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RECODE is a set of policy recommendations for facilitating open access to research data. The recommendations are targeted at key stakeholders in the scholarly communication ecosystem.
10 Recommendations
These overarching recommendations are intended to direct consensus-building and action towards ten broad areas that are significant for enabling open access to research data.
They are intended for decision-making stakeholders who have mature or less developed policies on open access.
Start by reading the recommendations.
Research Funders
Funding bodies are key stakeholders in the open access ecosystem: they develop policies and allocate funding in ways that affect how data is created, managed, accessed, disseminated and preserved
This guide provides Research Funders with specific recommendations, policy guidance and resources for enabling open access.
Start by reading about the context.
Research Institutions
Research institutions hold a focal role in transitioning to open access practices for research data, as the primary loci where researchers carry out and publish their work.
This guide provides Research Institutions with specific recommendations, policy guidance and resources for enabling open access.
Start by reading about the context.
Publishers
Publishers can contribute towards a culture of openly sharing research data of high quality by linking data to their journals and book publications, thereby adding value to their own products.
This guide provides Publishers with specific recommendations, policy guidance and resources.
Start by reading about the context.
Data Managers
Data managers are those charged with the management of data as a scientific and/or cultural digital output, such as data centres, libraries, archives and memory institutions.
This guide provides Data Managers with a range of recommendations, policy guidance and resources.
Start by reading about the context.
The RECODE Approach
RECODE used five disciplinary case studies in open access to research data to examine four grand challenges:
1) Stakeholders values & ecosystems.
2) Legal & ethical concerns.
3) Infrastructure & technology.
4) Institutional challenges.
Read about the RECODE approach.
