Annual Report from Figshare Released: The State of Open Data 2017 Looks at Global Attitudes Towards Open Data

This report is the second in the series and includes survey results and a collection of articles from global industry experts, as well as a foreword from Jean-Claude Burgelman, Head of Unit Open Data Policies and Science Cloud at the European Commission. In order to effectively examine attitudes and experiences of researchers working with open data – sharing it, reusing it, redistributing it – in 2016 Figshare released their first report collating findings of a survey undertaken in partnership with Springer Nature. The survey results, outlined in an article ‘Open Season for Open Data’, showed that open data was already a reality, and while researchers were unsure and lacked confidence on some specifics, there were indications the future would become more open. One year on, these survey results have been used to track the evolution of how researchers deal with data and the trends are positive with strong signals that open data is becoming more embedded. For this year’s survey, partnering with both Springer Nature and Wiley, there was a marked growth in respondents from just over 2000 to almost 2300. Key findings include: • Respondents have become more aware of open data sets (82% up from 73%) than in 2016 • Age does not appear to be a major factor in this trend • 74% of researchers are curating their data for sharing • Willingness of researchers to reuse open data sets in their own research has grown, a 10% increase to 80%, with the increase replicat...
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