10.5061/DRYAD.SV6T740
Tenopir, Carol
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Christian, Lisa
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Allard, Suzie
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Borycz, Josh
0000-0002-1505-148X
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Data from: Research data sharing: practices and attitudes of geophysicists
Dryad
dataset
2019
National Science Foundation
https://ror.org/021nxhr62
080944
2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
en
https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EA000461
3536180 bytes
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CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication
Open data policies have been introduced by governments, funders, and
publishers over the past decade. Previous research showed a growing
recognition by scientists of the benefits of data-sharing and reuse, but
actual practices lag and are not always compliant with new regulations.
The goal of this study is to investigate motives, attitudes, and data
practices of the community of earth and planetary geophysicists, a
discipline believed to have accepting attitudes towards data sharing and
reuse. A better understanding of the attitudes and current data-sharing
practices of this scientific community could enable funders, publishers,
data managers, and librarians to design systems and services that help
scientists understand and adhere to mandates and to create practices,
tools, and services that are scientist-focused. An online survey was
distributed to the members of the American Geophysical Union (AGU),
producing 1372 responses from 116 countries. The attitudes of researchers
to data sharing and reuse were generally positive, but in practice
scientists had concerns about sharing their own research data. These
concerns include the possibility of potential data misuse and the need for
assurance of proper citation and acknowledgement. Training and assistance
in good data management practices are lacking in many scientific fields
and might help to alleviate these doubts.
Scientists_Second_FollowUpAGUSurvey of geophysicists from the American
Geophysical Union on data management attitudes and practices