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August 14, 2026Open Access

Understanding Data Sharing Practices in the School of Biological Sciences (SBS)

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ASAlli SpringAMAndrew J. Millar

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Qualitative study reveals that biological science investigators view data sharing as a resource-intensive task driven by journal mandates, highlighting the need for institutional support.

Key Points

  • Investigate data sharing practices, principal investigator attitudes toward open science, and institutional barriers within biological sciences.
  • Conducted 30 semi-structured interviews with research group leaders (principal investigators) between August 2025 and February 2026.
  • Analyzed interview transcripts using an interview inventory and qualitative thematic analysis across five overarching domains.
  • Two-thirds of principal investigators factor both time and money into data sharing, viewing openness as an extra burden rather than an inherent attribute of data generation.
  • Eighty percent of participants maintained unchanged views on data sharing across the COVID-19 pandemic, though 50% altered their sharing workflows.
  • Thematic coding identified making research visible (205 references) and moral ethos (130 references) as key motivators, with journal requirements (85 references) cited more frequently than institutional support (72 references).

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Spring et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ec754b70b84ec8b9139bchttps://doi.org/10.7488/era/7579
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