The OpenNeuro resource for sharing of neuroscience data
- Stanford University, United States
- Dartmouth University, United States
- Squishymedia, United States
Abstract
The sharing of research data is essential to ensure reproducibility and maximize the impact of public investments in scientific research. Here we describe OpenNeuro, a BRAIN Initiative data archive that provides the ability to openly share data from a broad range of brain imaging data types following the FAIR principles for data sharing. We highlight the importance of the Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) standard for enabling effective curation, sharing, and reuse of data. The archive presently shares more than 600 datasets including data from more than 20,000 participants, comprising multiple species and measurement modalities and a broad range of phenotypes. The impact of the shared data is evident in a growing number of published reuses, currently totalling more than 150 publications. We conclude by describing plans for future development and integration with other ongoing open science efforts.
Data availability
The OpenNeuro data repository is accessible at http://openneuro.org. The derived data used to generate the analyses and figures reported here are available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5559041
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Christopher J Markiewicz
Krzysztof J Gorgolewski
Funding
National Institute of Mental Health (R24MH117179)
- Russell Poldrack
National Institute of Mental Health (R24MH114705)
- Russell Poldrack
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
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© 2021, Markiewicz et al.
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License permitting unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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The OpenNeuro resource for sharing of neuroscience data
eLife 10:e71774.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.71774
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