10.5061/DRYAD.JR40F
Huang, Xiaolei
Institute of Zoology
Hawkins, Bradford A.
University of California, Irvine
Lei, Fumin
Institute of Zoology
Miller, Gary L.
United States Department of Agriculture
Favret, Colin
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centre, 4101 rue Sherbrook est,
Montréal QC H1×2B2, Canada
Zhang, Ruiling
Institute of Zoology
Qiao, Gexia
Institute of Zoology
Data from: Willing or unwilling to share primary biodiversity data:
results and implications of an international survey
Dryad
dataset
2012
journal policy
Data archiving
Data sharing
2012-06-14T18:52:43Z
2012-06-14T18:52:43Z
en
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00259.x
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Biodiversity science and conservation increasingly depend on the sharing
and integration of large amounts of data, but many researchers resist
sharing their primary biodiversity data. We recently conducted an
international survey to ascertain the attitudes, experiences, and
expectations regarding biodiversity data sharing and archiving of
researchers. The results show that whereas most respondents are willing to
share paper-related biodiversity data, more than sixty percent of
respondents are unwilling to share primary data before publishing. Results
indicate an underdeveloped culture of data sharing and several major
technological and operational barriers. A major concern for researchers is
appropriate benefits from data sharing. Most respondents would accept data
archiving policies of journals. Researchers also express concerns about
how to easily and efficiently deal with data and data quality in public
databases. Expectations for biodiversity databases include standardization
of data format, user-friendly data submission tools, formats for different
types of data and coordination among databases. The survey results provide
suggestions for improving data sharing and archiving by individual
scientists, organizations, journals, and databases.
questionnaireThis Word file (questionnaire.doc) has the questionnaire
consisted of 24 questions.valide_responses_original_fileThis excel file
has the 372 valid responses as its original format.