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Gigascience. 2020 Jan 1;9(1). doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giz148.
Secondary analysis solidifies and expands upon scientific knowledge through the re-analysis of existing datasets. However, researchers performing secondary analyses must develop specific skills to be successful and can benefit from adopting some computational best practices. Recognizing this work is also key to building and supporting a community of researchers who contribute to the scientific ecosystem through secondary analyses. The Research Parasite Awards are one such avenue, celebrating outstanding contributions to the rigorous secondary analysis of data. As the recipient of a 2019 Junior Research Parasite Award, I was asked to provide some perspectives on life as a research parasite, which I share in this commentary.
二次分析通过重新分析现有数据集来巩固和扩展科学知识。然而，进行二次分析的研究人员必须具备特定的技能才能取得成功，并可以从采用一些计算最佳实践中受益。认识到这项工作也是建立和支持一个通过二次分析为科学生态系统做出贡献的研究人员社区的关键。研究寄生虫奖就是这样一个途径，旨在表彰对严格的数据分析进行二次分析的杰出贡献。作为 2019 年青年研究寄生虫奖的获得者，我被要求就研究寄生虫的生活提供一些观点，我在这篇评论中分享了这些观点。
