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Providing researchers with online access to NHLBI biospecimen collections: The results of the first six years of the NHLBI BioLINCC program

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  • Carol A Giffen
  • Elizabeth L Wagner
  • John T Adams
  • Denise M Hitchcock
  • Lisbeth A Welniak
  • Sean P Brennan
  • Leslie E Carroll

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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), within the United States’ National Institutes of Health (NIH), established the Biologic Specimen and Data Repository Information Coordinating Center (BioLINCC) in 2008 to develop the infrastructure needed to link the contents of the NHLBI Biorepository and the NHLBI Data Repository, and to promote the utilization of these scientific resources by the broader research community. Program utilization metrics were developed to measure the impact of BioLINCC on Biorepository access by researchers, including visibility, program efficiency, user characteristics, scientific impact, and research types. Input data elements were defined and are continually populated as requests move through the process of initiation through fulfillment and publication. This paper reviews the elements of the tracking metrics which were developed for BioLINCC and reports the results for the first six on-line years of the program.

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  • Carol A Giffen & Elizabeth L Wagner & John T Adams & Denise M Hitchcock & Lisbeth A Welniak & Sean P Brennan & Leslie E Carroll, 2017. "Providing researchers with online access to NHLBI biospecimen collections: The results of the first six years of the NHLBI BioLINCC program," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(6), pages 1-13, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0178141
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178141
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