| Title |
Willingness to Share Research Data Is Related to the Strength of the Evidence and the Quality of Reporting of Statistical Results
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0026828 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jelte M. Wicherts, Marjan Bakker, Dylan Molenaar |
| Abstract |
The widespread reluctance to share published research data is often hypothesized to be due to the authors' fear that reanalysis may expose errors in their work or may produce conclusions that contradict their own. However, these hypotheses have not previously been studied systematically. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 707 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 139 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 84 | 12% |
| Australia | 30 | 4% |
| Canada | 21 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 21 | 3% |
| Germany | 20 | 3% |
| Spain | 16 | 2% |
| France | 12 | 2% |
| Finland | 9 | 1% |
| Other | 96 | 14% |
| Unknown | 259 | 37% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 440 | 62% |
| Scientists | 209 | 30% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 35 | 5% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 23 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 591 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 31 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 12 | 2% |
| Germany | 7 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1% |
| Belgium | 5 | <1% |
| Brazil | 4 | <1% |
| Spain | 4 | <1% |
| Norway | 3 | <1% |
| Canada | 3 | <1% |
| Other | 20 | 3% |
| Unknown | 496 | 84% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 127 | 21% |
| Researcher | 110 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 68 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 66 | 11% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 34 | 6% |
| Other | 123 | 21% |
| Unknown | 63 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 175 | 30% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 63 | 11% |
| Computer Science | 62 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 60 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 5% |
| Other | 119 | 20% |
| Unknown | 84 | 14% |