Data sharing attitudes and practices of researchers in Korean government research institutes: a survey-based descriptive study
Purpose This study explored to what extent and how researchers in five Korean government research institutes that implement research data management practices share their research data and investigated the challenges they perceive regarding data sharing. Methods The study collected survey data from...
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| description | Purpose This study explored to what extent and how researchers in five Korean government research institutes that implement research data management practices share their research data and investigated the challenges they perceive regarding data sharing. Methods The study collected survey data from 224 respondents by posting a link to a SurveyMonkey questionnaire on the homepage of each of the five research institutes from June 15 to 29, 2022. Descriptive statistical analyses were conducted. Results Among 148 respondents with data sharing experience, the majority had shared some or most of their data. Restricted data sharing within a project was more common than sharing data with outside researchers on request or making data publicly available. Sharing data directly with researchers who asked was the most common method of data sharing, while sharing data via institutional repositories was the second most common method. The most frequently cited factors impeding data sharing included the time and effort required to organize data, concerns about copyright or ownership of data, lack of recognition and reward, and concerns about data containing sensitive information. Conclusion Researchers need ongoing training and support on making decisions about access to data, which are nuanced rather than binary. Research institutes’ commitment to developing and maintaining institutional data repositories is also important to facilitate data sharing. To address barriers to data sharing, it is necessary to implement research data management services that help reduce effort and mitigate concerns about legal issues. Possible incentives for researchers who share data should also continue to be explored. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-161330d1e8d547ef8ed49418d55f10c92023-03-06T01:50:26ZengKorean Council of Science EditorsScience Editing2288-80632288-74742023-02-01101717710.6087/kcse.299305Data sharing attitudes and practices of researchers in Korean government research institutes: a survey-based descriptive studyJihyun Kim0Hyekyong Hwang1Youngim Jung2Sung-Nam Cho3Tae-Sul Seo4 Department of Library and Information Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), Seoul, Korea Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), Seoul, Korea Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), Seoul, Korea Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), Seoul, KoreaPurpose This study explored to what extent and how researchers in five Korean government research institutes that implement research data management practices share their research data and investigated the challenges they perceive regarding data sharing. Methods The study collected survey data from 224 respondents by posting a link to a SurveyMonkey questionnaire on the homepage of each of the five research institutes from June 15 to 29, 2022. Descriptive statistical analyses were conducted. Results Among 148 respondents with data sharing experience, the majority had shared some or most of their data. Restricted data sharing within a project was more common than sharing data with outside researchers on request or making data publicly available. Sharing data directly with researchers who asked was the most common method of data sharing, while sharing data via institutional repositories was the second most common method. The most frequently cited factors impeding data sharing included the time and effort required to organize data, concerns about copyright or ownership of data, lack of recognition and reward, and concerns about data containing sensitive information. Conclusion Researchers need ongoing training and support on making decisions about access to data, which are nuanced rather than binary. Research institutes’ commitment to developing and maintaining institutional data repositories is also important to facilitate data sharing. To address barriers to data sharing, it is necessary to implement research data management services that help reduce effort and mitigate concerns about legal issues. Possible incentives for researchers who share data should also continue to be explored.http://www.escienceediting.org/upload/kcse-299.pdfinformation disseminationopen research datarestricted data sharingkorean government research institutesbarriers to data sharing |
| spellingShingle | Jihyun Kim Hyekyong Hwang Youngim Jung Sung-Nam Cho Tae-Sul Seo Data sharing attitudes and practices of researchers in Korean government research institutes: a survey-based descriptive study Science Editing information dissemination open research data restricted data sharing korean government research institutes barriers to data sharing |
| title | Data sharing attitudes and practices of researchers in Korean government research institutes: a survey-based descriptive study |
| title_full | Data sharing attitudes and practices of researchers in Korean government research institutes: a survey-based descriptive study |
| title_fullStr | Data sharing attitudes and practices of researchers in Korean government research institutes: a survey-based descriptive study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Data sharing attitudes and practices of researchers in Korean government research institutes: a survey-based descriptive study |
| title_short | Data sharing attitudes and practices of researchers in Korean government research institutes: a survey-based descriptive study |
| title_sort | data sharing attitudes and practices of researchers in korean government research institutes a survey based descriptive study |
| topic | information dissemination open research data restricted data sharing korean government research institutes barriers to data sharing |
| url | http://www.escienceediting.org/upload/kcse-299.pdf |
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