The Resource Identification Initiative aims to enhance the citation of key resources in biomedical literature to improve reproducibility and reuse of scientific findings. A study of 248 papers revealed that nearly 50% of research resources were unidentifiable, highlighting the need for unique Research Resource Identifiers (RRIDs). The initiative is supported by various collaborators and promotes machine-readable, consistent, and freely accessible RRIDs through a dedicated portal.

1. Fiona Murphy1, The Resource Identification Initiative Consortium,
Maryann Martone2
1Wiley Publishing, Chichester, United Kingdom, 2Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of
California, San Diego, CA
The Resource Identification Initiative is
designed to help researchers sufficiently
cite the key resources used to produce
the scientific findings reported in the
biomedical literature. A diverse group of
collaborators are leading the project,
including the Neuroscience Information
Framework and the Oregon Health &
Science University Library, with the
support of the National Institutes of
H e a l t h a n d t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l
Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility.
Introduction
The Problem:
Research Resources are
Unidentifiable in the
Published Literature
Sponsored
by:
The Resource Identification Initiative:
Making science more reproducible
#RII
Research resources reported in the
biomedical literature often lack sufficient
detail to enable reproducibility or reuse. In
this study, 5 resource types were evaluated in
the published literature (248 papers from 84
journals) and it was determined if the
resources were identifiable identified based
on specific criteria for each type. Almost 50%
of the resources were unidentifiable overall.
Vasilevsky
et
al
(2013)
PeerJ
1:e148
The
Resource
Iden4fica4on
Ini4a4ve
aims
to
enable
resource
iden4fica4on
within
the
biomedical
literature
through
a
pilot
study
promo4ng
the
use
of
unique
Research
Resource
Iden.fiers
(RRIDs).
In
addi4on
to
being
unique,
RRID’s
meet
three
key
criteria,
they
are:
The Pilot Study:
February-April 2014
An4bodies
SoFware
&
Tools
Model
Organisms
Research Resource
Identifiers should be:
Machine
Readable
Consistent
across
publishers
and
journals
Free
to
generate
and
access
RRIDs
are
available
in
the
Resource
Iden.fica.on
Portal:
scicrunch.org/resources
ç
How to Participate
in the Pilot Study:
More
info:
Force11.org/Resource_Iden4fica4on_Ini4a4ve
|
rii-­‐help@scicrunch.org
|
Beta Testers
Needed!
Free
gi>s
are
offered
to
all
beta
testers!
3.Author goes to
Research
Identification Portal
to locate RRID
2. Editor or Publisher
asks for inclusion of
RRID
1. Researcher submits a
manuscript for
publication
Sample citation:
Polyclonal rabbit anti-MAPK3
antibody,Abgent, Cat# AP7251E,
RRID:AB_2140114
4. RRID is included in
Methods section and
as Keyword
Resource
Iden4fica4on
Portal