Study title

University of Tampere Open Science Survey 2017

Dataset ID Number

FSD3221

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3221

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Mäki, Kati (University of Tampere. Tampere University Library)
• Huuskonen, Saila (University of Tampere. Tampere University Library)
• Leppänen, Sari (University of Tampere. Tampere University Library)
• Toikko, Tomi (University of Tampere. Tampere University Library)

Abstract

The Open Science Survey charted views of researchers at the University of Tampere, Finland, on open access publishing and making scientific research data available, and examined how the University's practices and services should be developed in terms of promoting open science.

First, the survey charted views on open access publishing with questions about post-print parallel publishing, open access, and factors that encouraged the respondents to parallel publish or otherwise publish with open access (e.g. researcher wants to promote open science, research funders require open access publishing). In addition, it was asked what prevented the researchers from parallel publishing in the University of Tampere's open access repository TamPub, and whether they had had to pay for open access publishing.

Practices for making research data available were charted with questions regarding what happens to the respondents' research data after research is completed (e.g. data is erased, data is stored at the university, data is stored on researcher's own local drive, data is deposited with a data repository), and which data archives or repository service providers the respondents had deposited research data with. Factors that encouraged or prevented opening the respondents' research data were asked, as well as whether the respondents had themselves reused research data collected and shared by someone else. Finally, the survey charted the need for services providing assistance in research data management, open access publishing and opening research data.

Background variables included faculty, academic career phase, and whether the respondent works alone or in a research group.

Keywords

data; educational libraries; information/library systems and services; publishing industry; research; research workers; scientific personnel; scientific research

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Information society (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Mäki, Kati (University of Tampere. Tampere University Library)
• Huuskonen, Saila (University of Tampere. Tampere University Library)
• Leppänen, Sari (University of Tampere. Tampere University Library)
• Toikko, Tomi (University of Tampere. Tampere University Library)

Time Period Covered

2017

Collection Dates

2017-03-13 – 2017-03-31

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Researchers at the University of Tampere

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The University of Tampere IT Administration's list of researchers at the university was used to pick the sample. The questionnaire was sent by email to 1,300 researchers. In addition, the survey was marketed on the University's intranet, on the service portal for postgraduate students, and on the university library's web page. The University of Tampere's Open Science working group also invited researchers to participate in the survey. In total, 146 responses were received.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

12

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

FSD translates quantitative data into English on request, free of charge. More information on ordering data translation.

Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD2840 University of Tampere Open Access Survey 2012

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

To prevent identification, direct and indirect identifiers (e.g. names of third persons and specific degree programmes) were removed from open-ended responses to questions q6_2_1, q6_8_1, q6_9_1, q7_3_1, q8_9_1, q10_5_1, q11_8_1, q12_3_1 and q13. English-language open-ended responses were removed from the data. In addition, open-ended variables q1_7_1, q3_5_1 and q9_10_1 of the type "other, please specify" were removed as well as the 'field of science' variable q2. Anonymisations done at FSD were marked with [square brackets].

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Mäki, Kati (University of Tampere) & Huuskonen, Saila (University of Tampere) & Leppänen, Sari (University of Tampere) & Toikko, Tomi (University of Tampere): University of Tampere Open Science Survey 2017 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2018-06-26). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3221

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Järvelä, Verna (2020). Avoin julkaiseminen Tampereen yliopistossa: Mikä kannustaa tutkijoita avoimeen julkaisemiseen eri tiedekunnissa? Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Informaatiotutkimuksen ja interaktiivisen median kandidaatintutkielma. URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202005205522