Other (Please specify) (What type of organization do you work for?)
US federal government science institution
3: federal health care system, private nonprofit h

Other (please specify) (What is your position within your organization?)
Professor Emeritus of Ecology, University of Georg
Retired (Professor Emerita); former dept. chair
senior member of technical staff, R&D computer sci

Other (please specify) (What is your MAIN role within your organization?)
Project Management & Coordination, finding sunding
Head of Business & Foundation Partnerships

Other (please specify) (Please select the categories of research data that you used in your last research project:)
Monitoreo de densidades, mediciones de capacidad d
well logging data and laboratory samples investiga
models based on data annotated for linguistic phen
design data (circuit schematic and layout)
analysis looking for plagiarism in research papers
long-term longitudinal life history data on long-l
Databases used in particle physics, nuclear physic
Herbarium specimens and the related field data
simulations and theoretical calculations at molecu
Monitoring of water quality, mechanisms transforma
Feature set extraction from the Forgery image
crop production, drought adaptation component trai

Other (please specify) (Please select the research data formats that you used or created as part of your last research project:)
e[perimental data on crystal structure of chgemica
linguistic cues transformed into numerical data (d
API to extract data from different digital librari
transcripts of naturalist conversation, i.e.,, con
Data analyses of somatic mutation data , molecular

Other (please specify) (Which of the following research data formats you have indicated that you used or created as part of your last research project are important to be made available to others for the purpose of validation?)
models for transformations of crystal structures
feature files based on natural language or the ori
none until I have finished working with the data s
all this is internal code for my own use or at mos
fundamental data established rigorously in experim
transcription of naturalistic conversations (both
Conclusion from critical analyses of mutation data

Other, please specify (What was the primary source of funding for your last research project?)
Self funded as well as contributions from private
Usualy I combine the few funding: research counsil
The US National Institutes of Health, National Ins
public research funder (state or federal)

Other, please specify (Who do you believe 'owns' the research data that you have made or will make available to others as part of your last research project?)
after publication is available for all to use
collaborating institute where the data were genera
depends on funding, research subjects, stakeholder
great scientists of type Newton, Cauchy, Gauss, Hi
I can't find the person responsible to give the pe
should be publicly available, so not sure on owner
general population, as research is funded by their
The people I collect the data and samples from
anyone who wishes to make clinical use of this dat
The Tax Payer as >99% of research output is funded

Other, please specify (Have you published the research data that you used or created as part of your last research project in any of the following ways?)
partially published in article, not raw data, but
I am in the process as a stand alone peer reviewed
Published many manuscripts; not the data set thoug
to be published as chapter in book later this year
In process of publication, plan is to include as a
there are figures in my articles, I or my collabor
Conference abstracts and proceedings (printed, USB
I prepare the digital archive with descriptions an
to be placed in a data repository; haven't done so
I did not publish the data, but would have uploade
As a presentation in an international meeting
official use only documents shared by government l
embedded in plots and/or abbreviated tables in jou
in process to submission to a research journal

