The State of Open Data
Are we ready to start rewarding researchers for open data?
By Mark Hahnel The State of Open Data survey continues to provide a detailed and sustained insight into the motivations, challenges, perceptions, and behaviors of researchers towards open data. Now in its ninth year, the survey is a collaboration between Figshare, Digital Science and Springer Nature. In 2024, we wanted to go beyond understanding the…
Read MoreThe State of Open Data 2023: Key takeaways for Librarians
The State of Open Data 2023 was recently released by Figshare, Digital Science and Springer Nature. The report presents the findings of a global survey that saw over 6000 respondents. Now in its eighth year, it is the longest-running longitudinal study of researchers’ attitudes towards and experiences of open data. Read the full report. This blog…
Read MoreSciDataCon 2022: three takeaways from the State of Open Data 2021 panel discussion
This blog post is crossposted on Springer Nature’s blog, The Source. We were delighted to participate in SciDataCon 2022, the theme of which was Data to Improve our World. Figshare’s Founder and CEO Mark Hahnel led a panel discussion on the state of open data and how data sharing has been affected by the pandemic together…
Read MoreThe State of Open Data in 2021: concerns over misuse and lack of credit for open sharing
“Researchers largely want to share their data, but the current system fails to support or adequately reward them for doing so and we are still a long way from a world where it is the norm to share fully-curated data”, argues Ginny Barbour of Open Access Australasia in her essay, How open data can help validate…
Read MoreResearch practices in the wake of COVID-19
By Grace Baynes, VP, Research Data and New Product Development, Springer Nature, and Mark Hahnel, CEO and Founder of Figshare. Cross posted from the Springer Nature Blog. The current climate has put a spotlight onto the value and importance of data sharing and curation and good data management for boosting the reproducibility and reliability of research. Its value…
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