Minimum Information Standards in Chemistry: A Call for Better Research Data Management Practices

Authors

Sonja Herres-Pawlis, Institut für Anorganische Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1A, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Felix Bach, E-Research, FIZ Karlsruhe-Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
Ian J. Bruno, Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EZ, UK.
Stuart J. Chalk, University of North FloridaFollow
Nicole Jung, Institute of Biological and Chemical Systems (IBCS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
Johannes C. Liermann, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Department of Chemistry, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128, Mainz, Germany.
Leah R. McEwen, Cornell University Library, 293 Clark Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-2501, USA.
Steffen Neumann, Bioinformatics and Scientific Data, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120, Halle, Germany.
Christoph Steinbeck, Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Lessingstr. 1, 07743, Jena, Germany.
Matthias Razum, E-Research, FIZ Karlsruhe-Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
Oliver Koepler, Lab Linked Scientific Knowledge, TIB-Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, Welfengarten 1B, 30173, Hannover, Germany.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-8-2022

Abstract

Research data management (RDM) is needed to assist experimental advances and data collection in the chemical sciences. Many funders require RDM because experiments are often paid for by taxpayers and the resulting data should be deposited sustainably for posterity. However, paper notebooks are still common in laboratories and research data is often stored in proprietary and/or dead-end file formats without experimental context. Data must mature beyond a mere supplement to a research paper. Electronic lab notebooks (ELN) and laboratory information management systems (LIMS) allow researchers to manage data better and they simplify research and publication. Thus, an agreement is needed on minimum information standards for data handling to support structured approaches to data reporting. As digitalization becomes part of curricular teaching, future generations of digital native chemists will embrace RDM and ELN as an organic part of their research.

Publication Title

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

First Page

e202203038

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1002/anie.202203038

PubMed ID

36347644

E-ISSN

1521-3773

Language

eng

Citation Information

Herres-Pawlis, Sonja; Bach, Felix; Bruno, Ian J.; Chalk, Stuart J.; Jung, Nicole; Liermann, Johannes C.; McEwen, Leah R.; Neumann, Steffen; Steinbeck, Christoph; Razum, Matthias; and Koepler, Oliver, "Minimum Information Standards in Chemistry: A Call for Better Research Data Management Practices" (2022). UNF Faculty Research and Scholarship. 3165.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/unf_faculty_publications/3165