How has (or would) accessing others' research data benefitted you?
Prevents repeated effort, whether this is analysis
It would be useful to better understand the scope
Gives more certainty to the direction and quality
Using others' research data as the basis or refere
To compare other's results with my own and be able
To validate my own base and to test hypotheses and
Helps put my data into better context and improves
Por ejemplo el intercambio de datos de ensayos en
Is backgraound to desing new experiments
Saving the time of generating my own data, and hel
To run meta-analyses of large data sets about tree
For me it is important to be aware of the studies
It made possible the accomplishment of our project
It would make my analysis rest on a securer ground
I experiment on the performance comparison
I use others' research data published by articles
In my field, research is built on past research so
It has helped me a lot, improving my understanding
It would be beneficial for the purpose of understa
has learned about the new technical solution
The data I Access are usually public data of the E
I could repeat their procedure and see if alterati
For obtaining inputs to semi-empirical models.
I have not shared others' research data.
I wouldn't do the work that has been already done
I am using the other experimental data to build my
I would enrich the kind of perspectives from infor
It would enable reproducing other researchers expe
Avoid false interpretation, compare my results wit
You start on a higher level, not needing to collec
conducting simulation, testing and evaluation
Using other's climate reconstructions and model si
As my research is on archaeological field all the
Information is very important to know exactly wher
Experimentation is difficult and long. Accessing o
By teh possibility of testing analyis methods.
pooled analysis for greater power on smaller sub-p
It would help to confirm my own results or to desi
It provides a means of interpreting results and pu
It will not benefit me if the data is of no releva
Comparison of results ("Benchmark Designs")
Builds depth knowledge for interdisciplinary resea
Incrising sample. Validating methods in new sample
When wanting to do further analysis - need the raw
Preventing errors or usage of false methods
It helped in the understanding of the specifics of
It made me to develop predictive models by taking
To be able to compare my proposed methods with oth
- exchanging opinion, methods, knowledge - buildi
purpose of validating and/or better understanding
It would have allowed me to design experiments mor
Verifying and reproducing prior results. Comparis
Save time/resources doing expt. as you i) dont rep
Can pool data from multiple clinical trials or oth
It increases the amount of research I can do.
via any JCR with impact factor for Conacyt.
Integration of information, corroboration or re-in
Tables and figure in publication with statistic re
Useful as a check on my own results. Also useful i
Allow me to find other variables to merge with my
Field should be completely open, although some pro
It has allowed me to make comparisons and better
It would allow me to expand my research questions
I worked with language data from a corpus. In fact
Comparison study, data roll up. methodology, model
Validation of simulations, comparing to others res
Improving experimental technique and preliminary d
It is helpful to be aware of what has been done or
I can validate and re-analyze to see if I can get
Data available at some department is accessible. H
Progress in my field, pharmacoepidemiology, has be
Fitting others data with different models to provi
At one point I wanted to do some research based on
It provides me with part of the data for the resea
Published mathematical models are not sufficiently
I would be able to validate my research findings.
Doing participatory research with colleagues we ha
The benefit was being able to replicate the resear
using data products shared by others makes my team
We collect environmental data and use meta- and ot
validating their data and my own and testing claim
Allows comparison with my data to assess the effec
Well, duh! A researcher has to know what has been
Accessing certain data, like government-provided w
By being able to compare and combine my new data w
Gave me the opportunity to explore questions on a
I would have been able to speed up some of the tec
It would help to understand better the findings.
Sharing the data among my peers and I particularly
Accessing research data would be helpful in compar
My research, in climate sciences, is based on data
I could re-analyze data that others have collected
Allowed me to conduct multinational analyses
It has helped guide the direction of the questions
Allows me to evaluate accuracy of models I produce
I am an observational scientist primarily. My rese
It benefitted me in examining relationships among
having experience about how other thinking and wha
being able to develop better hypotheses based on t
It is important to share maps and field informatio
putting own research findings into context
Comparing environmental systems for different loca
It allows my team to reproduce results and test ne
Larger database to work with - stronger results
Allows us to measure changes in government spendin
Able to compare my study findings with those from
To validate proposed method using the former resea
Obtain the latest information in the field to avoi
It would allow integrated data sets between for ex
Validation of results and comparison with mine
Comparing chemical structures and/or chemical mech
To extend the research work it is very essential t
publications in Internet must be free of charge
transfer of finding to other regions without doing
To get a quick and reliable overview over the sta
better analysis of my own data. new methods learnt
I believe in transperency between researchers
Yes, accessing data at conferences has been a good
making sure that we're not replicating work. Havi
Increased precision and accuracy of results
Allows to test our methods (algorithms) on a vari
Eliminate the need for duplicate work to produce t
We were able to see how other researchers in our f
prior knowledge provide a starting point
Text mining often relies on shared tasks, so resea
Synthesis Genes, design qPCR primers,for example.
Team work = data sharing data is own by the proje
I was able to write to research papers which are i
Confirm our findings. Synthesising our data and o
for model building, access to original data source
Allowing to compare my results with other results
Validating results, benchmarking my calculations t
Use in comparison to own data produced by computer
updating data, models, comparing results, processe
It would make comparisson and cross validation bet
Being able to undertake comparative analyses, or a
used as basis for development of questionnaire
I can compare my result with others' research
We could supplement our qualitative data ith quant
It would allow to validate results observed in the
I do not have to perform the experiment by myself.
To improve the way we obtain my own data.
I would be able to establish patterns and re-inter
by verifying my own results, linking my own findin
I learned about the progress in the field achieved
Likely to be very helpful as long as sufficient in
Accessing others' data would help me strengthen my
you can perform additional, novel analyses on its
In order to make some theoretical calculations, se
It would allow to compare new methods or algorithm
improving my knowledge about sme specific themes
Sharing information and profiting from their comme
data sharing creates a strong basis for lasting co
We could compare our results with others
Availability of data on morphology of plants, thei
look at doing own analysis based on my research qu
To solve the problem related with my research proj
To gain their idea for improvement and references.
It would be able to use to compare with my solutio
Inspire me. Coparing the data with mine can make m
By using websites or personnel query mailing
Definitely it is beneficial ..as an environmentali
It may help solve the difficult problems in the ex
Allowed a new interpretation of data to be develpo
It makes me easier to understand their work and ev
Methodologically speaking, having access to other
It can help me quickly get the information about t
It helps to open to new applications or to resolve
it had better download the data from FTP and http
In my researches, I have directly received or acce
i used others' research data to verify my codes (s
This will be benefited in term of citation, inform
Literature view and current state of the problem
It has helped me to understand the scientific proc
By providing access to information which is requir
We can learn the impact from different fabrication
provides are more consistent picture that charact
It helped me planning my research aims and be shur
I use public synthetic data for the validation of
Working with experimental data obtained in our lab
New methods. Open horizons. Useful advices.
Comparing my research results with experimental on
Raw data from monitoring programmes has been used
I was provided with data by other researchers who
- obtaining results faster - avoiding experiments
When writing a systematic review, I needed to cont
Stops having to repeat work unnecessarily
Through personal communication and website googlin
Usually, it's very useful in order to improve our
validation of CFD calculations; comparison with pu
