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FAU adopts FAIR principle
Modern research is increasingly driven by data. All research findings are ultimately based on the analysis of data, either primary data collected by the researchers themselves or secondary data collected from previous research. ‘Science benefits from freely exchanging research data, but these data are very difficult to access using current publication practices,’ says Dr. Marcus Walther, scientific coordinator of the FAU Research Data and Research Information (AGFD) working group. ‘New methods for securely archiving research data and for exchanging them efficiently have only recently become generally available in some subjects. We need to encourage researchers in these areas to use these methods.’