The Power of Data Communities
Digital Libraries
2025-08-29 v1
Abstract
Datasets together with active scientific communities prepared to leverage them can contribute to scientific progress and facilitate making research more equitable. In this study we found that MIMIC, despite its limited amount of funding, managed to provide higher impact per dollar spent through accessible data communities. These findings support the notion that making clinical data available empowers innovation which directly addresses clinical concerns and can set new standards for inclusivity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2508.20120,
title = {The Power of Data Communities},
author = {Lucas McCullum and Miguel Angel Armengol de la Hoz and Catherine Bielick and Daniel K. Ebner and Amelia Fiske and Jack Gallifant and Judy W. Gichoya and Rahul Gorijavolu and Nura Izath and Anna E. Premo and Alice Rangel Teixeira and Christopher M. Sauer and Leo A. Celi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.20120},
year = {2025}
}