Digital Science, Figshare and Springer Nature publish the new results in The State of Open Data 2025: A Decade of Progress and Challenges. (26 Jan 2026) The 10th anniversary edition of the State of Open Data report, published by Digital Science, Figshare and Springer Nature, shows that open data has become strongly embedded into research practice with…
(2 Dec 2024) New analysis suggests that open data practice is now on the edge of becoming a standard, recognized and supported scholarly output, globally. As part of the latest in the State of Open Data series, produced by partners Digital Science, Figshare and Springer Nature, direct author-sharing practices have been analyzed from a funder, country…
(5 Mar 2024) A new report – part of The State of Open Data series – provides real-world insights into how the research community is responding to the challenges of data sharing, including support needed for researchers and the importance of building a stronger collaborative approach to open data and research. From theory to practice: Case studies…
(Feb 2024) DataCite, in partnership with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), is delighted to announce the first release of the Data Citation Corpus. A major milestone in the Make Data Count initiative, the release makes eight million data citations openly available and usable for the first time via an interactive dashboard and public data file. We invite…
(7 Feb 2024) The Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative, spearheaded by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in collaboration with the Data Curation Network (DCN), has released two comprehensive reports shedding light on the expenses associated with making research data publicly accessible. These reports provide invaluable insights into the financial implications of data management and sharing…
(14 Oct 2022) Researchers worldwide will need further assistance to help comply with an increasing number of open data mandates, according to the authors of a new report. The State of Open Data Report 2022 – the latest in an annual collaborative series from Digital Science, Figshare and Springer Nature – is released today (9:00am BST Thursday 13 October). Based on a…
(30 Mar 2022) “There has been much made of the recent Nature news declaration of the NIH Data Policy (from January 2023) as ‘seismic’. In my opinion, it truly is. Many others will argue that the language is not strong enough. But for me, the fact that the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world is telling…
(28 Mar 2022) The Public Library of Science (PLOS) today announced that it is testing a new experimental open science feature intended to promote data sharing and reuse across the PLOS journal portfolio. A subset of PLOS articles that link to shared research data in a repository will now display a prominent visual cue designed to help…
(4 Mar 2022) The Open GLAM survey records instances of open access policy and practice in the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) sector. Today, the survey lists 1,424 institutions which have published open access data. Before its 4 year anniversary, Douglas McCarthy, one of the developers of the survey, presents an overview of that work, highlights new…
(16 Feb 2022) The data-sharing policy could set a global standard for biomedical research, scientists say, but they have questions about logistics and equity. In January 2023, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will begin requiring most of the 300,000 researchers and 2,500 institutions it funds annually to include a data-management plan in…