State of Open Data 2024: Springer Nature DAS analysis quantitative data

Raw data supporting the Springer Nature Data Availability Statement (DAS) analysis in the State of Open Data 2024. SOOD_2024_special_analysis_DAS_SN.xlsx contains the DAS, DOI, publication date, DAS categories and related country by Insitution of any author.SOOD 2024_DAS_analysis_sharing.xlsx contains the summary data by country and data sharing type.Utilizing the Dimensions database, we identified articles containing key DAS identifiers such as “Data Availability Statement” or “Availability of Data and Materials” within their full text. Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) of these articles were collected and matched against Springer Nature’s XML database to extract the DAS for each article. The extracted DAS were categorized into specific sharing types using text and data matching terms. For statements indicating that data are publicly available in a repository, we matched against a predefined list of repository identifiers, names, and URLs. The DAS were classified into the following categories:1. Data are available from the author on request. 2. Data are included in the manuscript or its supplementary material. 3. Some or all of the data are publicly available, for example in a repository.4. Figure source data are included with the manuscript. 5. Data availability is not applicable.6. Data are declared as not available by the author.7. Data available online but not in a repository.These categories are non-exclusive: more than one can apply to any one article. Publications outside the 2019–2023 range and non-article publication types (e.g., book chapters) that were initially included in the Dimensions search results were excluded from the final dataset. Articles were included in the final analysis after applying the exclusion criteria. Upon processing, it was found that only 370 results were returned for Botswana across the five-year period; due to this low number, Botswana was not included in the DAS focused country-level analysis. This analysis does not assess the accuracy of the DAS in the context of each individual article. There was no manual verification of the categories applied; as a result, terms used out of context could have led to misclassification. Approximately 5% of articles remained unclassified following text and data matching due to these limitations.