Because my main research consists in developing ne
In a concrete and recent example, I conducted a sy
Provides information that may not be available in
Better (deeper)understand the subject and correct
Comparison to own data Analysis of wider trends
Looking for co-variates/ drivers of trends
o prove their experiments and calculations
Would create more representative collection about
It would provide greater result validity
to compare my own research with others and find a
Comparison of quality of data Possibility to test
It would make the process of understanding faster.
It would allow me to make comparison with my resul
1. Performing experiments on the same data to comp
it would give a possibility to repeat the results.
Adding value to my research with secondary data
secondary analyses, weighting, in the design phase
I have done some research work based on other rese
Gives perspective on what knowledge is available
Norway has a register of environmental concentrati
By reusing their result as a step for a further in
Validation of previous models; Testing/comparison
Making own data assessment / evaluation Compare t
It has helped me to standardize certain wet-lab te
Critical baseline data for species modelling
Sharing or image datasets have allowed advancement
Used it to validate/test my CFD numerical models
Able to validate a prognostic model developed in m
I am not sure, but believe that access to any kind
Because I have more sources to compare an analyze
Having a link access where it is involved with oth
Not so far but if I have access it will help a lot
It was easy, because I was using a Government data
Allowed consistency of models among research group
used others data to build, validate, and calibrate
Allows interdisciplinary research where data from
In some areas where data generated in our team is
It will save my power, time and money if I can ana
Once I work with math modelling the access of data
I could compare my research to research in other r
a paper by itself often says little. The popular '
I would provide a way to corroborate findings or e
Often there are multiple ideas that can be tested
To have access to research data from other colleag
Expanding the range of inference within my own wor
Useful as comparisons to the data I have collected
it allows me to be familiar with material otherwis
In the design and publication of our own results
This is helping to cover the gaps in my own datase
Testing ideas with data not collected in my lab. S
Especially to choose datas and knowledge and ideas
Ensure complying with the requirements of the scie
Contribute to the research problem formulation and
I am working on a project that uses publicly avail
Triangulation, expand data set, discovering new di
A good way not to have to re-do some of the screen
Would enable comparative evaluations of results an
My area of research often supplements an already r
Provide more insight and perspective into my own r
In comparing my own methodology, results, and disc
That will allowed to reproduce published studies a
I use them as additionals in my publications so to
It would provide some reference values for my own
It would be helpful to check whether the results o
It can be used as an input for additional research
It could benefit my work sometimes when it s not c
Access to others research data is extremely benefi
Allows me to explore research questions from a dif
To understand the state of research in the field a
Verifying spatial models of epidemics is not possi
Collecting large amount data to empower research a
As a young research, I don't have money to do fiel
I could run my own analyses, e.g. to double-check
Learning and understanding methods (protocols) and
Provides insight into a research question that can
As a reference point to enable me sustain my resea
Validation/comparison of research findings in my o
Accessing other's data, particularly for projects
Validation, data mining for other potential findin
Replication of results is very important. When the
As a background or related work to my research.
Using a simulation done with the software that I u
Mainly to validate claims by others and to make co
Data from others has served to improve mine
I access public data, or data of my research team,
It would increase the quality of my researche
Created visibility for the research Center
It minimizes duplication of effort and enables a g
I did not share data with anyone previously.
Because others research data helps me find techniq
It would allow replication and verification of res
I used data trace-sets that are made available by
- Access to protein sequences essential for perfor
It has been both informative and educative.
Accessing others' data permits comparison and prev
I have found large files of gene expression data g
Through database at the library of university.
shorten development time; improve/enlarge database
widen the literature search for comparable studies
Compare with my results. Use summaries in my anal
offer data for comparison with my own and to help
Sharing spectra and samples helps identification o
I tested my software algorithm using the data prov
enlarge database, compare or contrast my own findi
I haven't accessed others' data before. But it wou
to validate the understanding, bench-marking
Could evaluate more patients and get better result
primary geological data geochemistry geochronolo
to generate supporting scientific findings
Allow models to be cross verified or validated. A
Accessing others' research data will be off great
Our country still do not have large ground based t
helped me in creating samplings and producing a be
It could benefit me, as I would have new data to i
It guides you in your own research and allows to f
Comparing their data with mine and reproducing som
Perhaps improved instrument development and choice
It makes our research findings more useful to a wi
Being able to reanalyze raw data of others could p
Other data can clarify distributional or morpholog
wider overview on a subject; different perspective
By comparing their methods with mine, my methods c
To varify their thoeries or research results.
Understand where the values of my research dataset
it was a secondary data required for testing the t
To identify research gaps from the research limita
To improve the scope of research, and also validat
give a reference to carry out my similar study
For saving cost and time to collect data. For com
comparison of incidences of arious outcomes will h
I may interpret the results in a better way
It would need to be available ion accessible forms
I can use these data to establish other models for
data sharing is necessary to progress modelling (e
Accessing others research data gives us some infor
Based on the research data, I can conduct my new r
Helps in understanding the commonalities or otherw
strengthen manuscript and research results
In order to better understanding of the results
Allows me to pursue other research questions and c
Others' research data helps me to apply new techni
Validation and evaluation of competing models and
Reproducing analytical methods used by others on t
In understanding geographical and ethnic genetic v
Helpful to make own assessment of results.
mulit-centre studies - for small 'niche' or 'rare'
It helped me lot to explore and implement the new
Publishing our work with others data as support
Higher quality of results from data combination (m
have not had the opportunity but accessing data wo
to compare with my data and see if there is simila
Understanding previews results, which safe time, m
Being able to apply new research on that data
earlier data helps the quality data generation; da
know about how others deal with some difficulties
Allow comparisons between our new experiments/theo
via joint projects or joint publications
Data comparison. Assemble of particular data sets.
Research data accessed can be a reference to our r
As other researchers I will support my research .
getting inputs in specific area as part of my rese
It can help me design similar study if appropriate
Having access to the data of others the research f
Data that can be shared can be utilized to it's ma
Output from models ran by others helped to interpr
allows us to correlate our own large data sets (ie
The data showing the experimental conditions, e.g
when faced with problems,other's similar research
It will be useful to compare my results with the s
I could not make several different conditions of m
My last research project use the open database of
We downloaded data from the internet site (open fo
It helps to improve efficacy of research
by analysis their contribution in research area
The others' research data help me in in understain
By have open access to different research projects
It would help me to improve my design and experime
certain data or images are standard and are availa
It may help to clarify issues that may arise with
To compare the results, to use as a benchmark.
Not sure. I have never been through that before.
Others' research data could provide some reference
At this moment I didn't have the opportunity to ac
It would give an insight towards my own research
1. Meta-analysis and systematic review 2. Concept
Not much because the context matters a lot in maki
For training in using data for analysis and visual
Other's data would help me for comparison to my pr
I earned the possibility to look at new data and i
Accessing other researchers' data allows me to tes
to understand others' models or to test my models.

