Naslov
Attitudes and practices of open data, preprinting, and peer-review—A cross sectional study on Croatian scientists

Autori
Baždarić, Ksenija ; Vrkić, Iva ; Arh, Evgenia ; Mavrinac, Martina ; Gligora Marković, Maja ; Bilić-Zulle, Lidija ; Stojanovski, Jadranka ; Malički, Mario

Izvornik
PLoS One (1932-6203) 16 (2021), 6; E0244529, 18

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Open science ; Peer review ; Open data ; Open peer review ; Scientists ; Psychometrics ; Psychological attitudes ; Medicine and health sciences

Sažetak
Attitudes towards open peer review, open data and use of preprints influence scientists’ engagement with those practices. Yet there is a lack of validated questionnaires that measure these attitudes. The goal of our study was to construct and validate such a questionnaire and use it to assess attitudes of Croatian scientists. We first developed a 21-item questionnaire called Attitudes towards Open data sharing, preprinting, and peer- review (ATOPP), which had a reliable four-factor structure, and measured attitudes towards open data, preprint servers, open peer-review and open peer-review in small scientific communities. We then used the ATOPP to explore attitudes of Croatian scientists (n = 541) towards these topics, and to assess the association of their attitudes with their open science practices and demographic information. Overall, Croatian scientists’ attitudes towards these topics were generally neutral, with a median (Md) score of 3.3 out of max 5 on the scale score. We also found no gender (P = 0.995) or field differences (P = 0.523) in their attitudes. However, attitudes of scientist who previously engaged in open peer- review or preprinting were higher than of scientists that did not (Md 3.5 vs. 3.3, P<0.001, and Md 3.6 vs 3.3, P<0.001, respectively). Further research is needed to determine optimal ways of increasing scientists’ attitudes and their open science practices.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti

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