Academic publishing company Springer Nature has released a white paper titled Five Essential Factors for Data Sharing. The white paper
draws on surveys of over 11,000 researchers to make concrete recommendations that ensure good data practice.
Five Essential Factors for Data Sharing translates findings about researcher attitudes and behaviours into concrete measures that will accelerate data sharing. The white paper builds on a number of reports published in 2018 that pinpoint challenges researchers face when sharing data. The barriers identified include, for example, how to organise data in a presentable and useful way, confusion about copyright, and not knowing where data can be shared. Five Essential Factors for Data Sharing outlines approaches needed to tackle these and further barriers. The white paper and its underlying data are freely available via the figshare repository.
Data sharing and good data management has been found to make research studies more productive, more likely to be cited and unlock innovation for the good of society. Data archiving, for example, can double the publication output of research projects, and has been associated with an increase in the citation impact of research papers by as much as 50 per cent. According to a new report for the European Commission, the minimum cost to the EU of poor data practice is €10.2 billion per year.
The white paper summarises the five essential factors to accelerate data sharing as: Clear policy,
Better credit, Explicit funding, Practical help and Training and education.
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