Where have (or would) you accessed others' research data? Please list specific websites, for example.
Personal communication in the first instance
We have accessed data shared by researchers on sev
- data repository from scientific journals - webs
Springer publication, Elvier and International Jou
Generally as supplementary data appendices in jour
Google academico Schoolar google Paginas de
by websites, for example, Rice Genome Annotation P
Dryad Shared data for research projects.
Within my university. From other universities. Fr
Normally I access the information from publication
I usually give a look to the data published in Ame
Internet in general - hundreds of websites
On authors personal webpages or on publishers webp
In special journals (Acta crystallpgraphica, Acta
Personal accounts of Github, Dropbox and websites.
claimed it from the funder and the researcher dire
Generally from Conferences, Colloquiums and person
ANELIS in Romania IEEE Xplore - My own membership
Various online databases including SNAP (https://s
personal communication, social (scientific) netw
- NCBI http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ - Through per
Ideally together with the article the data is pres
Private contact Search the data according to the
Research data in some case are available directly
contractual agreements with studies that share dat
personal communications pubmed for other publicat
Argonne National Research Labs, National Renewable
I called up and asked a researcher. He was done wi
Principal investigators, USDA Forest Service RMRS
I have not accessed others' data for an ongoing pr
For example energy consumption by sector was at so
We have a data repository with controlled access f
would be easiest to access through journal website
It would be nice if publishers were to have a webs
I usually ask researchers for their data directly.
Website4s and discussions with colleagues doing re
colleagues' websites, space agencies (ESA)
US Navy and Marine Corps Epidata Center, Portsmout
USGS NWIS data system US EPA Storet data reposito
ncbi data repositories (sra, GEO datasets), brain
Through tables in publications or through the NOAA
I have accessed others' research data when it is p
Herschel User Provided Data Skyview Asking peopl
mostly IEEE website and other websites accessible
Never accessed to others' research data.
supporting information of the published articles
Direct communication with researchers. Either emai
I would email authors and ask them to share their
U.N. Millieum Database, World Bank, U.S. Deptment
UNAVCO, IRIS, USGS, Southern California Earthquake
Through figures and/or from the authors.
the data was sent to me directly. I didn't use any
In a isotopic laboratory (geochronology) it is imp
On congress and more frecuently on the personal pa
From the individual researchers. Sharing data and
Bureau of Justice Statistics, any government web s
WHO Geneva (IVB) World Bank Development Indicator
Australian Data Archives Housegold and Income Lab
only through and with trusted colleagues
Elsevier Springer Wiley InterScience IEEE
Individually acquired through a proposal process.
Within projects (e.g., other partners) Open sourc
-- colleagues from other institutes, collaboratio
research gate, google scholar, scientific journals
retinal Image DataSets OCT Image DataSets
Preferably linked in publication to either persona
Direct data transfer through the owner. No website
PLoS One provided access to the data we needed.
FAOSTAT, BANK WORDL, CEPALSTAT, ONUSTAT.
Typically we rely on datasets attached to specific
Asking colleague to give the data. For climatic d
By directly contacting researchers to ask for data
File servers at the home institutes of the researc
We use the NVS vegetation data base managed by Lan
Peer reviewed journals in Additional Conent/Append
I am unsure at the moment, but possibly some throu
On request to researchers inside and outside my or
supplementary materials or data archives
Through published articles in journals or contacti
Via BRAHMS database. Google Earth for occurrence
Research gate, journal's sites, msu science portal
not sure. it depends what is the analysis
SNDL Systeme National de Documentation en Ligne h
scholar journal academic conference websites
I don't have accessed others' research data.
Using all type of search engine..google scholar, P
no specific website just their homepages or requ
I normally get the research data from library subs
Others research data can be provided through discu
www.ips.gov.au SPIDR for ionosonde NOAA for spa
Pubmed,Medline and Institution's Library Databases
supplementary data from journals Australian Commo
Science direct Springer Taylor and Francis PubMed
Government institutions who collect data, e.g. dep
We also obtain data from internal partners
mainly the CIF files and supporting information pu
At scientific conferences and seminars, in librari
NCBI, EMBL, Encode, Lab repositories, Research Gat
researchgate scholar google personal contact v
EC-project specific websites, like: www.reborne.o
I have contacted other researchers personally via
1. Personal contact on email 2. GeneBank
Research Gate website that allow to exchange by ar
ICES exchange forums, Direct contact, On-line ar
From colleagues directly or from their publication
I logged on the database of EI, SCI and so on with
ResearchGate, Linkedin, Open access journals, Paid
E.g. ILSVRC 2012 'imagenet' E.g. Brain Tumor Segm
Journal publications, NASA technical reports othe
Just from close colleagues and is hard to trust ma
Transport Canada Ballast Water Database (TCBWD), t
Directly from researchers. NOAA website.
ClimDB/HydroDB CUAHSI HIS USGS Streamflow NOAA
NOAA, ESA, UK MetOffice, NASA and individuals in t
Hard to answer specifically. Mostly, I address peo
Before I have the private communication only and s
Only few websites, like Irwin webpage and some jou
I would use NSF supported data management sites.
bitbucket, github, dropbox, email, usb-drive, etc.
Adolescent Health data from the University of Nort
Mainly data archives. Astronomy is relatively orga
In general in archive data public. As for example:
Individual sharing their database with me through
At this point it is been shared privately. But I w
Datafolha, Ibope, Banco Mundial, datapol and other
NOAA commercial and recreational data bases
Mostly, american geophysical and meteorological we
Capes (Brazil), Elsevier, google (academic),
Internet. I also got in contact with another rese
Direct communication with other researchers.
From the homepage of other research groups.
I have accessed others' data via personal correspo
Some open-source datasets including Demographic he
In supplementary information of papers (in IJSEM j
online databases subscribed by my university scie
Electronic supplements of published articles, USGS
I sometimes use data from http://refractiveindex.i
Publications on nuclear research (scientific journ
Government entities that provide data access to re
World Health Organization Organization of Economi
Corpus of Global Web-Based English[corpus.byu.edu/
Wikipedia tables showing the progress of epidemics
Editor or Journal website Scientific society web
I don't know - I guess I would get the data on a c
personal contacts, research gate, TC group
Personal contact, on publishers' website.
Various places around the web -- do not remember e
no specific websites. Only by emailing others.
I need different data in different situations.
within publications & supplemental files of publis
UK Data Service, ONS, academic publishers
www. Várak Magyarországon – Castles in Hungary.
Strathclyde University Physics 1965-onward (Tur
Research data would be especially useful when coll
Science Direct, Scopus, SpringerLink many other.
on-line and in journal publications. JSTOR and Res
Personal contacts. USEPA NATA website. MNGEO web
provided directly by external collaborators
sent to me, or accessed at software websites
SciFinder, Pub Med, organic chemistry journals.
I personally got electronic files from a researche
sharing through collaborators and project partners
I would contact the researchers individually. A sp
Websites of each specific telescopes or computer f
Data from state agencies, private corporations, an
Don't know - email them to request data.
In websites as WORMS (World Record of Marine Speci
injuve; Centro Reina Sofía de Adolescencia y Juven
The official website: the university's webstie, th
from the similar published papers in various Datab
we accessed the National Trauma Data Bank of the u
I write to the researcher if I desperately need th
NASA, MARKSIM, but still mostly data sharing withi
CDC National Center for Health Statistics Nationa
European Journal of cancer, Science Direct.
not from websites, but thru collaboration
published articles in databases like PubMed
My universities' databases for theses for example.
From reputed journals such as Wear, ASME jr of Tri
As supplemental material provided with the origina
there are databases available eg big health databa
I usually just access the published data on articl
so far, it has between collaborating research part
Contact the author by email. Personal website of
via web-sites of partner;s institutions or publica
ftp.ifremer.fr several NOAA web pages ndbc.gov
Possibly electronic version of journal article pub
from my colleagues - personal arrangement
I have not accessed people's research data on publ
The database I used on JET (Joint european torus)
All dataset about tracking, uncompressed video, ob
1. Biomass atlas of India 2. NREAL database 3. N
I never had access others' research data.
Short codes or simulation examples at www.researc
Author's homepage or github: https://github.com/ji
it depends of the research context. "email log fi
I have no access to other's research data, unless
I frequently consult the Mexican Commission of Bio

