Improving the integrity of research data: building an institutional data archive

Keeping data secure and safe from loss post-publication is an integral part of maintaining research integrity. One way to do this is to have an institutional archiving system for all raw data and processing files (e.g., computational code) associated with publications. This can be a closed system if necessary to bypass issues of confidentiality. In addition to allowing reproducibility of research, having data stored unaltered in an archive also is of benefit where questions about the integrity of research methods or findings of a publication are raised.

This poster presents the process of setting up the data archive at the Francis Crick Institute, the steps to successful archiving, and potential future integrations such as linking it with an internal repository for promoting open research, as well as making it more user friendly and quicker to use for researchers by adding automaticity to the process.

Poster presented as part of the International Digital Curation Conference 2024.