Research Methods Group
http://worldagroforestry.org/research-methods/
http://worldagroforestry.org/dataverse
Preparedness for Open
Access
ICRAF RMG

Compliant Repository Exists
Unique Visitors to Dataverse

Data Management Services Throughout
Research Lifecycle
Proposal
Stage
Grant
Opening
Project
Research
Publishing
Grant
Close
out
• Proposal Checklist
• Data Publishing
• Scientific collaboration
• GMIS updated with
delivered dataset
• Full dataset archived
• GMIS Project target
datasets record
• Dataverse Study Created
• Data Collection
• Data Cleaning
• Dataverse Management
• Data Analysis

Establishing Data Outputs Monitoring
Outputs
Monitoring
Database
Customer
Relationship
Management (CRM)
Redmine + Emails
Dataverse
Published Dataset
Projects
RegionsYears
Published Dataset
Status
Category
Project Status
• GMIS status shows data
• Data Management
meeting
• Study set up with
cataloguing information
• Methods + 1st data
archived
• Completed dataset +
meta data
• Not contacted
• Contacted – no reply
• Reminder 1
• Reminder 2
• Contacted – replied
with data
• Data uploaded but
missing items e.g.
codebook, DOI links
• Data archived

What is needed?
• Clear mandate to include data as research output
• CGIAR Fund allocation to support cross-center collaboration
• Data Policies at Centre level
• Ethical committee to be established in all Centers
• Clear guidelines on authorship attribution
• Zero tolerance of scientific fraud
• Changing institutional culture
• Support scientist to submit peer reviewed data papers