Other, please specify (Which, if any of the following, do you think are benefits to you as an author for sharing your research data alongside your research article?)
Others can examine additional research questions
This question is unfocused and very ambiguous.
Reduced costs of funding body, some work doesn't h

Using the space below, please indicate what, if any, would be the drawback for you as the author if you were to share your research data with your research article.
I mostly work on financial proprietary data. So, I
Others can use my data without asking me.
Having others taking credit for my data collection
There are public data, such as the data on fisheri
If the article is published already then there is
A systematic data sharing policy could impair some
None, just not necessary for my research.
Qualitative data (e.g. interview texts) are to per
The research input data (chip designs and layouts)
Misinterpretation due to lack of info about data a
Data can be used without giving me as their author
Lack of control to where and how could be used and
This is personal data that participants consent to
I work for the US federal government. I am requir
Shouldn't be any drawbacks- I think transparency i
I would fear that someone else might publish what
Ensuring comparability of data being shared. Varia
We spend a lot of money creating our data. We are
Others could use the data without any credit to th
No drawback. However, the data are available throu
In a word: Bureaucracy. Having to make sure I meet
My data is typically self-funded. It is therefore
I work with commercial databases that are purchas
I would be worried about data plagerism/transforma
my datasets often have multiple intentions for pub
Data could be manipulated and used again without p
More time needed to validate and format data.
I don't see any, but mine is proprietary data so I
Most importantly, there are often instrument-speci
Full interview files have identifying factors and
In many situations, it takes time to create a docu
I no longer do new research and my data is availab
cost of publication will likely increase (because
I will not share the data until I have published t
It's difficult to control the use of the data part
The drawback would be if research funding contains
My data was videos of students. I cannot share the
Getting scooped by other researchers on in-progres
The drawback is that it gives others ideas of what
My data involves inditifying information--video of
I do not see any except if further publications ar
some other researcher publishing a key finding fro
Likely none... depends on if there were a monetary
Sharing data violates confidentiality. Also, make
Lack of proper acknowledgement. Inappropriate use
Trust and fair. if you share your research data, p
Ethical approval to share data. Data is also not o
possible future publications that did not acknowle
I'm afraid that the data is not suitable for other
Misinterpretation of the data that is nuanced in t
Data volumes are too large (typically many Terabyt
actually, i don't know the benefits of sharing res
Protection of the participating company or subject
The human subjects for the research would need to
I collect in-depth qualitative data. Sharing that
Usually, stripping out all identifying information
I'd be concerned that others would try to publish
If you had not thoroughly analyze the data, you mi
No drawback from the research point of view; resea
As far as the data are not published anyway, expla
Understanding what permissions are needed to share
I can only share the data under the terms and circ
The main drawback for me is that I've previously w
Likely to inhibit further publication. As we used
Preparation time to get it into shape for publicat
I do not see any drawback in sharing my research d
some research data can not be shared due to the co
The Government of Namibia may not appreciate it if
my work is on symmetries and exact solution of mod
My research is constrained by an industrial non di
The data I use is owned by a commercial company. I
time needed to prepare the data in the proper form
main issue is confidentiality and keeping data ano
Datasets are on the order of 4+ PB in size. This i
Not sure, maybe would be more time consuming to ad
I am a qualitative researcher who conducts enthogr
I don't know how to share data. I am not trained a
Enhanced criticism, lack of any benefits
I don't see any advantage or compulsion to do so u
Misinterpretation of data in other papers.
One set of data can lad to several articles to exp
To be honest: I have no great support myself and s
data sharing will have to be approved the State Ag
Takes time to annotate in such a way as to be mean
Use of the data by others in a manner that wasn't
Time spent making the data clear to others.
If I understand the question, the main drawback wo
time, effort, unauthorized usage, proprietary issu
potential loss of control over the data - less scr
Only concern is with maintaining confidentiality o
time; I don't have the time needed to do this. Th
I'm not sure my funder/IRB would allow it, and it
Misuse of data for political agendas or possibly t
The only reason I see as a drawback is to have the
Privacy. I need to know the data shared is going t
It would take some time in some cases to prepare t
My data may be used without giving credit to me.
Nuclear Physics data are large and complex. Shari
I don't really know how to do it and/or make it co
I would like to be asked and know the person who g
It is my experience that others will not reciproca
I'm afraid that data were misused or used without
potential loss of authorship credit; competitors g
I don't believe it is necessary to share raw data,
The data may be abused or misinterpreted.
The data is owned by my organisation and not me. H
I worry about confidentiality of certain kinds of
None, except that it would take up a lot of space,
Due to the sensitivity of the work from my last pr
it will take a lot of time cleaning the code and o
I don't own the data and don't have the right to s
I usually collect data by myself. Large databases
Data collection and analysis are areas where our g
Most of the data I collect is governed by ethics p
the data will be disclosed to others. Its private
Lot's of additional work in agreeing on a common f
If I have some new ideas about using the data to p
I document to the extent that it is useful for my
The time it takes to find all the raw-data that go
There is too much for an article. I always include
I am not fully aware of the ethical implications o
Data used without credit. Data used to compete wi
no, not personally. i think my institution is begi
It takes a long time to organise and sort the huge
Data that is being used for other research in prog
If I make my data freely available, I have to prot
afraid that the publisher becomes the owner of the
Much of my data is qualitative transcripts. It wou
Breaches of employment and funding conditions
Data privacy and security requirements that are en
After one research project, many researchers are p
Others may use it without knowling the context tha
Quotation (autohr name and institution) of data so

