State of Open Data Survey Responses 2016-2025: A Decade of Researcher Attitudes and Practices (Cleaned Single-Year Datasets)

This dataset comprises ten years of survey responses from the State of Open Data survey, an annual global survey conducted by Digital Science, Figshare, and Springer Nature examining researcher attitudes, behaviours, and challenges relating to open data practices. The collection spans 2016 to 2025, capturing 45,874 individual researcher responses across more than 100 countries.The surveys cover a range of topics relating to open research data, including (availability varies by year):Awareness and familiarity: FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable), open data concepts, data management plansData sharing behaviours: Frequency of sharing, repository usage, data types sharedAttitudes and motivations: Support for open data mandates, perceived benefits of data sharing, motivations for sharingBarriers and concerns: Data misuse, credit and acknowledgement, sensitive data, copyright uncertainty, time and resource constraintsInstitutional context: Funder requirements, publisher policies, institutional support, access to data management expertiseEmerging topics: AI/generative AI tool usage for data tasks (2024-2025), national mandate supportDemographics: Country/territory, research discipline, career stage, organisation type