Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
PLoS One. 2019 Feb 22;14(2):e0212843. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212843. eCollection 2019.
Open biomedical repositories, such as PubMed Central (PMC), are a means to make research discoverable and permanently accessible. Assessing the potential interest of key stakeholders in an Australasia PubMed Central was the objective of this research. The investigation is novel, assisting in the development of open science infrastructure through its systematic analysis of the potential interest in, and viability of a biomedical repository for managing openly accessible research outputs for the Australasia region. The research adopted a qualitative approach based on semi-structured interviews and a focus group. Forty-four stakeholders located throughout Australia and New Zealand participated in the research. Participants expanded upon their experience of PubMed, MEDLINE, PMC and their use of information resources for research and clinical practice. The Evidence Based Healthcare (EBHC) pyramid was the theoretical model adopted to explain open biomedical repository processes. A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis identified support for exploring membership of an international PMC system, in particular Europe PMC. Lessons learnt from PMC US, Europe PMC and PMC Canada (collectively known as PubMed Central International) informed the investigation. A major strength identified was that PubMed Central International has been able to achieve high levels of compliance way beyond that of most institutional repositories. A great threat faced is overcoming the difficulties of working together with other major world bodies and financially sustaining an Australasia PMC. Improving Australasian biomedical knowledge management processes may be possible from adopting a PMC for retrieving and transferring research, linked to the data underlying the research. This in turn could help put regional research under a brighter spotlight, potentially leading to improvements in research quality. There is an opportunity for a potential Australasia PMC to harvest biomedical research from the National Library of Australia's aggregator database, Trove and work closely with Europe PMC to avoid duplication of effort. Overall, establishment of an Australasia permanent biomedical digital open repository is perceived as important, with significant potential flow-on benefits to healthcare, industry and society.
开放的生物医学知识库，如 PubMed Central（PMC），是使研究可发现和永久获取的一种手段。本研究旨在评估澳大利亚和太平洋地区 PMC 的主要利益相关者对其潜在兴趣。通过对开放获取研究成果进行管理的生物医学知识库的潜在利益和可行性进行系统分析，该研究具有创新性，有助于开发开放科学基础设施。该研究采用基于半结构化访谈和焦点小组的定性方法。来自澳大利亚和新西兰各地的 44 名利益相关者参与了这项研究。参与者详细介绍了他们在 PubMed、MEDLINE、PMC 方面的经验，以及他们在研究和临床实践中使用信息资源的情况。循证医疗保健（EBHC）金字塔是解释开放生物医学知识库流程的理论模型。强弱、机会和威胁（SWOT）分析确定了支持探索加入国际 PMC 系统的机会，特别是欧洲 PMC。从 PMC US、欧洲 PMC 和 PMC Canada（统称为 PubMed Central International）吸取的经验教训为调查提供了信息。确定的一个主要优势是，PubMed Central International 能够实现远远超过大多数机构知识库的高水平合规性。面临的一个巨大威胁是克服与其他主要世界机构合作的困难，并在财务上维持一个澳大利亚太平洋 PMC。通过采用 PMC 来检索和转移研究，与研究背后的数据相关联，可能会改善澳大利亚的生物医学知识管理流程。这反过来又可以帮助将区域研究置于更明亮的聚光灯下，从而有可能提高研究质量。澳大利亚太平洋 PMC 有机会从澳大利亚国家图书馆的聚合器数据库 Trove 中获取生物医学研究，并与欧洲 PMC 密切合作，避免重复工作。总体而言，建立一个澳大利亚太平洋永久生物医学数字开放知识库被认为是重要的，这对医疗保健、工业和社会将产生重大的潜在影响。
