With open science gaining traction, do we need an Australasia PubMed Central (PMC)? A qualitative investigation

Autor: Lisa Kruesi, Kerry Tanner, Frada Burstein
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Open science
PubMed
Knowledge management
Research Facilities
Biomedical Research
Science Policy
Science
Oceania
MEDLINE
Libraries
Institutional Repositories
computer.software_genre
Research and Analysis Methods
Information Centers
News aggregator
Geographical Locations
03 medical and health sciences
Open Science
Political science
Librarians
Health care
Medicine and Health Sciences
Humans
Management process
SWOT analysis
030304 developmental biology
Scientific Publishing
0303 health sciences
Multidisciplinary
business.industry
05 social sciences
Australia
Focus group
Europe
Professions
Work (electrical)
Open Access Publishing
People and Places
Medicine
Population Groupings
0509 other social sciences
050904 information & library sciences
business
computer
Publication Practices
Research Article
New Zealand
Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 14, Iss 2, p e0212843 (2019)
PLoS ONE
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: Open biomedical repositories, such as PubMed Central (PMC), are a means to make research discoverable and permanently accessible. Assessing the potential interest of key stakeholders in an Australasia PubMed Central was the objective of this research. The investigation is novel, assisting in the development of open science infrastructure through its systematic analysis of the potential interest in, and viability of a biomedical repository for managing openly accessible research outputs for the Australasia region. The research adopted a qualitative approach based on semi-structured interviews and a focus group. Forty-four stakeholders located throughout Australia and New Zealand participated in the research. Participants expanded upon their experience of PubMed, MEDLINE, PMC and their use of information resources for research and clinical practice. The Evidence Based Healthcare (EBHC) pyramid was the theoretical model adopted to explain open biomedical repository processes. A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis identified support for exploring membership of an international PMC system, in particular Europe PMC. Lessons learnt from PMC US, Europe PMC and PMC Canada (collectively known as PubMed Central International) informed the investigation. A major strength identified was that PubMed Central International has been able to achieve high levels of compliance way beyond that of most institutional repositories. A great threat faced is overcoming the difficulties of working together with other major world bodies and financially sustaining an Australasia PMC. Improving Australasian biomedical knowledge management processes may be possible from adopting a PMC for retrieving and transferring research, linked to the data underlying the research. This in turn could help put regional research under a brighter spotlight, potentially leading to improvements in research quality. There is an opportunity for a potential Australasia PMC to harvest biomedical research from the National Library of Australia's aggregator database, Trove and work closely with Europe PMC to avoid duplication of effort. Overall, establishment of an Australasia permanent biomedical digital open repository is perceived as important, with significant potential flow-on benefits to healthcare, industry and society.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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