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Forschende bei der Arbeit umgeben von Symbolen für verschiedene Forschungsdaten
Working with research data
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Saving and archiving research data
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Publish research data
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Research data in funding applications
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Legal aspects
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Tools and tips
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The research data lifecycle shows the various stages in the research process at which tasks relating to RDM arise.

Why is research data management important?

Responsible research data management (RDM) includes the indexing, processing, storage and archiving of data. The aim is to make research data findable, accessible, comprehensible in terms of content and usable in the long term. Dealing with data management at an early stage, preferably before the project begins, offers researchers many advantages:

  • Research funding: Many research funders require RDM to validate results and avoid double funding, for example.
  • Usability: Ensuring long-term usability (at least ten years) through documentation and archiving of the data
  • Transparency and verifiability of the data through conscientious documentation of the research process
  • Reproducibility of the data
  • Citability: Publication of the data as a stand-alone publication or as a data supplement
  • Increased visibility of the research

Contact:

Dr. Dana Kuhnert
Department Faculty 6 / FDM
Winklerstrasse 3
09599 Freiberg
forschungsdaten [at] ub.tu-freiberg.de +49 3731 39-2819
Dr. Stefanie Nagel
Head of the Open Science department
Winklerstrasse 3
09599 Freiberg
openscience [at] ub.tu-freiberg.de +49 3731 39-2480