03 February 2023

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The State of Open Data 2022

Global attitudes towards open data

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Now in its seventh year, the 2022 State of Open Data report examines the attitudes and experiences of researchers working with open data.

With more than 5,400 respondents, this year’s survey is the largest since the COVID-19 pandemic began and continues to provide a detailed and sustained insight into the motivations, challenges, perceptions and behaviors of researchers towards open data. 

Key findings include:

• Some of the top motivators for data sharing are related to article publication. Researchers are more inclined to share their research data where it can have an impact on citations and the visibility of their research, rather than being motivated by public benefit or journal or publisher mandate.
• Four out of every five respondents are in favor of research data being made openly available as common practice.
• Over 70% of respondents are being required to follow a policy on data sharing for their most recent piece of research.
• Credit and recognition were once again a key theme for researchers in sharing their data. 75% of authors indicate they receive too little credit for data sharing.
• 72% of respondents said they would rely on an internal resource for help with managing or making their data openly available.
  

This year’s report includes guest articles from open data experts at the National Institutes of Health, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, publishers and universities.

Science, Digital, Gregory Goodey, Mark Hahnel, Yuanchun Zhou, Lulu Jiang, Ishwar Chandramouliswaran, Amy Hafez, et al. 2022. “The State of Open Data 2022.” Digital Science. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.21276984.v5.