COVID-19-related research data availability and quality according to the FAIR principles: A meta-research study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

According to the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable), scientific research data should be findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to massive research activities and an unprecedented number of topical publications in a short time. However, no evaluation has assessed whether this COVID-19-related research data has complied with FAIR principles (or FAIRness).

Objective

Our objective was to investigate the availability of open data in COVID-19-related research and to assess compliance with FAIRness.

Methods

We conducted a comprehensive search and retrieved all open-access articles related to COVID-19 from journals indexed in PubMed, available in the Europe PubMed Central database, published

SUBMITTER: Sofi-Mahmudi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11573139 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature