"What is your current role? (n = 2341)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Bachelor / Masters student","765","32.68","","" "","Doctoral student / Doctoral assistant","507","21.66","","" "","Postdoc / Senior Scientist / Scientific collaborator","559","23.88","","" "","Lecturer / Professor (e.g. Tenure Track / Adjunct / Visiting / MER / Associate / Full / Emeritus, ...) ","316","13.5","","" "","Data Manager / Data Scientist / Data champion / Data steward","81","3.46","","" "","IT / Other technical staff","99","4.23","","" "","Administrative staff (incl. higher management)","83","3.55","","" "","Other ...","38","1.62","","" "","","","","","" "What is your main institutional affiliation? (n = 2346)","Answer","Count","%","Value","" "","CERN","206","8.78","1","" "","Eawag","56","2.39","2","" "","Empa","23","0.98","3","" "","EPFL","158","6.73","4","" "","ETH Zurich","1121","47.78","5","" "","FHNW","52","2.22","6","" "","IHEID","5","0.21","7","" "","PSI","64","2.73","8","" "","UniBas","101","4.31","9","" "","UniBE","121","5.16","10","" "","UNIL / CHUV","237","10.1","11","" "","USI","105","4.48","12","" "","WSL","17","0.72","13","" "","(Another institution / None of these)","80","3.41","14","" "","","","","","" "","Average","","","6.31","" "","Standard Deviation","","","3.36","" "","","","","","" "What is your main EPFL affiliation? (n = 158)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","CDH - College of Humanities","2","1.27","","" "","CDM - College of Management of Technology","2","1.27","","" "","ENAC - School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering","14","8.86","","" "","IC - School of Computer and Communication Sciences","11","6.96","","" "","SB - School of Basic Sciences","35","22.15","","" "","STI - School of Engineering","41","25.95","","" "","SV - School of Life Sciences","34","21.52","","" "","ENT - Education, Research, Innovation and other Centers","1","0.63","","" "","EPFL Research Facility / Platform","3","1.9","","" "","EPFL Central Services","13","8.23","","" "","Other EPFL affiliation ...","2","1.27","","" "","","","","","" "What is your main Eawag department? (n = 56)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","ECO - Aquatic Ecology","6","10.71","","" "","ESS - Environmental Social Sciences","2","3.57","","" "","ENG - Process Engineering","4","7.14","","" "","FishEC - Fish Ecology and Evolution","2","3.57","","" "","SANDEC - Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development","1","1.79","","" "","SIAM - Systems Analysis, Integrated Assessment and Modelling","2","3.57","","" "","SURF - Surface Waters - Research and Management","8","14.29","","" "","SWW - Urban Water Management","8","14.29","","" "","UCHEM - Environmental Chemistry","7","12.5","","" "","UMIK - Environmental Microbiology","2","3.57","","" "","UTOX - Environmental Toxicology","3","5.36","","" "","WUT - Water Resources and Drinking Water","3","5.36","","" "","Eawag - Administration / Support Departments / Other","6","10.71","","" "","Other Eawag department ...","2","3.57","","" "","","","","","" "What is your main Empa department ? * (n = 22)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Advanced Materials and Surfaces","6","27.27","","" "","Engineering Sciences","4","18.18","","" "","Materials Meet Life","2","9.09","","" "","Energy, Mobility and Environment","5","22.73","","" "","Corporate Services","1","4.55","","" "","Other Empa department ...","4","18.18","","" "","","","","","" "What is your main WSL research unit? * (n = 17)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Forest Resources and Management","3","17.65","","" "","Forest Dynamics","1","5.88","","" "","Forest Soils and Biogeochemistry","1","5.88","","" "","Forest Health and Biotic Interactions","1","5.88","","" "","Community Ecology","0","0","","" "","Biodiversity and Conservation Biology","3","17.65","","" "","Land Change Science","1","5.88","","" "","Economics and Social Sciences","1","5.88","","" "","Mountain Hydrology and Mass Movements","4","23.53","","" "","Snow Avalanches and Prevention","0","0","","" "","Snow and Atmosphere","2","11.76","","" "","Other WSL research unit ...","0","0","","" "","","","","","" "What PSI center do you belong? * (n = 64)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Neutron and Muon Sciences","6","9.38","","" "","Photon Science","11","17.19","","" "","Energy and Environmental Sciences","15","23.44","","" "","Nuclear Engineering and Sciences","7","10.94","","" "","Life Sciences","6","9.38","","" "","Scientific Computing, Theory and Data","14","21.88","","" "","Accelerator Science and Engineering","1","1.56","","" "","Corporate Services","1","1.56","","" "","Other PSI center...","3","4.69","","" "","","","","","" "What is your main FHNW affiliation? (n = 51)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","FHNW School of Applied Psychology","3","5.88","","" "","FHNW School of Architecture, Construction and Geomatics","4","7.84","","" "","Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW","0","0","","" "","FHNW School of Life Sciences","6","11.76","","" "","Basel Academy of Music FHNW","1","1.96","","" "","FHNW School of Education","9","17.65","","" "","FHNW School of Social Work","5","9.8","","" "","FHNW School of Engineering and Environment","5","9.8","","" "","FHNW School of Business","7","13.73","","" "","FHNW School of Computer Science","10","19.61","","" "","Vice Presidium for University Development / Services / other","1","1.96","","" "","Other FHNW affiliation ...","0","0","","" "","","","","","" "What is your main UNIL / CHUV affiliation? (n = 237)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","CHUV - Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois","36","15.19","","" "","FBM - Faculté de biologie et de médecine","66","27.85","","" "","FDCA - Faculté de droit, des sciences criminelles et d'administration publique","21","8.86","","" "","FGSE - Faculté des géosciences et de l'environnement","14","5.91","","" "","FTSR - Faculté de théologie et de sciences des religions","7","2.95","","" "","HEC Lausanne - Faculté des HEC","16","6.75","","" "","Lettres - Faculté des lettres","32","13.5","","" "","SSP - Faculté des sciences sociales et politiques","34","14.35","","" "","Other UNIL/CHUV affiliation ...","11","4.64","","" "","","","","","" "What is your main ETH Zurich affiliation? (n = 1120)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","D-ARCH","52","4.64","","" "","D-BAUG","89","7.95","","" "","D-BSSE","32","2.86","","" "","D-INFK","118","10.54","","" "","D-ITET","92","8.21","","" "","D-MAVT","129","11.52","","" "","D-MATL","19","1.7","","" "","D-BIOL","45","4.02","","" "","D-CHAB","110","9.82","","" "","D-MATH","67","5.98","","" "","D-PHYS","88","7.86","","" "","D-EAPS","37","3.3","","" "","D-HEST","89","7.95","","" "","D-USYS","87","7.77","","" "","D-MTEC","30","2.68","","" "","D-GESS","24","2.14","","" "","Other ETH Zurich affiliation ...","12","1.07","","" "","","","","","" "What is your main USI affiliation? (n = 105)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Academy of Architecture","8","7.62","","" "","Faculty of Biomedical Sciences","5","4.76","","" "","Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society","25","23.81","","" "","Faculty of Economics","16","15.24","","" "","Faculty of Informatics","22","20.95","","" "","Facoltà di Teologia di Lugano","8","7.62","","" "","IOR","9","8.57","","" "","IRB","9","8.57","","" "","IRSOL","2","1.9","","" "","IRT","0","0","","" "","Other USI affiliation ...","1","0.95","","" "","","","","","" "What is your main IHEID affiliation? (n = 5)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Anthropology & Sociology (ANSO)","0","0","","" "","International Economics (IE)","0","0","","" "","International History & Politics (IHP)","0","0","","" "","International Law","1","20","","" "","International Relations - Political Science (IR/PS)","0","0","","" "","Other IHEID affiliation ...","4","80","","" "","","","","","" "What is your main UniBE affiliation? (n = 120)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Faculty of Theology","0","0","","" "","Vetsuisse Faculty","1","0.83","","" "","Faculty of Law","14","11.67","","" "","Faculty of