Other, please specify (Which of the following locations do you use to archive your research data?)
served in my privat archi, if not the requirement
public repository - or by a differnt funder
I don't archive my data for public use. However, I
cloud like dropbox, one drive and icloud
Back up everything on an external hard drive
I archive it myself, e.g. on my computer or in my
I plan to archive all data from my study at the Un
depending on the project, Dropbox or a similar clo
Self created repositoryfor data, open source repos
housed on department server, but not a true "repos
Private repository, i.e. external hard drive
Another institution has a repository that we use
Repository provided by the international community
I archive it on external storage devices for safe
I keep a large system of directories with source f
Repository provided by my computer and data discs
public repository at a museum or public institutio
computers of me and my colleagues, CD and system o
Free repositories; Country owned repositories
my government agency retains records for limited p
I archive it on personal computers as well
My own private data store (a big fat NAS)
on personal computers at my office and home
Personal Files for self sponsored projects
personal computer and external storage device
I simply store it on my personal external hard dis
i'm using my own storage/repository methods
repository created by me and accessible to others
specific databases developed specificaly in our t
I don't archive, but I do backup data regularly
public (government) data base repository
Public Repository provoded by EU Institution

Other, please specify (Who usually does the archiving of your research data at these locations?)
I have a daemon that sync everything in my cloud
on Govt.level ..outsourced the programme to others
Don't typically archive - most research we do as p
the person who generated data and/or bioinformatic

