2019 Volume 64 Issue 4 Pages 185-192
Research data management is drawing attention with the background of promoting open science and securing research integrity. In Japan, policy discussions are actively conducted by government agencies, but at universities and research institutes where research is conducted, organizational research data management can be said to be completely untouched. In order to improve this situation and establish research data management in academic institutions in Japan, we need three initiatives: 1) formulation of research data policy as a university, 2) development of a basic common system, and 3) human resource development. In this paper, I outline the status of the above three initiatives and point out that it is important to establish an organizational system to proceed with these initiatives.
