Data from: Data sharing in sociology journals

Data sharing is key for replication and re-use in empirical research. Scientific journals can play a central role by establishing data policies and providing technologies. In this study factors of influence for data sharing are analyzed by investigating journal data policies and author behavior in sociology. The websites of 140 journals from sociology were consulted to check their data policy. The results are compared with similar studies from political science and economics. For five selected journals with a broad variety all articles from two years are examined to see if authors really cite and share their data, and which factors are related to this.

数据共享是实证研究实现可重复性与再利用的核心前提。学术期刊可通过制定数据政策、提供技术支持发挥核心作用。本研究针对社会学领域的期刊数据政策与作者行为展开调研，以此分析影响数据共享的各类因素。本次调研共查阅140种社会学期刊的官方网站，以核查其数据政策内容。研究结果将与政治学、经济学领域的同类研究进行对比分析。针对5种涵盖多元选题范畴的期刊，本研究将对其两年间刊发的全部论文进行逐一审查，以确认作者是否确实引用并共享了其研究数据，同时探究与之相关的各类影响因素。