The Chilling Effects of Obstacles to Accessing, Using, and Sharing In-Copyright Data for Quantitative Research
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: An international survey of researchers doing text- and datamining research, followed by in-depth interviews, shows a range of obstacles. Researchers experience challenges in access, use, sharing of data, and storage. The sources of the problems are high prices for proprietary data, terms of use that inhibit research, and legal policies including copyright, privacy and anti-hacking. Consequences of facing this range of obstacles include changing research design, delaying research, abandoning research, and failure to collaborate across jurisdictional borders. The right to conduct research should be asserted in designing relevant legal policies.
Source: Information & Culture
DOI: 10.7560/ic59103
Institutions: American University, University of Virginia
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4393142146