following two formats are seen in response to "Evidence Data".
- Format (A): Register "research data" as one independent item
- Format (B): As a part of the main item for publishing article, "Evidence Data" is published in an attached file format
CiNii Research will record these publication style items of Institutional Repositories as follows.
- For Format (A), CiNii Research will record as "Research Data" based on "Research Data Metadata".
- For Format (B), CiNii Research will record as "Article" etc. related to the main item, and will not be recorded as "Research Data".
Currently, CiNii Research may record data associated with main items of resource types other than "Article" as "Research Data." In the future, CiNii Research will expand the collection of resource types other than "Article" and will arrange to register them as the original resource type of the main item.
Request appropriate registration and publish of “Research Data” and “Evidence Data”
Whether it is appropriate to publish data that falls under "Research Data" or "Evidence Data" in Form (A) or Form (B) depends on the nature of the data.
- For research data as independent results, use Format (A) to register and publish the research data along with metadata.
- For research data that is appropriate to be published as part of an artifle, use Format (B) to register and publish the research data along with the article.
When registering and publishing "Research Data" or "Evidence Data" in Institutional Repositories, we would appreciated it if you would select a publication format appropriate to the nature of the data.