Critical remarks on current practices of data article publishing: Issues, challenges, and recommendations

Download or read book Critical remarks on current practices of data article publishing: Issues, challenges, and recommendations written by Quan-Hoang Vuong and published by Data Science and Informetrics. This book was released on 2024-08-19 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contribution of the data paper publishing paradigm to the knowledge generation and validation processes is becoming substantial and pivotal. In this paper, through the information-processing perspective of Mindsponge Theory, we discuss how the data article publishing system serves as a filtering mechanism for quality control of the increasingly chaotic datasphere. The overemphasis on machine-actionality and technical standards presents some shortcomings and limitations of the data article publishing system, such as the lack of consideration of humanistic values, radical race for big data, and inadequate use of expertise in data evaluation. Without addressing the shortcomings and limitations, the reusability of data will be hindered, and scientific investment to facilitate data sharing will be wasted. Thus, we suggest that the current data paper publishing paradigm needs to be updated with a new philosophy of data.