9 posts
By Jack Nash
31 July 2025
Open data is a key component of open science practices, and making your data available for others to reuse can increase the validity, reproducibility, and impact of your research. In the following blog post, we outline the benefits of data reuse and offer insight into the best practices for sharing your data with other researchers. […]
By Jack Nash
09 July 2025
Open Data can be confusing, but it doesn’t have to be! In this blog post, we’ll cover some of the frequently asked questions our team receives about Open Data to help you prepare the underlying data before you submit your Article to HRB Open Research. What is a data availability statement? A data availability statement […]
By Jack Nash
29 January 2025
The open data movement is rapidly gaining momentum, with many governments and international organisations worldwide announcing open data initiatives and policies that support data reuse. The Health Research Board and HRB Open Research advocate their own Open Data Policy, encouraging researchers to make data as open as possible and as closed as necessary. We highlight […]
By Jack Nash
12 March 2024
Open data is a central part of open science, but data sharing can be difficult for researchers unfamiliar with open data practices. In this blog we provide some useful tips and guidance that will help you share data effectively.
By Guest Author
29 June 2023
Open data is a key component of open science practices, but it can be challenging for health researchers. We explore how authors can share their data openly but safely in our blog.
By Jack Nash
29 March 2019
Brendan Palmer, HRB Clinical Research Facility Cork, shares his experience of participating in the GO-FAIR training programme and the value gained by data stewardship among the research community. The Statistics and Data Analysis Unit (SDAU), at the HRB Clinical Research Facility Cork where I work, provides statistical support for clinical investigators at all stages of the research […]
By Jack Nash
29 January 2019
The Health Research Board (HRB) is committed to supporting the Irish research community to achieve high standards in data sharing and data re-use. Aileen Sheehy, tells us more about HRB’s updated data policy to promote the open sharing of data, and the initiatives being set up to support this and data reuse.
By Jack Nash
05 November 2018
In support of International Data Week, Hollydawn Murray introduces our newly overhauled data guidelines, part of HRB Open Research’s effort to help researchers maximise the potential of their data by best enabling reuse.