This is worth the read .. the key findings. Interesting motivations.
-- Owen
*Key Findings*
- For the majority of respondents, open data is already a reality:
- Approximately three quarters of respondents have made their
research data openly available at some point; a similar number
are aware of
data sets that are open to access, reuse, repurpose and redistribute.
- Researchers in the social sciences demonstrate the highest level of
awareness by subject area, while by geography, researchers in Asia
demonstrate the least familiarity.
- Researchers place value on the credit they receive for making data
open:
- Nearly 70% of researchers value as data citation as much as an
article citation. A further 10% value a data citation more than
an article
citation.
- Awareness of open data transcends age and career progression:
- Encouragingly, Principal Investigators (PIs) and Professors
consistently responded similarly to PhD students and
Post-doctoral fellows
in their awareness of open data useage.
- Respondents admit to uncertainty and gaps in their knowledge and are
hungry for more information, perhaps one set of critical factors that hold
back progression in open data sharing
- Of the researchers who have already made their data open, 60% of
respondents are unsure about the licensing conditions under
which they have
already shared their data, and thus the extent to which it can
be accessed
or reused.
- Researchers are uncertain who will meet the costs of making data
open.
- More than half of respondents said they would welcome more guidance
on compliance with their funder’s policy.
- Researchers are uncertain of how to cite datasets:
- Less than half of respondents say they are confident in how to cite
a secondary research dataset.
- There are indications that the future will be more open:
- Researchers who have never made data openly available are
considering doing so – of respondents who have not made any data open to
date, 44% will definitely consider doing so in the future, and a further
46% might consider doing so.
- Regional differences exist: North American respondents who have not
yet made data open are most likely to do so in the future; Asian
respondents are least likely to do so.
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On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 9:45 AM, Tom Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> FYI
>
> http://www.infodocket.com/2016/10/25/the-state-of-open-
> data-new-global-report-shares-survey-findings-from-researchers/
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