Research Data Guide

Open research data and methods. National policy and executive plan by the higher education and research community for 2021–2025. Policy component 1: Open access to research data (2021) The Committee for Public Information (TJNK) and Federation of Finnish Learned Societies (TSV)

Tutkimusaineistojen ja -menetelmien avoimuus. Korkeakoulu- ja tutkimusyhteisön kansallinen linjaus ja toimenpideohjelma 2021–2025. Osalinjaus 1: Tutkimusdatan avoin saatavuus (2021)  Tiedonjulkistamisen neuvottelukunta ja Tieteellisten seurain valtuuskunta 

UNIFI (2018) Avoin tiede ja data. Toimenpideohjelma suomalaisille tiedeyhteisölle  (open science and data action plan for Finnish universities). UNIFI is a co-operational organisation for Finnish universities

• Science Europe (2021). Practical Guide to the International Alignment of research Data Management. Extended ed. with DMP evaluation rubric. Published 27.1.2021
• Unesco recommendation on open science (2021)
• European data strategy. Making the EU a role model for a society empowered by data
• Digital transformation in scholarly communication. Event report  Brussels 20 and 21 Nov 2019. Science Europe April 2020
• Future of Scholarly Publishing and Scholarly Communication. Report of the Expert Group to the European Commission (January 2019)
• European Commission guidance to Open Science (publ. April 2018)

Sorbonne Declaration (2020)

Responsible Research in the University of Oulu (published 12/2018)

• Foudations of the  program: quality, transparency, openness, collaboration and impact

Data Specialists in faculties and focus institutes at UOulu

In matters related to data management, please contact your unit’s data specialist or researchdata@oulu.fi
For more information, please contact: Miki Kallio, miki.kallio@oulu.fi, Unit for Strategy and Science Policy

The benefits of managing your data include:

• Meeting funding body grant requirements.
• Ensuring research integrity and reproducibility.
• Increasing your research impact.
• Ensuring research data and records are accurate, complete, authentic and reliable.
• Saving time and resources in the long run.
• Enhancing data security and minimizing the risk of data loss.
• Preventing duplication of effort by enabling others to use your data.
• Complying with practices conducted in industry and commerce.
• Sustainability. Read more

Read more Data, Scientific; Astell, Mathias (2017): Benefits of Open Research Data Infographic. figshare. Figure. 

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• increases researcher and research visibility
• increases impact & citation counts of research
• improves the quality of research
• improves innovativeness
• saves time and resources
• increases opportunities for collaboration across organizational and disciplinary boundaries

Barrier to data sharing can be financial or issues related to data confidentiality or ownership.

The sensitivity of personal information about human subjects cannot be overstated. However, it is entirely feasible to anonymise such data so that it may be freely and safely shared with others. Read more about sharing medical data.