Whitepaper: Practical challenges for researchers in data sharing

Recent white paper based on survey of >7,700 researchers worldwide

Mar 27, 2018

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In one of the largest surveys of researchers about research data (with over 7,700 respondents), Springer Nature finds widespread data sharing associated with published works and a desire from researchers that their data are discoverable.

This whitepaper examines the results of this survey and discusses the challenges that researchers face in sharing their data. The whitepaper looks at data sharing attitudes globally, as well as in relation to region, subject and seniority.

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