Study title

Editorial Staff of Finnish Scientific Publications Survey 2021

Dataset ID Number

FSD3657

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3657
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3657

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Mäkilä, Annastiina (Kotimaisten tiedelehtien yhteishanke)

Abstract

The survey charted the occupational training and cooperation needs of editors of scientific publications in Finland with a view to promoting the emergence and take-up of new forms of training and cooperation. The survey was conducted in the spring of 2021 as part of a joint project of ten Finnish scientific publications, funded by the Finnish Association for Scholarly Publishing.

First, respondents were asked which roles they currently had in their editorial boards and which roles they have had in the past. The respondents were then asked whether they had attended any training or induction sessions for editors of scientific publications, which organisations had organised the training and what the training had covered. The respondents were also asked what kind of pedagogy they had found to be effective in the training sessions.

On the topic of information provision, the respondents were asked about the channels through which they had found out about the training opportunities and how they would like to receive information about opportunities for training and cooperation. The respondents were also asked about the topics on which training was needed and how training provision could be improved. In terms of cooperation, the respondents were asked how the scientific publication they worked at was currently cooperating with other scientific publications, what kind of cooperation they were interested in and which communication channels they would like to use for cooperation. Finally, the respondents were asked how the scientific publication they worked at took into account editorial turnover, i.e. the loss of information when editors left and the need for information when new editors joined.

Background variables included the respondent's role in their editorial team and experience of working in an editorial team (in years).

Keywords

cooperation; learned societies; occupational training; publishing industry; scientific research

Topic Classification

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

• Annastiina Mäkilä (Kotimaisten tiedelehtien yhteishanke)

Funders

• Finnish Assosiation for Scholary Publishing

Time Period Covered

2021

Collection Dates

2021-04-13 – 2021-05-11

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Editorial staff of Finnish scientific publications

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

The survey was mainly distributed via email lists and social media such as Facebook and Twitter. The survey was disseminated using the personal networks of the people involved in the project. The Federation of Finnish Learned Societies (TSV) also shared the survey via its own email list.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Semi-structured questionnaire

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.

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Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

To prevent identification of respondents, background variables which contained information on which scientific publications the respondents were currently working at was removed at FSD at the request of the researcher. For the same reason, open-ended responses of the type 'other, please specify” were removed from the data, and potential identifiers were removed from the remaining open variables. Changes made at FSD are marked [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

Mäkilä, Annastiina (Kotimaisten tiedelehtien yhteishanke): Editorial Staff of Finnish Scientific Publications Survey 2021 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2023-06-27). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3657

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

Mäkilä, Annastiina (2022) Selvitys kotimaisten tieteellisten julkaisujen toimitusten koulutus ja yhteistyötoiveista. Tieteellisten seurain valtuuskunta. Turku