Please provide details of anything/anyone else that drives your decision to archive research data.
It is terms of our funding, but this is good as it
Especially, for simulation results, many had claim
Because, I can need these data at future researche
for analysis of these data in the furture
We follow a specific policy implemented by our sys
Data not archived is data lost for ever, together
I would like to be able to go back to older studie
I think research data represent important knowledg
I archive my data for doing a research and applyin
sharing archive data with students for their proje
i am convinced it is of benefit for others and mig
I also make use of data sharing / archiving servic
good to keep a copy in case mine is lost/destroyed
of interest for further experimental work/for work
It is common practice to archive the data anyways.
So I can share mostly large format images with oth
High probability of continued use; potential reven
Data importance and its timely usage without resea
To trace consistency between old and new research
names of samples testing conditions method used
Greatly depends on project. In some projects no r
journals policy to accept submissions only if data
The archive I use is not widely accessessed - only
Just for reuse in subsequent publications
The main driver is it future use my me or close co
I am required to do this...I have no choice. It i
Currently I don't archive my research data in a pu
Potential re-use and re-evaluation of data for col
Astrophysics and theoretical physics are very open
We keep the spreadsheets containing the data we an
The funder of the current research project mandate
Assholes in IRB mandate DESTROYING my data after p
In my work field, some litigation may come up and
I expect that our recent and pending research will
Whether I think it's going to have use for another
I'm new to my department. I always archived every
Usually so I can go back and look at original data
So I can use to teach students how to use data; fo
I have myself paid and selected the archives for m
Some of the data was subject to privacy laws and s
The quality of the program for archiving data and
These data are expensive. To not archive them is t
Archiving data is necessary as proof supporting th
Time and budget constraints: archiving/sharing tak
usually keep the paper protocols as well as the da
Institute has minimum data archive requirements; s
Research collections of specimens are invaluable i
Archive is an alternative repository that provides
Having original data available for others.
regional geology information encrease every moment
To my understanding, this should be compulsory for
This is part of my legacy in research - the thing
Making sure it is available for future use and if
Potential for further research or questions pertin
Our research group discuss togather, and kept maki
If I archive the data, I can use it again in the f
Experimental data are the base of complex evaluati
I keep it to inform future projects or if any ques
Our research data will be linked to the future dat
Colaborations with Medical Institutions to focalic
Group leader wants to retain data for potential re
Some of the data we archive is sensitive (textual
Research data is part of research. Data needs to
My institute doesn't like to open access data arch
Academic advisors have emphasized the importance o
Just do it so that the data is available to others
It allows to always go back to the data, and perha
My collaborators encourage me to archive research
Funder in this case means Dept Veterans Affairs, w
not all data gets published; you never know when y
Poor management of database in our country compare
To cooperate and publish paper, we have to archive
Sharing research data with scientists in my field
Decision maker (government) drive my research data
this is from my experience. my own research data a
Research funded and published by my institute
To share data with researchers, collaborators, fun
Our research protocols request to archive our rese
trained on data management and learning importance
In southern Africa burgleries frequently occur dur
of course, all my publications are also send to ar
Collaborating with an industry, by contract I am n
When working with Big Data it is absolutely necess
I'm the Head of the Department so question 4 is ir
My line manager but usually I keep files, drafts a
collaborative work with another institutions
Need to be able to support research; being able to
Uncertainty about any future knowledge. Nobody kn
To have convenient classification of different res
difficulty of having enough storage space difficu
No one. I archive some of my data only to check th
Historical record, interest in returning for reana
In the case of medical image analysis research, we
Data must be archived due to resource limitations
Either its a fundamental "validation" data set or
In Mexico we have little money for research, the g
Actually, it is a fundamental requirement of the k
It costs nothing, It is the right thing to do, mak
most of my funding is from public agencies (state/
Importance of safe-keeping data for later scientif
I have an agreement with the funder and itisalso a
Archiving is usually motivate by the thought that
Many so-called tools for getting data into reposit
Reanalysis opportunity for different ideas and to
Institutional review boards often require limits t
For my own future use and to make it easy to send
To avoid duplication of what has already been done
Lab is now starting to archive data from all proje
My research is part of my doctoral thesis
institutional ethic committee mandate termination
Selected data accompany published (both journal an
I can share data with other researchers for compar
Software, especially in mathematical areas, always
I think it is proper practice to archive and docum
Lots of uncertainty re ownership and rights and "h
Archiving is being driven by DOE/US Gov't policies
I archive data for future reference (other researc
Archiving is mandatory due to department protocol.
All of the data I collect includes collaborations
I feel that I should keep my data for myself and m
There is usually some detail that will pop up mont
my institution has her own rules for research data
Nobody except myself drives my decision to archive
For writing other articules, books and for teachin
I think it should be accessible for several years
A friend of mine suggested to collect data tougher
Usually the availability of time and budget from m
I dont archive my research data but would if I kne
The kind of data. Like in qualitative studies, par
Protection of data identity, Not getting around t
Research results. Strong controversial research i
All research data should be free online for anyone
For the benefit my research group, including poten
Funding agency is the big pusher but not consisten
I made my own decisions in archive or not archive
Its my work, its my struggle, and Its my collectio
To prevent repeating efforts on the same experimen
Just in case. Honestly, I rarely re-use it.
Research data may be useful for next activities.
my group leader or chairman of the research projec
The primary goal of science is the search for trut
My supervisor suggested me to archive the data.
I don't want others to replicate the work and want
hassles with depersonalization of image data
reproducibility and comparability of results
I haven't done this formally - but I do this as my
student learning ( de-identified data available fo
my institution is encouraging sharing so the next
Safe, reuse and further requests from readers or j
research is a continuum, more often I have reused
need live it as a legacy for my students and co-wo
We are in the process of developing an archiving s
I am responsible for an observation service which
All international large-scale surveys such as TIMS
I did my research using UV-visible spectrophotomet
Future reuse, future resource of others, keeping r
Not archived data prior, but will consider it henc
No one. If I think a research question is importan
further research foundations or other potential ne
The need to forward data to publishers or compare

Other, please specify (Who is responsible for the execution of this research data management plan?)
Every one in Dept VA who can touch the data
We are sharing some of our data within internation
Principal Investigator of the funded research proj

Other, please specify (Who is responsible for monitoring compliance with this research data management plan?)
Information Security Officer, Privacy Officer, mys
Data management facility of collaborators
Principal Investigator of the funded research proj
in my opinion: at the at the departmental level

Other, please specify (Irrespective of public sharing (e.g. archiving your research data in a repository accessible to others), have you done any of the following with any or all of the research data that you used or created as part of your last research p
Shared directly with researchers who ask for them
Sharing directly some restricted data with collabo
I have not shared data with the funder yet.
students preparing their own BS graduate projects
shared directly with researcher interested to carr

Other, please specify (Thinking your next set of research data, if you were to make it available under which license(s) would you make it available?)
Completely not permitted by US federal government;
As a taxpayer supported research agency, or work i
I would need authoship credit on any work derived
it's not my data to share, it belongs to a client
I havde retired, but research data is available
Other researchers will be able to use the data whe
None, its freely7 available through the NVS data b
Everybody can use my data for free following the r
It depends on the terms of the research grant
this hover thing didn't work for me (Chrome/Mac)
it would not be freely available and only availabl

