Table 3 Range of indicators and parameters to take into consideration for BRIF
From: Quantifying the use of bioresources for promoting their sharing in scientific research
First-line parameters | Second-line parameters |
|---|---|
1) Age of bioresource | |
Size of bioresource | |
2) Indicators of research productivity: | |
- Quality of the journal (impact factor…) | - Grants obtained by the users of the bioresource or to support the bioresource |
- Number of articles citing the bioresource itself or the staff | - Patents/licenses based on research supported by the bioresource |
- Cumulated impact factor (or h index) of publications that result from research supported by the bioresource | - Economic impact |
- Number of patents that result from the use of the bioresource | |
- Distribution of samples having multiple involvement in independent projects… | |
3) Indicators of high value | |
- Rare disease samples or data / samples with rare characteristics | - Official recognition from Regional/National Health Bodies |
- Extent and richness of the datasets collected | |
- Existence of a quality control policy for samples and data | |
- Compliance with data reporting nomenclatures and sharing standards | |
- Participation in external assessment programmes such as certification or accreditation (ISO certification for example) | |
- Availability of morphological controls of frozen specimens used for “omics” programme (biobanks) | |
4) Indicators of management | |
- Number of projects supported per year | - Number of samples received and distributed per year |
- Number of biospecimens entering in the biobank / number of biospecimens used for distribution to research projects by year | - Number of material/data transfer agreements |
- Number of requests filled per year (to be balanced with the type of resource) | - Number of contracts or agreements |
- Number of web page accesses per year for data resources | - Average time from collection to actual use of the sample (sustainable maintenance) |
Other factors: | |
- Number of material (data) transfer agreements and contracts signed per year | - Return of research policy |
- Turnaround time for requests | - Impact of data cost on inclination to correctly cite the source of data |
- Time to include new data | - Past achievements of the bioresource… |
- Consent forms | |
- Data protection measures | |
5) Indicators of visibility | |
- Networks | |
- Catalogues | |
- General policies of transparency, dissemination, access rules… |