A Reputation Economy: Results from an Empirical Survey on Academic Data Sharing

Abstract: Academic data sharing is a way for researchers to collaborate and thereby meet the needs of an increasingly complex research landscape. It enables researchers to verify results and to pursuit new research questions with "old" data. It is therefore not surprising that data sharing is advocated by funding agencies, journals, and researchers alike. We surveyed 2661 individual academic researchers across all disciplines on their dealings with data, their publication practices, and motives for sharing or withholding research data. The results for 1564 valid responses show that researchers across disciplines recognise the benefit of secondary research data for their own work and for scientific progress as a whole - still they only practice it in moderation. An explanation for this evidence could be an academic system that is not driven by monetary incentives, nor the desire for scientific progress, but by individual reputation - expressed in (high ranked journal) publications. We label t

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource, 26 S.
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet

Bibliographic citation
RatSWD Working Paper Series ; Bd. 246

Classification
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(who)
SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
(when)
2015
Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Berlin
(who)
Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD)
(when)
2015
Creator
Fecher, Benedikt
Friesike, Sascha
Hebing, Marcel
Linek, Stephanie B.
Sauermann, Armin
Contributor
Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD)

URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023052314320447210702
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Associated

  • Fecher, Benedikt
  • Friesike, Sascha
  • Hebing, Marcel
  • Linek, Stephanie B.
  • Sauermann, Armin
  • Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD)
  • SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.

Time of origin

  • 2015

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