Is Neuroscience FAIR? A Call for Collaborative Standardisation of Neuroscience Data

Jean-Baptiste Poline¹, David N Kennedy², Friedrich T Sommer³, Giorgio A Ascoli⁴, David C Van Essen⁵, Adam R Ferguson⁶, Jeffrey S Grethe⁷, Michael J Hawrylycz⁸, Paul M Thompson⁹, Russell A Poldrack¹⁰, Satrajit S Ghosh¹¹, David B Keator¹², Thomas L Athey¹³, Joshua T Vogelstein¹⁴, Helen S Mayberg¹⁵, Maryann E Martone¹⁶

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¹ Faculty of Medicine, Jr. Brain Imaging Center, McGill UniversityMontreal Canada and Henry H. WheelerHelen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. jean-baptiste.poline@mcgill.ca.
² Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
³ Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
⁴ Bioengineering Department, Neuroscience Program, and Center for Neural Informatics, Structures, and Plasticity; Volgenau School of Engineering and Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.
⁵ Anatomy & Neurobiology Department, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
⁶ Brain and Spinal Injury Center, UCSF, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁷ Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.
⁸ Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁹ Imaging Genetics Center, Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging & Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Psychology and Stanford Center for Reproducible Neuroscience, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
¹¹ Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA.
¹² University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
¹³ Center for Imaging Science, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, Baltimore, USA.
¹⁴ Institute for Computational Medicine, Center for Imaging Science, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
¹⁵ Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0662, USA.

PMID: 35061216
PMCID: PMC9300762
DOI: 10.1007/s12021-021-09557-0

Is Neuroscience FAIR? A Call for Collaborative Standardisation of Neuroscience Data

Jean-Baptiste Poline et al. Neuroinformatics. 2022 Apr.

. 2022 Apr;20(2):507-512.

doi: 10.1007/s12021-021-09557-0. Epub 2022 Jan 21.

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¹ Faculty of Medicine, Jr. Brain Imaging Center, McGill UniversityMontreal Canada and Henry H. WheelerHelen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. jean-baptiste.poline@mcgill.ca.
² Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
³ Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
⁴ Bioengineering Department, Neuroscience Program, and Center for Neural Informatics, Structures, and Plasticity; Volgenau School of Engineering and Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.
⁵ Anatomy & Neurobiology Department, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
⁶ Brain and Spinal Injury Center, UCSF, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁷ Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.
⁸ Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁹ Imaging Genetics Center, Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging & Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Psychology and Stanford Center for Reproducible Neuroscience, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
¹¹ Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA.
¹² University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
¹³ Center for Imaging Science, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, Baltimore, USA.
¹⁴ Institute for Computational Medicine, Center for Imaging Science, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
¹⁵ Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0662, USA.

PMID: 35061216
PMCID: PMC9300762
DOI: 10.1007/s12021-021-09557-0

Abstract

In this perspective article, we consider the critical issue of data and other research object standardisation and, specifically, how international collaboration, and organizations such as the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF) can encourage that emerging neuroscience data be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR). As neuroscientists engaged in the sharing and integration of multi-modal and multiscale data, we see the current insufficiency of standards as a major impediment in the Interoperability and Reusability of research results. We call for increased international collaborative standardisation of neuroscience data to foster integration and efficient reuse of research objects.

Keywords: International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility; Interoperability; Neuroscience; Standards,.

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