• Wiley’sResearcherDataInsightsSurveywaslaunchedearlierthisyeartounderstandhowandwhyresearchersmaketheirresearchdatapubliclyavailable.Thestudy’sresults,highlightedbelow,areintendedtoadvancetheglobalconversationaboutdatasharingandhelpWileybettermeettheneedsofourresearchers,authors,andpartnersintherapidlyevolvinglandscapeofscientificresearchandcommunications.

• ThesurveywasdeployedinMarch2014andreceivedmorethan2,250responsesfromresearchersaroundtheworld.

Datasharingpracticesvarywidelyacrossresearchfieldsandgeographicareas.Justoverhalfofresearchersreportmakingtheirdatapubliclyavailable,thougharchivingresultsinrepositoriesisnotyetthenorm.

Datasharing,specificallybywayofdatarepositories,ismostprevalentamongstlifescientists,particularlythoseintheearthandenvironmentalandagricultureandfoodsciences.

AtypicalHealth Science researcher saysshewouldbemotivatedtoshareherdatainthefutureinordertobenefitthepublic,solongasprivacyandethicalconcernsareassuaged.

AtypicalLife Science researchersaysshewouldbemotivatedtosharemoreofherdatainthefutureifshewasguaranteedpropercredit.

AtypicalPhysical Science researchersaysshewouldbemotivatedtoshareherdatainthefuturebecauseitisstandardpracticewithinherresearchcommunityandbecauseitincreasestheimpactandvisibilityofherwork.

AtypicalSocial Science and Humanities researchersaysshewouldbemotivatedtoshareherdatainthefutureifitincreasedtheimpactandvisibilityofherworkorifshewasrequiredtobyherfunder.

Where Health Scientists sharetheir work: 68% Assupplementarymaterialinajournal

29% Personal/institutional/labwebpages

29% Institutionaldatarepositories(i.e. university or institute-sponsored)

21% Discipline-specificdatarepositories

5% General-purposedatarepositories(e.g. Dryad, figshare)

Where Life Scientists share their work:76% Assupplementarymaterialinajournal

42% Discipline-specificdatarepositories

29% Personal/institutional/labwebpages

23% Institutionaldatarepositories (i.e. university or institute-sponsored)

13% General-purposedatarepositories (e.g. Dryad, figshare)

Where Physical Scientists share their work:69% Assupplementarymaterialinajournal

41% Personal/institutional/labwebpages

28% Institutionaldatarepositories (i.e. university or institute-sponsored)

10% Discipline-specificdatarepositories

3% General-purposedatarepositories (e.g. Dryad, figshare)

Where Social Scientists share their work: 52% Assupplementarymaterialinajournal

51% Personal/institutional/labwebpages

25% Institutionaldatarepositories (i.e. university or institute-sponsored)

3% General-purposedatarepositories (e.g. Dryad, figshare)

