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REVIEW article

Front. Big Data
Sec. Data Mining and Management
Volume 7 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fdata.2024.1428568

Current State of Data Stewardship Tools in Life Science

Provisionally accepted
Anna Aksenova Anna Aksenova 1Anoop Johny Anoop Johny 1Tim Adams Tim Adams 2Philip Gribbon Philip Gribbon 3Marc Jacobs Marc Jacobs 2Martin Hofmann-Apitius Martin Hofmann-Apitius 2*
  • 1 University of Bonn, Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • 2 Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (FHG), Sankt Augustin, Germany
  • 3 Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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    In today's data-centric landscape, effective data stewardship is critical for facilitating scientific research and innovation. This article provides an overview of essential tools and frameworks for modern data stewardship practices. Over 300 tools were analyzed in this study based on their description in the literature. We are assessing their utility, relevance to data stewardship, and applicability within the life sciences domain.

    Keywords: data stewardship tools1, FAIR2, research data repositories3, data sharing4, literature review5, data interoperability6, mapping7

    Received: 06 May 2024; Accepted: 23 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Aksenova, Johny, Adams, Gribbon, Jacobs and Hofmann-Apitius. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Martin Hofmann-Apitius, Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (FHG), Sankt Augustin, Germany

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