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Conference paper - Peer-reviewed, 2018

Standardization and Quality Assurance in Life-Science Research - Crucially Needed or Unnecessary and Annoying Regulation?

Hollmann, Susanne; Attwood, Teresa K.; Bongcam-Rudloff, Erik; Duca, Deborah; D'Elia, Domenica; Endrullat, Christoph; Frohme, Marcus; Messerschmidt, Katrin; Regierer, Babette

Abstract

Open Science describes the ongoing transitions in the way research is performed, i.e. researchers collaborate, knowledge is shared, and science is organized. It is driven by digital technologies and by the enormous growth of data, globalization, enlargement of the scientific community and the need to address societal challenges [23]. It has now widely been recognized that making research results more accessible to all societal actors contributes to better and more efficient science, as well as to innovation in the public and private sectors [1, 17]. However, the reuse of research results can only be achieved reliably and efficiently, if these data are valorized in a specific manner. Data are to be generated, formatted and stored according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and according to sophisticated Data Management Plans [23]. Hence, to generate accurate and reproducible data sets, to allow interlaboratory comparisons as well as further and future use of research data it is mandatory to work in line with good laboratory practices and well-defined and validated methodologies. Within this article, members of the Cost Action CHARME [10] will discuss aspects of quality management and standardization in context with Open Access (OA) efforts. We will address the question: Are Standardization and Quality Management measures in life-science research crucially needed or introduce further unwanted means of regulation?

Keywords

Open Access (OA); Standardization; Validity and reliability of data; Standard operating procedures (SOPs); Quality management (QM); Quality control (QC); Quality assurance (QA); Seal of science; Education

Published in

Communications in Computer and Information Science
2018, Volume: 940, pages: 13-20
ISBN: 978-3-030-00824-6, eISBN: 978-3-030-00825-3
Publisher: SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG, GEWERBESTRASSE 11, CHAM, CH-6330, SWITZERLAND

Conference

10th International Conference on ICT Innovations (ICT Innovations) - Engineering and Life Sciences, SEP 17-19, 2018, Ohrid, NORTH MACEDONIA

    UKÄ Subject classification

    Other Computer and Information Science

    Publication identifier

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00825-3_2

    Permanent link to this page (URI)

    https://res.slu.se/id/publ/117791