The COVID-19 Data Portal: accelerating SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research through rapid open access data sharing

Abstract The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic will be remembered as one of the defining events of the 21st century. The rapid global outbreak has had significant impacts on human society and is already responsible for millions of deaths. Understanding and tacklin...

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Published in:Nucleic acids research 2021-07, Vol.49 (W1), p.W619-W623
Main Authors: Harrison, Peter W, Lopez, Rodrigo, Rahman, Nadim, Allen, Stefan Gutnick, Aslam, Raheela, Buso, Nicola, Cummins, Carla, Fathy, Yasmin, Felix, Eloy, Glont, Mihai, Jayathilaka, Suran, Kadam, Sandeep, Kumar, Manish, Lauer, Katharina B, Malhotra, Geetika, Mosaku, Abayomi, Edbali, Ossama, Park, Young Mi, Parton, Andrew, Pearce, Matt, Estrada Pena, Jose Francisco, Rossetto, Joseph, Russell, Craig, Selvakumar, Sandeep, Sitjà, Xènia Pérez, Sokolov, Alexey, Thorne, Ross, Ventouratou, Marianna, Walter, Peter, Yordanova, Galabina, Zadissa, Amonida, Cochrane, Guy, Blomberg, Niklas, Apweiler, Rolf
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Summary:Abstract The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic will be remembered as one of the defining events of the 21st century. The rapid global outbreak has had significant impacts on human society and is already responsible for millions of deaths. Understanding and tackling the impact of the virus has required a worldwide mobilisation and coordination of scientific research. The COVID-19 Data Portal (https://www.covid19dataportal.org/) was first released as part of the European COVID-19 Data Platform, on April 20th 2020 to facilitate rapid and open data sharing and analysis, to accelerate global SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research. The COVID-19 Data Portal has fortnightly feature releases to continue to add new data types, search options, visualisations and improvements based on user feedback and research. The open datasets and intuitive suite of search, identification and download services, represent a truly FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) resource that enables researchers to easily identify and quickly obtain the key datasets needed for their COVID-19 research. Graphical Abstract Graphical Abstract The Graphical Abstract depicts the flow of COVID-19 related information from independent data resources and their consolidation into a single integrated system.
ISSN:0305-1048
1362-4962
DOI:10.1093/nar/gkab417