Surfacing reagents and resources

bioRxiv has partnered with Sciscore to automatically display Research Resource Identifiers (RRIDs) in structured tables alongside preprints. RRIDs are unique numbers that help increase reproducibility by precisely identifying reagents and resources that were used in a study.

SciScore’s technology scans preprints for reagents, protocols, databases, and software tools and matches them to unique RRIDs. These identifiers automatically populate a resource table that is accessible in the Automated Services tab of the bioRxiv dashboard. The tables are enriched with schema.org elements for enhanced search indexing and link out to associated protocols and databases, creating a rich network of linked data that makes research easier to replicate and understand. They are now available for all bioRxiv preprints, increasing transparency and making research more reproducible. The indexing process follows conversion of articles to XML, so going forward RRID tables will appear ~2 days after the full-text HTML for an article posts.

Funding for the project was provided by a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to Sciscore. Further information about the project can be found at the Sciscore website.