Why Resource Identification Matters - Scrazzl

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In January, The Lancet published a series of papers about waste in research. Inappropriate protocol and

method reporting was singled out as major contributing factor….

In January, The Lancet published a series of papers about waste in research. Inappropriate protocol and

method reporting was singled out as major contributing factor….

The Economist also published a piece in October 2013 on the reproducibility crisis. The article was wide

ranging in scope and explored a number of themes thought to contribute to the lack of experimental

reproducibility…

The Economist also published a piece in October 2013 on the reproducibility crisis. The article was wide

ranging in scope and explored a number of themes thought to contribute to the lack of experimental

reproducibility…

2 Projects…At CompareNetworks there are two projects that we

are involved in that are taking aim at some of the key issues contributing to this reproducibility crisis…

At CompareNetworks there are two projects that we are involved in that are taking aim at some of the key

issues contributing to this reproducibility crisis…

The first of these is the Reproducibility Initiative which is taking 50 recent landmark papers and attempting to

reproduce the reported findings…

The first of these is the Reproducibility Initiative which is taking 50 recent landmark papers and attempting to

reproduce the reported findings…

CompareNetworks is working with vendors to facilitate the donation of key reagents to reproduce these

studies…

CompareNetworks is working with vendors to facilitate the donation of key reagents to reproduce these

studies…

IdentificationResource

Initiative

The second project that we are involved in is the Resource Identification Initiative which aims to

address the the significant resource identifiability problem in published research…

The second project that we are involved in is the Resource Identification Initiative which aims to

address the the significant resource identifiability problem in published research…

A study published last year by our collaborators in the RII reported that typically less than less than 50% of

papers have adequate reporting of material resources, making reproduction of studies very difficult…

A study published last year by our collaborators in the RII reported that typically less than less than 50% of

papers have adequate reporting of material resources, making reproduction of studies very difficult…

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A study published last year by key members of the RII group reported that typically less that less than 50%

of papers have adequate reporting of material resources making reproduction of studies very

difficult…

A study published last year by key members of the RII group reported that typically less that less than 50%

of papers have adequate reporting of material resources making reproduction of studies very

difficult…

A similar exercise was undertaken for studies in the Reproducibility Initiative the results of which were

largely consistent with previous findings published in the PeerJ article…

A similar exercise was undertaken for studies in the Reproducibility Initiative the results of which were

largely consistent with previous findings published in the PeerJ article…

1. Unique Identifier1. Unique Identifier

AB_12345781) A central aim of the RII is to develop a standard

identification nomenclature for all experimental resources (Commercial and Non-commercial)…

1) A central aim of the RII is to develop a standard identification nomenclature for all experimental resources (Commercial and Non-commercial)…

2. Editor Awareness2. Editor

Awareness

• Drive adoption• Better XML standards• Content machine friendly

2) Publishers have a significant role to play in these efforts. By simply improving and enforcing material

and method author guidelines the relative identifiability of experimental resources could be

dramatically improved…

2) Publishers have a significant role to play in these efforts. By simply improving and enforcing material

and method author guidelines the relative identifiability of experimental resources could be

dramatically improved…

3. Annotation3. Annotation

- Pre-publication- Prospective

- Post-Publication- Retrospective

3) While NIF is focussing on research material annotation at the pre-publication stage, we are

working on a separate initiative to drive retrospective annotation of published research…

3) While NIF is focussing on research material annotation at the pre-publication stage, we are

working on a separate initiative to drive retrospective annotation of published research…

4. Interoperability4. Interoperability

4) One of the main aims of the RII is to support the adoption of a standardised public research material onthology and vocabulary that is interoperable with

other exsisting biological onthologies…

4) One of the main aims of the RII is to support the adoption of a standardised public research material onthology and vocabulary that is interoperable with

other exsisting biological onthologies…

5. Distribution…5. Distribution…

5) As a company scrazzl/CompareNetworks are supporting the efforts of the RII. Our business goals are to help our partners, like scholarly publishers,

incorporate relevant resource information into their web applications for the benefit of their users…

5) As a company scrazzl/CompareNetworks are supporting the efforts of the RII. Our business goals are to help our partners, like scholarly publishers,

incorporate relevant resource information into their web applications for the benefit of their users…

In this regard we are uniquely positioned. Our clientbase includes all major life science and healthcare companies. We provide a range of

premium digital marketing and lead generation services to over 800 companies globally…

$300,000,000Our customers who pay us for website traffic and

brand exposure, spend over $300M per year on advertising to scientists…

Product Sites

Workflow Tools

Publisher Sites

Syndication

Syndication

Syndication partners are free to use our product data in their own product offerings. Resulting traffic flowing

through our URLs is billed to our customers which is then shared with the partner…

QuartzyQuartzy

This type of collaboration allows our partners to avoid the costs of managing their own product databases

while growing ancillary revenues by using our product URLs….

This type of collaboration allows our partners to avoid the costs of managing their own product databases

while growing ancillary revenues by using our product URLs….

JoVEJoVE

JoVE and Quartzy are both using our product API to power product discovery on their websites. This saves

them data management costs and allows them to grow ancillary revenue…

JoVE and Quartzy are both using our product API to power product discovery on their websites. This saves

them data management costs and allows them to grow ancillary revenue…

Biocompare

Our focus on product analysis and reterospective annotation in research content allows us to make the

content of publishers we work with more discoverable. The Citation Feed service is used by product vendors

to manage citations on their websites…

Our focus on product analysis and reterospective annotation in research content allows us to make the

content of publishers we work with more discoverable. The Citation Feed service is used by product vendors

to manage citations on their websites…

Interested In

• Discussion about best practice in material and method sections.

• Users of product information APIs.

• Data mining access to material and method sections.

Please join the efforts to improve resource reporting by joining the RII. You can learn more about our APIs and the other ways that we work with publishers by

going to developers.scrazzl.com…

Please join the efforts to improve resource reporting by joining the RII. You can learn more about our APIs and the other ways that we work with publishers by

going to developers.scrazzl.com…

E: david.kavanagh@scrazzl.comT: +353 (0) 863-867-990

Twitter: @dkavanaghwww.scrazzl.com

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