brainlife.io: a decentralized and open-source cloud platform to support neuroscience research.
Soichi HayashiBradley A CaronAnibal Sólon HeinsfeldSophia Vinci-BooherBrent McPhersonDaniel N BullockGiulia BertòGuiomar NisoSandra HanekampDaniel J LevitasKimberly RayAnne MacKenziePaolo AvesaniLindsey KitchellJosiah K LeongFilipi Nascimento SilvaSerge KoudoroHanna E WillisJasleen Kaur JollyDerek PisnerTaylor R ZuidemaJan W KurzawskiKyriaki MikellidouAurore BussalbMaximilien ChaumonNathalie GeorgeChristopher RordenConner VictoryDheeraj BhatiaDogu Baran AydoganFang-Cheng F YehFranco DeloguJavier GuajeJelle VeraartJeremy FischerJoshua FaskowitzRicardo FabregaDavid HuntShawn McKeeShawn T BrownStephanie HeymanVittorio IacovellaAmanda F MejiaDaniele MarinazzoR Cameron CraddockEmanuale OlivettiJamie L HansonEleftherios GaryfallidisDan StanzioneJames CarsonRobert HenschelDavid Y HancockCraig A StewartDavid SchnyerDamian O EkeRussell A PoldrackSteffen BollmannAshley Wilton StewartHolly BridgeIlaria SaniWinrich A FreiwaldAina PuceNicholas L PortFranco PestilliPublished in: Nature methods (2024)
Neuroscience is advancing standardization and tool development to support rigor and transparency. Consequently, data pipeline complexity has increased, hindering FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable) access. brainlife.io was developed to democratize neuroimaging research. The platform provides data standardization, management, visualization and processing and automatically tracks the provenance history of thousands of data objects. Here, brainlife.io is described and evaluated for validity, reliability, reproducibility, replicability and scientific utility using four data modalities and 3,200 participants.