2% Discipline-specificdatarepositories

GLOBAL DATA SHARING TRENDS

DATA SHARING BY DISCIPLINE

REASONS WHY RESEARCHERS ARE HESITANT TO SHARE THEIR DATA

Datasharingisstandard

practicewithinmyresearchcommunity

Toincreasetheimpact

andvisibilityofmy

research

Publicbenefit

Journalrequirement

Transparencyandre-use

Personaltrustintherequester

Discoverabilityand

accessibility

Funderrequirement

Institutionalrequirement

Freedomofinformation

request

Preservation

Other

RESEARCHER MOTIVATIONS FOR SHARING DATA

WAYS DATA IS SHARED

42% Intellectualpropertyorconfidentialityissues

36% Myfunder/institutiondoesnotrequiredatasharing

26% Iamconcernedthatmyresearchwillbescooped

26% Iamconcernedaboutmisinterpretationormisuse

23% Ethicalconcerns

22% Iamconcernedaboutbeinggivenpropercitationcreditorattribution

21% Ididnotknowwheretosharemydata

20% Insufficienttimeand/orresources

16% Ididnotknowhowtosharemydata

12% Idon’tthinkitismyresponsibility

12% Ididnotconsiderthedatatoberelevant

11% Lackoffunding

7% Other

Physical Sciences Social Sciences and Humanities

Health Sciences Life Sciences

55%not

34%not

66% sharing

45% sharing

64%not

36% sharing

52%not 48%

sharing

Physical Sciences Social Sciences and Humanities

Health Sciences Life Sciences

55%not

34%not

66% sharing

45% sharing

64%not

36% sharing

52%not 48%

sharing

Physical Sciences Social Sciences and Humanities

Health Sciences Life Sciences

55%not

34%not

66% sharing

45% sharing

64%not

36% sharing

52%not 48%

sharing

Physical Sciences Social Sciences and Humanities

Health Sciences Life Sciences

55%not

34%not

66% sharing

45% sharing

64%not

36% sharing

52%not 48%

sharing

RESEARCHER DATA SHARING INSIGHTS

DATA SHARING TRENDS BY COUNTRY

46% SHARING

54% NOT SHARING

UNITED STATESAmongresearchersintheUSsharingtheirdatapublicly,twooutofthreedosobecauseitisstandardpracticeinthecommunitiesandbecausetheybelieveitbenefitsthepublic.SimilartotheircounterpartsintheUK,themajorityofUS-basedresearchersalsosharedatatoincreasetheimpactorvisibilityoftheirresearch.

0 20 40 60 80 100

63% sharing 37% not

67% 33%

42%

42%

28%

32%

40%

58%

58%

72%

68%

60%

43% SHARING

57% NOT SHARING

UNITED KINGDOMWhilemorethan40%ofUKresearchersaresharingdata,onlyabout14%areusingdiscipline-specificorotherpublicrepositorieslikeDryadandfigshare.ThetwokeydriversthatmotivateUKresearcherstosharetheirdataaretheprospectofgainingincreasedimpactorvisibilityfortheirworkandtosatisfyfunderrequirements.

0 20 40 60 80 100

63% sharing 37% not

67% 33%

42%

42%

28%

32%

40%

58%

58%

72%

68%

60%

44% SHARING

56% NOT SHARING

JAPANComparedwiththeircounterpartsaroundtheworld,researchersinJapanciteconcernsaboutbeingscoopedasareasonfornotsharingdatamorefrequently.NearlyfiveoutoftenJapaneseresearcherspointtothisasareasonfornotsharingtheirdata,roughlydoubletheglobalaverage.

0 20 40 60 80 100

63% sharing 37% not

67% 33%

42%

42%

28%

32%

40%

58%

58%

72%

68%

60%

36% SHARING

64% NOT SHARING

CHINANearlyfiveintenChineseresearcherssaytheyarenotsharingdatabecausetheyarenotrequiredtodosobytheirfundersorinstitutions.Theyaremorelikelythantheirglobalcounterpartstosaythattheydonotseedatasharingasapersonalresponsibilityandplantotakedirectionfromfunderstoguidetheirdatasharingdecisionsinthefuture.

0 20 40 60 80 100

63% sharing 37% not

67% 33%

42%

42%

28%

32%

40%

58%

58%

72%

68%

60%

52% SHARING

48% NOT SHARING

BRAZILTwooutofthreeresearchersinBrazilsaythataguaranteeofpropercreditorattributionwouldcompelthemtosharemoreoftheirdatapubliclyinthefuture.

0 20 40 60 80 100

63% sharing 37% not

67% 33%

42%

42%

28%

32%

40%

58%

58%

72%

68%

60%

41% SHARING

59% NOT SHARING

AUSTRALIAResearchersinAustraliasaytheywouldbemostincentivizedtomaketheirdataaccessibleinthefuturetoensurepreservationaswellastransparencyandre-use.Themajorityofresearchersalsorankedfunderrequirementsamongtopreasonstoshareinthefuture.

0 20 40 60 80 100

63% sharing 37% not

67% 33%

42%

42%

28%

32%

40%

58%

58%

72%

68%

60%55% SHARING

45% NOT SHARING

GERMANYAmongGermanresearcherssharingtheirdatapublicly,threeoutoffouraredriventosharedatabecausetheybelieveitwillincreasethevisibilityoftheirresearchandwanttoensurepublictransparencyandre-use.About20%ofGermanresearchersaremakinguseofgeneralpurposerepositories(likefigshareandDryad),significantlymorethantheircounterpartsaroundtheworld,includingthoseintheUSandUK.

0 20 40 60 80 100

63% sharing 37% not

67% 33%

42%

42%

28%

32%

40%

58%

58%

72%

68%

60%

67% Assupplementarymaterialinajournal

37%Personal,institutionalorprojectwebpage

26%Institutionaldatarepository (i.e. university or institute-sponsored)

19%Discipline-specificdatarepository

6% General-purposedatarepository (e.g. Dryad, figshare)

5% Other

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52% SHARE DATA

48% DO NOT

SHARE DATA

57% 55% 50% 42% 37% 30% 25% 23% 18% 13% 13% 2%

Globally,researchersalsoreportsharingtheirdatainlimitedandnon-permanentways:57%aresharingdataataconferencewhile42%ofresearcherssharetheirdatauponinformalrequest(e.g.email,directcontact,etc.).