You said that it takes a lot of effort to make your research data re-useable, what is the main reason for this?
The original source data consists of a huge number
We typically deal with lots of data which has to b
adding metadata, errors etc for every item
I think that etnographic data is difficult to skar
The structure of the published data has to be clea
Format requirements are not trivial, and writing g
Methods need to be explained in detail. In many ca
The data is recorded with very special instruments
Because I keep my data in a rather messy state.
to make them readable or usable for wider users.
It's time consuming to comply with the database fo
It's big data and a good documentation is needed t
having to create meta data that adequately describ
Background on sampling, details on methods etc.
need an excellent data dictionary otherwise it is
it is a lot of work to put it all together
For my qualitative data I am still doubting... But
I use websites and video so lots of editing etc
Data acquisition is directly connected to Project
lack of uniform requirements and standards
different format of the database. Constant changes
Data SHOULD be gathered from the perspective of a
I work in a multidisciplinary field that includes
Making sure the formatting would be comparable. L
Any sequence of numbers needs explanation as to wh
It's no effort to send a spreadsheet, but formatti
Electroencephalogram data is hard to manage and ne
Because everyone has a specific manner to work and
We need to think about the overall theme that repr
The data is derived from electronic medical record
The data is not simple, often comes from over a d
I want to provide enough information that someone
Time spent documenting and creating metadata -- wi
Documentation and cleaning up analysis code.
the data is very specific and it takes time to for
We have a research data base that is open to anyon
To prevent researchers not familiar with my projec
Context is critical in my field and to document an
Because it is time consuming to fully document dat
Video data files are large and require either a lo
documentation of response categories, skip pattern
Data must be organized well in order to be re-usea
need to explain things clearly. Also, need to chan
Creating the metadata and documentation takes time
use of isotopic data for geochronology needs a lab
My original skills are herd to reproduce by others
The sheer amount of data and the major steps I (an
Usually the data is stored in a manner that is und
To accurately detail how the files have been set u
Need time to clean data, create documentation, dat
Clarifying the variables, ensuring that they are a
Create documentation Manage external access to in
The raw data are useless without interpretation.
Making responsible documentations or instructions
I have lot of researchdata in SPSS. I am not a fri
Must maintain confidentiality of surveillance data
Unusual formatting required by website and changin
we have to export the data to excel than reformat
It takes time, and I don't have help to do it.
no common/established formats, structures and proc
organize the amount of information per file and
to meet the requirements of various computers used
anonymising and making sure that individuals and i
Data must be de-identified and vetted by various o
All data collected in clinical trials has caveats
Uniform formatting required, publication of standa
to prepare a logbook useful and selfexplenatory fo
The way I format it is specific to my needs. Other
I have no help to do this and I have no time allot
Lack of a competent staff dedicated solely to this
it is extremely hard to read some-one else's resea
Inside domain knowledge Definition of suitable la
No complete/well-proven/gold standard workflow for
Research data is collected in a specific context a
Formatting, archiving, and documenting will take a
Mainly in terms of legistaltion; in our Health Sys
We have to learn and do it by ourselves, with no p
The time/expense required to make the data usable
Meta data standards and structuring are very exact
Maintaining the anonymity of participants in the r
Necessary documentation formalising provenance in
provide the space for data find best format (e.g.
It takes a lot of time and discipline to make good
putting the data in the proper format, generating
I have no experience in this kind of formatting an
Raw data being numerical, everything needs to be l
data Need Special Treatment and re-organisation, w
data need to be reformatted into specific formats
Massive size and complexity of datasets.
Have to catalog and make all necesssary supporting
Privacy issues require data scrubbing, and the pro
Generally they are databases that were not created
Because data, in my field, must be transcribed in
No standardized metadata format universally accept
Many data come from experiments in files generate
The answer depends. To use "systems" crafted by ot
Creating thorough documentation to detail any impo
time taken away from publications and research esp
Because almost always the own researchers have to
Need to make clear variable labels etc, and the st
It just takes time to get all in order and documen
Processes are not the same between research groups
lots of small data files taken with different expe
the work involved, with little reward for doing it
I would want to organize my documentation/codebook
Data will not be meaningful until you organize the
Time consuming to put together documentation. Maki
Data should be formatted to complain privacy requi
Requires expertise and experience (cannot be done
It may take more time and effort to present it in
Ensuring that data is clean, useable, and document
Because I manage it myself, in a way that works fo
Many parameters need to be (rightly) described
All relevant information must be included and made
I first collate data from experiments, perform nec
Data structures/ metadata, complicated study desig
Checking for full anonymity, making sure the data
the code needs to be cleaned and documented. hello
The great amount of functions in the software used
I am unfamiliar with the process, so it will take
Qualitative information that must be correctly cod
We (ourselves) know the detail of data. But for ot
Documentation and organization is often done only
Limited person to make documentation. It needs a
we are been doing it ourself,not by a data manager
So that it is understandable and can be used by ot
checking the data quality, connecting different ki
Some researchers cut corners and don't read the da
Effort is spent in make data human-readable in som
Curating meta-data and annotating with methods
Help next generation in going forward with the res
ID of a suitable, preferably universal, format.
It took many years hard work for me to aquire the
Because I will have to organize/format them very w
it takes longer time to format a set of data makin
this is the results of a good job. This means that
Research is like a random walk: you try and attemp
Data has to be re-writen in order to ensure full a
Labels are direct from instrument sources and woul
not from complete random sampling but complex samp
a lot of time is needed to format all documentatio
I always organize the data for the purpose. I use