Do researchers use open research data? Exploring the relationships between usage trends and metadata quality across scientific disciplines from the Figshare case
| Autor: | Juliana Elisa Raffaghelli, Alfonso Quarati |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Institute for Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies. National Research Council, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Estudis de Psicologia i Ciències de l'Educació |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Computer science
metadata quality calidad de los metadatos 02 engineering and technology Library and Information Sciences qualitat de les metadades Open research Metadata quality open research data usage research repositories 020204 information systems datos abiertos en investigación 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering repositoris de recerca dades obertes en recerca Scientific disciplines repositorios de investigación Metadades Metadata 05 social sciences Metadatos Transparency (behavior) Data science 0509 other social sciences 050904 information & library sciences Information Systems |
| Zdroj: | O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) Journal of information science (2020): 1–26. doi:10.1177/0165551520961048 info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Alfonso Quarati, Juliana E Raffaghelli/titolo:Do researchers use open research data? Exploring the relationships between usage trends and metadata quality across scientific disciplines from the Figshare case/doi:10.1177%2F0165551520961048/rivista:Journal of information science/anno:2020/pagina_da:1/pagina_a:26/intervallo_pagine:1–26/volume |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0165551520961048 |
| Popis: | Open research data (ORD) have been considered a driver of scientific transparency. However, data friction, as the phenomenon of data underutilisation for several causes, has also been pointed out. A factor often called into question for ORD low usage is the quality of the ORD and associated metadata. This work aims to illustrate the use of ORD, published by the Figshare scientific repository, concerning their scientific discipline, their type and compared with the quality of their metadata. Considering all the Figshare resources and carrying out a programmatic quality assessment of their metadata, our analysis highlighted two aspects. First, irrespective of the scientific domain considered, most ORD are under-used, but with exceptional cases which concentrate most researchers’ attention. Second, there was no evidence that the use of ORD is associated with good metadata publishing practices. These two findings opened to a reflection about the potential causes of such data friction. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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