Discovering patterns in 20663 individual research workflows - using data from our recent global survey.

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[ Project Lead ] @bmkramer [ GitHub Repo ] https://github.com/bmkramer/101innovations-survey-data [ Track ] Open Data: you have data others can use and play with during the sprint [ Level ] Intermediate [ Timezone ] CEST

Description

How cool would it be if you could analyze the current global state of scholarly communication and research practices not only by what people say, but by their active use of certain platforms, tools and websites? Well … now you can!

The results of our 2015-2016 survey on research tool usage (http://101innovations.wordpress.com) can provide insights into current practices across various fields, research roles, countries and career stages, and can be useful for researchers interested in changing research workflows. The data also makes it possible to correlate research tool usage to stance on Open Access and Open Science, and contains over 10,000 free-text answers on what respondents consider the most important developments in scholarly communication.

The full raw and cleaned dataset of the survey (20,663 responses) is available on Zenodo (http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.49583). Quick exploration of the survey results can be done in an interactive dashboard on Silk (http://dashboard101innovations.silk.co), but many more in-depth analyses are possible. During this Mozilla Science Sprint, we intend to make a head-start with these analyses by bringing together people with expertise in numerical and textual analysis. We invite all smart people, but especially those with experience in e.g. R, Python, Google Refine, NVIVO or AtlasTI. Any and all ideas for analysis are welcome!

Scripts/analyses created during the workshop will be made publicly available for others to use and build upon.

Please note that the sprint will take place between 9:00-13:00 on both days. Participants are of course free to continue working after these hours, and online support will be given wherever possible.

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[bmkramer]

Hi Abigail,

• GitHub repo: https://github.com/bmkramer/101innovations-survey-data
• Yes, we'll be available. We stated in our description that the sprint on-site will be from 9-13 u both days, during which we'll be present in person; participants are of course free to continue working after these hours, and online support will be given wherever possible.