The State of Open Data Report 2019

Fane, Briony; Ayris, Paul; Hahnel, Mark; Hrynaszkiewicz, Iain; Baynes, Grace; Farrell, Elizabeth

doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.9980783.v2

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“…The State of Open Data survey of 2019 (Fane et al, 2019) provides an interesting look at academics' views on open data. Although concerns about sharing data (such as their misuse by others, lack of clarity about licensing and copyright, and not receiving appropriate credit) are serious among the study's 8423 participants, 67% of them think that funders should withdraw funding or penalize researchers in some other way if they do not share their data as mandated by the funder.…”

Section: Practice the Four Pillars Of Open Science Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Charting the Constellation of Science Reform

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2022

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Over the past decade, a sense of urgency has been building in the scientific community. They have discovered that much of the literature body is unreliable and possibly invalid thanks to weak theory, flawed methods, and shoddy statistics. This is driven by a widespread competitive, secretive approach to research, which, in turn, is fueled by toxic academic incentive structures. Many in the community have decided to address these issues, coming together in what has become known as the ‘scientific reform movement’. While these ‘reformers’ are often spoken of a single, homogeneous entity, my findings underscore the heterogeneity of the reform community. In my dissertation, I explore the scientific reform group using ethnography and social network analysis tools. I primarily studied their online Twitter engagements to understand their culture, practices, and structure. With Wenger’s Community of Practice theory as an interpretive framework, I analyze scientific reform discourse playing out between reformers on Twitter. Using quantitative Twitter friend/follow data, I investigate which reform members engage online, using following behavior to understand aspects of their social structure. I link the quantitative exploration with my qualitative analysis, to conclude that while the reformers are united by their interest in improving science, they are better characterized as a constellation of small communities of practice, each with their own norms, priorities, and unique approach to the group enterprise of scientific reform. My investigation is an exercise in reflexivity as I have studied a community in which I am an active part.

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Section: Practice the Four Pillars Of Open Science Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Charting the Constellation of Science Reform

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2022

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“…In this question group, question DTPUB1b was adopted from references [Fane et al [2019], Berghmans et al [2017], Herres-Pawlis et al [2020]], DTPUB3 from [Fane et al [2019], Bauer et al [2015]], DTPUB4a from [Fane et al [2019]], and DTPUB4b was adopted from reference [Bauer et al [2015]].…”

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A survey on research data management practices among researchers in the Helmholtz Association

Arndt¹

2022

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Annotation of research data with rich metadata is important to make that data findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (Wilkinson et al. [2016]). This ensures the conducted research data is durable. Within the Helmholtz Association, the Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC) coordinates the mission to enrich Helmholtz-based research data with metadata by providing (information about) technical solutions, advice and ensuring uniform scientific standards for the use of metadata. In 2021, HMC conducted its first community survey to align its services with the needs of Helmholtz researchers. A question catalogue with 49 (sub-)questions was designed and disseminated among researchers in all six Helmholtz research fields. The conditional succession of the questions was aligned with predetermined expertise levels ("no prior knowledge", "intermediate prior knowledge", "high level of prior knowledge"). 631 completed survey replies were obtained for analysis. The HMC Community Survey 2021 provides insight into the management of research data as well as the data publication practices of researchers in the Helmholtz Association. The characterization of research-field-dependent communities will enable HMC to further develop targeted, community-directed support for the documentation of research data with metadata.

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“…Publicly sharing data and analytic scripts can also counter irreproducibility. Most (70%) surveyed researchers reported that they are likely to reuse open datasets (Fane et al, 2019), but a majority of surveyed researchers admitted to sharing data in fewer than 10% of their projects (Houtkoop et al, 2018). Sharing data and code can enable others to verify the appropriateness of a study's Promoting Open Science: A Holistic Approach to Changing Behaviour Collabra: Psychology data and analyses, and to check for errors (Klein et al, 2018).…”

Section: Target Behavioursmentioning

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Promoting Open Science: A Holistic Approach to Changing Behaviour

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Collabra: Psychology

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In this article, we provide a toolbox of recommendations and resources for those aspiring to promote the uptake of open scientific practices. Open Science encompasses a range of behaviours that aim to improve the transparency of scientific research. This paper is divided into seven sections, each devoted to different groups or institutions in the research ecosystem: colleagues, students, departments and faculties, universities, academic libraries, journals, and funders. We describe the behavioural influences and incentives for each of these stakeholders as well as changes they can make to foster Open Science. Our primary goal, however, is to suggest actions that researchers can take to promote these behaviours, inspired by simple principles of behaviour change: make it easy, social, and attractive. In isolation, a small shift in one person’s behaviour may appear to make little difference, but when combined, many shifts can radically alter shared norms and culture. We offer this toolbox to assist individuals and institutions in cultivating a more open research culture.

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The State of Open Data Report 2019

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Charting the Constellation of Science Reform

Charting the Constellation of Science Reform

A survey on research data management practices among researchers in the Helmholtz Association

Promoting Open Science: A Holistic Approach to Changing Behaviour

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