The Research Data Repository (RDR) reaches 2,000 datasets with a study by IPHES-CERCA
El Repositori de Dades de Recerca (RDR) ha assolit la fita dels 2.000 conjunts de dades (datasets) publicats, un pas clau en la seva consolidació com a infraestructura de referència per a la gestió, preservació i difusió de dades de recerca en accés obert a Catalunya. Aquesta xifra rodona s’ha assolit amb la publicació d’un dataset elaborat per personal investigador de l’IPHES-CERCA, fet que reforça el compromís del centre amb els principis de la ciència oberta i la transparència del coneixement científic.
The Research Data Repository (RDR) has reached the milestone of 2,000 published datasets, a key step in its consolidation as a reference infrastructure for the management, preservation and dissemination of open-access research data in Catalonia. This milestone has been achieved with the publication of a dataset produced by researchers from IPHES-CERCA, reinforcing the centre’s commitment to the principles of open science and the transparency of scientific knowledge.
The 2,000th dataset, entitled “Supplementary material of Characterisation of the bone-sedimentary matrix interphase and its influence on mechanical cleaning”, was produced by Noé Valtierra Pereiro, Andrea Díaz Cortés, Héctor Del Valle, Antoine Souron, Miguel Ángel Moreno-Ibáñez, Eric Pubert, Nicolas Vanderesse, David Manuel Martín Perea, Lucía López-Polín and Lloyd Courtenay. The dataset has been deposited in the institutional instance of the Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES-CERCA) within the RDR repository.
A key dataset for the study and conservation of the archaeological record
The dataset includes 25 files containing documentation obtained through computed tomography microscopy, applied to three specimens from the Gran Dolina and Galería sites (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos) and the Roc de les Orenetes site (Girona). This dataset enables analysis of the interaction between the bone surface and the surrounding sedimentary matrix, as well as assessment of how this relationship influences mechanical cleaning and conservation processes in archaeological and palaeontological materials.
The open-access publication of these data facilitates scientific reuse, enhances the reproducibility of research, and contributes to improving heritage conservation protocols.
Data repositories and open science
Within the framework of European open science policies, Research Data Management (RDM) has become a central component of scientific activity. Federated repositories such as RDR, coordinated by the Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya (CSUC), enable universities and research centres to publish data in accordance with the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) and the guidelines of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).
The repository reached 1,000 published datasets in July 2024, three years after its launch in 2021, and has added a further 1,000 datasets in just one and a half years, a growth that reflects the research community’s confidence in this infrastructure.
In this context, IPHES-CERCA is actively working to integrate the data generated by its research projects into institutional and federated repositories, in coordination with the infrastructures of the Catalan research system, such as RDR and the CORA ecosystem, thereby contributing to more open, transparent and reusable research.