DataONE:Open Research Output Early Adopters Study/Results

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Results for Open Research Output Early Adopters Study.

Q1: What type of information do you upload to Figshare?

(check all that apply)

Possible Responses

• Figures
• Tables
• Datasets
• Articles
• Methods
• Failed Experiments
• Other (please specify)
• None
• No Answer

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• Q1_TYB
• Q1_Type_Information_Upload_Other6

Survey Logic

If none, go to question 6

Q2: Is your information public or private?

• Public
• Private
• Some of each

Q3: How frequently do you upload materials?

• Daily
• About once a week
• About once a month
• A few times a year

Q4: Do you ever change or update what you have previously uploaded?

Possible Responses

• Yes
• No

Q5: Which of the following reasons led you to upload to Figshare?

(check all that apply)

Possible Responses

• I want to be cited for my contributions
• I want my output to be preserved into the future
• Figshare gives my finished products a DOI
• I need a place to store my work
• Figshare allows me to store information that wouldn’t be available to others otherwise
• My institution or someone I work with suggested I store things here
• I uploaded data because a journal publisher required data deposit related to my article
• Storing my work on Figshare makes it easily discoverable
• Figshare is cool
• It’s free
• I’m experimenting to see what Figshare is about
• I don’t have a disciplinary repository to which I can submit my data
• I don’t have a local / institutional repository to which I can submit my data
• Figshare presents my data effectively
• Other (please specify)

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• Q5_WHB
• Q5_Which_Reasons_Upload_Other14

Q6: What type of information do you download from Figshare that has been contributed by others?

(check all that apply)

Possible Responses

• Figures
• Tables
• Datasets
• Articles
• Methods
• Failed Experiments
• Other (please specify)
• None
• No Answer

Column Headings

• Figures 2
• Tables 2
• Datasets 2
• Articles 2
• Methods 2
• Failed Experiments 2
• Other (please specify) 3
• None 2
• No Answer 3

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• Q6_TYB
• Q6_Type_Information_Download_Other6

Survey Logic

If none, go to question 9

Q7: How many of the things contributed by others have you found useful?

Possible Responses

• All of them
• Most of them
• A few of them
• None of them

Q8: How did you select the items you downloaded?

(check all that apply)

Possible Responses

• Name of researcher / submitter
• Institutional affiliation of researcher / submitter
• Presence / quality of metadata
• License
• Topic / discipline
• Other (please specify) 4
• No Answer 4

Column Headings

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• Q8_HOA
• Q8_HOB
• Q8_How_Select_Download_Other5

Survey Logic

[Go to question 10]

Q9: Why did you not download any information from Figshare that has been contributed by others?

(check all that apply)

Possible Responses

• I didn't need it
• I don't trust the quality
• It was not my subject area
• There was not enough information of interest to me
• Other (please specify) 5
• No Answer 5

Column Headings

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• Q9_Why_Not_Download_Other4

Q10: How likely are you to use Figshare in the future?

Possible Responses

• Extremely likely
• Somewhat likely
• The odds are about 50-50
• Somewhat unlikely
• Extremely unlikely

Q11: Do you put your research data in multiple places?

Possible Responses

• Yes
• No

Survey Logic

 If yes, go to question 13

Q12: Where is your research data stored?

Possible Responses

• In figshare
• Only on my or my institution’s computer
• In a data repository
• Other (please specify)

Column Headings

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• Q12_W9
• Q12_WA
• Q12_WB
• Q12_Where_Data_Stored_Other3

Survey Logic

[Go to question 14]

Q13: What percentage of your research data is stored in places other than Figshare?

Possible Responses

• 1% - 25%
• 26% – 50%
• 51% - 75%
• 76% - 99%
• 100%

Q14: What are the characteristics that you look for in a place to deposit your data?

(check all that apply)

Possible Responses

• Discoverability
• Easy to use interface
• Easy to fill in metadata form
• Flexible licensing
• Ease of deposit process
• Trust in the repository managers
• Has been around for many years
• Reputation
• Other (please specify) 6
• No Answer 6

Column Headings

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• Q14_CA
• Q14_CB
• Q14_Characteristics_Place_Deposit_Other8

Q15: For the datasets that you didn’t upload to Figshare, why did you choose not to?

(check all that apply)

Possible Responses

• I put the data in a different place (please specify)
• Lack of funding
• Lack of standards
• People don’t need them
• There is insufficient time to make them available
• There is no place to put them
• They shouldn’t be available
• Sponsor doesn’t require it
• Don’t have the rights to make the data public
• I would lose control of the data
• I need to publish first
• I have insufficient skills
• Other (please specify)
• There are no datasets that I didn’t upload to figshare

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• I put the data in a different place (please specify)
• Lack of funding
• Lack of standards
• People don‚Äôt need them
• There is insufficient time to make them available
• There is no place to put them
• They shouldn‚Äôt be available
• Sponsor doesn‚Äôt require it
• Don‚Äôt have the rights to make the data public
• I would lose control of the data
• I need to publish first
• I have insufficient skills
• Other (please specify) 7
• There are no datasets that I didn‚Äôt upload to figshare
• No Answer 7

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• Q15_WN
• Q15_Why_Not_Upload_Other0

Q16: In what year were you born?

Possible Responses

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Q17: What is your primary subject discipline?

Possible Responses

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Q18: Which one of the following best describes your primary work sector?

• Academic
• Government
• Commercial
• Non-profit
• Other (please specify)

Column Headings

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Q19: Which country is your primary place of employment?

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Survey Logic

If not United States of America, go to question 21

Q21: Please share any additional thoughts about Figshare and/or data sharing.

Possible Responses

(This is an open ended question)

Column Headings

• Please share any additional thoughts about Figshare and/or data sharing.
• Please share any additional thoughts about Figshare and/or data sharing. 2
• Please share any additional thoughts about Figshare and/or data sharing. 3
• Please share any additional thoughts about Figshare and/or data sharing. 4
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