Research data

Replication data for: Factors influencing the data sharing behavior of researchers in sociology and political sciences (Version 2.0)

GESIS, Cologne. Data File Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2284
Abstract: The empirical social sciences largely rely on the collection and analysis of research data. In recent years, several recommendations on the more open sharing of research data have been published. These recommendations aim at making science more transparent and replicable. In reality, however, many important research datasets are still not accessible. The project investigates how different factors influence the data sharing behavior of the authors of research papers in sociology and political sciences. It starts with an analysis of journal attributes and the articles published by selected journ ... more
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License: CC BY-SA 4.0: Attribution – ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.de)
Subject area: [Political Science [=] Sociology [=] Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology]

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 2015-05-11; 2015-07-07
Universe: Journals of the Social Science Citation Index, category "Political Science" and category "Sociology"; Articles from 10 selected journals in Sociology and Political Science from 2012 to 2014; Survey among authors of all those articles.
Sampling Procedure: Full selection of the journals in the Social Science Citation Index in the category "Political Science" and "Sociology"; All articles from 5 selected journals in each discipline from 2012 to 2014; One author per article for the survey.
Temporal Research Design: cross-section
Notes: This is version 2.0 of this dataset, in which some variables were recoded due to anonymization issues. Version 1.0 of this dataset was published under https://doi.org/10.7802/1487

Datasets represent: Journal websites; Articles; Respondents

Bibliographic information

Primärforschende, Institution: Zenk-Möltgen, Wolfgang; GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences | Katsanidou, Alexia; GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences | Akdeniz, Esra; GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences | Naßhoven, Verena; GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences | Balaban, Ebru; GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Publication year: 2021
DOI: 10.7802/2284
Study number: SDN-10.7802-2284
Publisher: GESIS, Cologne

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2284

Reference publications

Publications: Zenk-Möltgen, Wolfgang, Esra Akdeniz, Alexia Katsanidou, Verena Naßhoven, and Ebru Balaban (2018): Factors influencing the data sharing behavior of researchers in sociology and political sciences. Journal of Documentation.

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Zenk-Möltgen, Wolfgang, Katsanidou, Alexia, Akdeniz, Esra, Naßhoven, Verena, & Balaban, Ebru (2021). Replication data for: Factors influencing the data sharing behavior of researchers in sociology and political sciences (Version 2.0). GESIS, Cologne. Data File Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2284.

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