Data sharing, management, use, and reuse: Practices and perceptions of scientists worldwide.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With data becoming a centerpiece of modern scientific discovery, data sharing by scientists is now a crucial element of scientific progress. This article aims to provide an in-depth examination of the practices and perceptions of data management, including data storage, data sharing, and data use and reuse by scientists around the world.

Methods

The Usability and Assessment Working Group of DataONE, an NSF-funded environmental cyberinfrastructure project, distributed a survey to a multinational and multidisciplinary sample of scientific researchers in a two-waves approach in 2017-2018. We focused our analysis on examining the differences across age groups, sub-disciplines of science, and sectors of employment.

Findings

Most respondents displayed what we des

SUBMITTER: Tenopir C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7065823 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature