The EU-funded PHIRE project has recently joined Zenodo, the leading online platform for open science. This decision aligns with PHIRE’s dissemination strategy, which prioritises the continuous release of research and innovation outcomes through open-access public domains, including the Horizon Results Platform, Zenodo, and Open Research Europe.
By presenting the project’s results in an accessible format for diverse audiences—such as medical practitioners, medical device manufacturers, and related experts—the strategy aims to ensure effective communication of findings. This approach not only maximises the project’s overall impact but also supports the sustainability of PHIRE’s solutions beyond its initial funding period.
PHIRE’s scientific publications adhere to an open access model, with peer-reviewed articles made available in trusted repositories. Zenodo significantly enhances the visibility and accessibility of PHIRE’s research outputs. With its extensive reach within the academic community, it facilitates the global dissemination of PHIRE’s findings, helping to attract new audiences and foster collaboration worldwide.
The FAIR principles
The new data generated by PHIRE adheres to the FAIR principles and comply with the European Data Protection Directives. This is one of the key reasons for choosing Zenodo, which operates in alignment with these principles, as a key platform for PHIRE. The FAIR principles that guide this approach are:
- Findable: Each dataset and its metadata will be assigned a globally unique identifier, be richly described with relevant metadata, and indexed in a searchable resource to ensure they are easy to locate.
- Accessible: All data and metadata will be retrievable via standardised and open protocols, with metadata remaining accessible even if the associated data becomes unavailable.
- Interoperable: Data and metadata will employ a formal, shared language and standardised vocabulary, and will include references to related data to facilitate integration and reuse across different platforms.
- Reusable: Data and metadata will be provided with clear licences, detailed provenance information, and will conform to relevant community standards, maximising their potential for reuse.
By adhering to the FAIR principles, PHIRE ensures that all data is managed to maximise its visibility, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability, with Zenodo serving as the ideal platform to achieve these objectives. The free and long-term storage offered by this platform guarantees that PHIRE’s original data and metadata, maintained in standard formats, will remain findable and reusable by other researchers even after the project’s conclusion.