Humanities","16","13.33","","" "","Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences","9","7.5","","" "","Faculty of Human Sciences","20","16.67","","" "","Faculty of Medicine","43","35.83","","" "","Faculty of Science","7","5.83","","" "","Other UniBE affiliation ...","10","8.33","","" "","","","","","" "What is your main UniBas affiliation? (n = 101)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Faculty of Theology","10","9.9","","" "","Faculty of Law","0","0","","" "","Faculty of Business and Economics","4","3.96","","" "","Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences","19","18.81","","" "","Faculty of Medicine","20","19.8","","" "","Faculty of Science","20","19.8","","" "","Faculty of Psychology","1","0.99","","" "","University Institute (e.g. CEPS, IBMB, ...)","5","4.95","","" "","Associated Institute (e.g. IOB, Swiss TPH, ...)","6","5.94","","" "","Administration (e.g. President's Office, University Library, ...)","11","10.89","","" "","Other UniBas affiliation ...","5","4.95","","" "","","","","","" "What is your CERN department? (n = 205)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Beams (BE)","31","15.12","","" "","Experimental Physics (EP)","93","45.37","","" "","Theoretical Physics (TH)","3","1.46","","" "","Engineering (EN)","8","3.9","","" "","Accelerator Technology (TE)","16","7.8","","" "","Information Technology (IT)","8","3.9","","" "","Industry, Procurement and Knowledge Transfer (IPT)","0","0","","" "","Finance and Administrative Processes (FAP)","0","0","","" "","Human Resources (HR)","0","0","","" "","Health, Safety and Environment (HSE)","0","0","","" "","Accelerator Systems (SY)","36","17.56","","" "","Site and Civil Engineering (SCE)","1","0.49","","" "","International Relations (IR)","3","1.46","","" "","Projects (RCS-PRJ)","0","0","","" "","Scientific Information Service (RCS-SIS","1","0.49","","" "","Other CERN department ...","5","2.44","","" "","","","","","" "Which experiment or experiment facility are you working in? (n = 92)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","ATLAS","20","21.74","","" "","CMS","14","15.22","","" "","ALICE","16","17.39","","" "","LHCb","12","13.04","","" "","Other LHC experiments","3","3.26","","" "","SPS experiments","4","4.35","","" "","Antimatter Factory","4","4.35","","" "","ISOLDE","4","4.35","","" "","Other experiment or experiment facility ...","15","16.3","","" "","","","","","" "A1. How much data / code / software do you manage across projects? (n = 2029)","Answer","Count","%","Value","" "","(No research data / code / software)","254","12.52","1","" "","< 10 GB","363","17.89","2","" "","10 GB - 500 GB","594","29.28","3","" "","500 GB - 5 TB","299","14.74","4","" "","5 TB - 50 TB","155","7.64","5","" "","> 50 TB","97","4.78","6","" "","(I don't know)","267","13.16","7","" "","","","","","" "","Average","","","3.54","" "","Standard Deviation","","","1.84","" "","","","","","" "A2. On which storage solution(s) do you store your data / code / software (incl. temporary storage)? (n = 1776)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Institutional / Faculty / Department servers","1158","65.2","","" "","Other university / external facility servers","198","11.15","","" "","Personal device (e.g. Laptop / Tablet / Desktop Computer, ...)","785","44.2","","" "","Institutional device (e.g. Laptop / Tablet / Desktop Computer, ...) ","785","44.2","","" "","External HDD  / External SSD","427","24.04","","" "","Institutional Cloud (e.g. SWITCHdrive, polybox, Google Drive, OneDrive, ...)","924","52.03","","" "","Private / Personal cloud or server ","307","17.29","","" "","Code sharing platform (e.g. GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, ...)","737","41.5","","" "","Other ...","41","2.31","","" "","","","","","" "A3. Which storage solution(s) do you use to share data / code / software when collaborating with others? (n = 1775)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Institutional / Faculty / Department servers","914","51.49","","" "","Other university / external facility servers","174","9.8","","" "","Personal device (e.g. Laptop / Tablet / Desktop Computer, ...)","230","12.96","","" "","Institutional device (e.g. Laptop / Tablet / Desktop Computer, ...)","195","10.99","","" "","External HDD / External SSD ","154","8.68","","" "","Institutional Cloud (e.g. SWITCHdrive, polybox, Google Drive, OneDrive, ...)","1094","61.63","","" "","Private / Personal cloud or server ","161","9.07","","" "","Code sharing platform (e.g. GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, ...)","820","46.2","","" "","(I don't share any data / code / software)","49","2.76","","" "","Other ...","74","4.17","","" "","","","","","" "A4. Which storage(s) solution do you use to backup your data / code / software? (n = 1776)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Institutional / Faculty / Department servers","882","49.66","","" "","Other university / external facility servers","127","7.15","","" "","Personal device (e.g. Laptop / Tablet / Desktop Computer, ...)","371","20.89","","" "","Institutional device (e.g. Laptop / Tablet / Desktop Computer, ...)","266","14.98","","" "","External HDD / External SSD","569","32.04","","" "","Institutional Cloud (e.g. SWITCHdrive, polybox, Google Drive, OneDrive, ...)","605","34.07","","" "","Private / Personal cloud or server ","286","16.1","","" "","Code sharing platform (e.g. GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, ...)","498","28.04","","" "","(I don't know)","30","1.69","","" "","(There's no backup of my data / code / software)","73","4.11","","" "","Other ...","40","2.25","","" "","","","","","" "A4.1 How do you backup your research data / code / software? (n = 1687)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Automatically only","419","24.84","","" "","Automatically and manually","830","49.2","","" "","Manually only","424","25.13","","" "","Other ...","14","0.83","","" "","","","","","" "A4.2 How frequently is your data / code / software backed up? (n = 1686)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Continuously / At least every hour","284","16.84","","" "","At least daily","350","20.76","","" "","At least weekly","311","18.45","","" "","At least monthly","241","14.29","","" "","At least yearly","121","7.18","","" "","(I don't know)","311","18.45","","" "","Other ...","68","4.03","","" "","","","","","" "B1. Which kind of documentation do you produce to accompany your data / code / software? (n = 1618)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","DMP (Data Management Plan)","245","15.14","","" "","README file(s)","854","52.78","","" "","Parameter / Input file(s)","236","14.59","","" "","Log / Debugging file(s)","170","10.51","","" "","Protocol(s)","295","18.23","","" "","Codebook / Data dictionary","179","11.06","","" "","JupyterLab / Jupyter Notebook","386","23.86","","" "","Paper notebook","316","19.53","","" "","Wiki / Knowledge base","250","15.45","","" "","Templates / Example files","307","18.97","","" "","Metadata schema / Controlled vocabulary ","91","5.62","","" "","Metadata ","368","22.74","","" "","Naming convention(s)","332","20.52","","" "","Comments / In-line documentation","774","47.84","","" "","Electronic Lab Notebook","186","11.5","","" "","(I don't document my data / code / software)","161","9.95","","" "","Other ...","67","4.14","","" "","","","","","" "B2. Do you use any metadata standards for your data / code / software? (n = 1616)","Answer","Count","%","Value","" "","Yes, tailored by us (personal, coworkers / collaborators)","120","7.43","1","" "","Yes, maintained by others","84","5.2","2","" "","(I don't know what metadata standards are)","741","45.85","3","" "","No","671","41.52","4","" "","","","","","" "","Average","","","3.21","" "","Standard Deviation","","","0.85","" "","","","","","" "B3. If you manage data, how do you version it? (n = 1578)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Manually change file / folder name (e.g. date, version number, ...)","1031","65.34","","" "","Built into specific software (e.g. ELN, LIMS, ...)","71","4.5","","" "","Built into storage / sharing / backup solution (e.g. cloud change track, sequential snapshots, ...)","261","16.54","","" "","Git or Git-based platform (e.g. GitHub, GitLab, ...)","429","27.19","","" "","Non-Git based version control (e.g. Subversion, Mercurial, ...)","19","1.2","","" "","Data-oriented version control (e.g. LakeFS, DVC, Git-LFS, ...)","44","2.79","","" "","(No data versioning / I don't know)","280","17.74","","" "","Other ...","23","1.46","","" "","","","","","" "B4. If you manage code / software, how do you version it? (n = 1579)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Manually change file / folder name (e.g. date, version number, ...)","636","40.28","","" "","Built into specific software (e.g. ELN, LIMS, ...)","26","1.65","","" "","Built into storage / sharing / backup solution (e.g. cloud change track, sequential snapshots, ...)","119","7.54","","" "","Git or Git-based platform (e.g. GitHub, GitLab, ...)","803","50.85","","" "","Non-Git based version control (e.g. Subversion, Mercurial, ...)","18","1.14","","" "","Data-oriented version control (e.g. LakeFS, DVC, Git-LFS, ...)","18","1.14","","" "","(No code / software versioning / I don't know)","353","22.36","","" "","Other ...","13","0.82","","" "","","","","","" "B5. Do you follow any naming convention for files / folders / databases? (n = 1615)","Answer","Count","%","Value","" "","Yes","536","33.19","1","" "","Partially","747","46.25","2","" "","No","332","20.56","3","" "","","","","","" "","Average","","","1.87","" "","Standard Deviation","","","0.72","" "","","","","","" "B5.1 What kind of naming convention do you follow? (n = 1281)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Convention shared with collaborators (internal or external)","598","46.68","","" "","Standard convention used in my field","222","17.33","","" "","Personal convention (not used by others)","791","61.75","","" "","Other ...","15","1.17","","" "","","","","","" "C1. Do you use / produce open format files or open source code / software? (n = 1513)","Row","Answer","Count","%","Value" "","Use  formats","All open","281","18.57","1" "","Use  formats","Mostly open, some proprietary","465","30.73","2" "","Use  formats","Mostly proprietary,  ​some open","206","13.62","3" "","Use  formats","Only proprietary","43","2.84","4" "","Use  formats","(Doesn' t apply to me)","222","14.67","5" "","Use  formats","(Don't know)","296","19.56","6" "","","","","","" "","","Average","","","3.23" "","","Standard Deviation","","","1.84" "","","","","","" "","Produce  formats","All open","340","22.47","1" "","Produce  formats","Mostly open, some proprietary","292","19.3","2" "","Produce  formats","Mostly proprietary,  ​some open","179","11.83","3" "","Produce  formats","Only proprietary","64","4.23","4" "","Produce  formats","(Doesn' t apply to me)","340","22.47","5" "","Produce  formats","(Don't know)","298","19.7","6" "","","","","","" "","","Average","","","3.44" "","","Standard Deviation","","","1.9" "","","","","","" "","Use  code / software","All open","302","19.96","1" "","Use  code / software","Mostly open, some proprietary","556","36.75","2" "","Use  code / software","Mostly proprietary,  ​some open","210","13.88","3" "","Use  code / software","Only proprietary","40","2.64","4" "","Use  code / software","(Doesn' t apply to me)","188","12.43","5" "","Use  code / software","(Don't know)","217","14.34","6" "","","","","","" "","","Average","","","2.94" "","","Standard Deviation","","","1.73" "","","","","","" "","Produce  code / software","All open","422","27.89","1" "","Produce  code / software","Mostly open, some proprietary","294","19.43","2" "","Produce  code / software","Mostly proprietary,  ​some open","156","10.31","3" "","Produce  code / software","Only proprietary","76","5.02","4" "","Produce  code / software","(Doesn' t apply to me)","339","22.41","5" "","Produce  code / software","(Don't know)","226","14.94","6" "","","","","","" "","","Average","","","3.19" "","","Standard Deviation","","","1.89" "","","","","","" "C2. What types of tools do you use to manage data / code / software? (n = 1513)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","ELN (Electronic Lab Notebooks)  / LIMS (Lab Information Management Systems) (e.g. RSpace, SLIMS, openBIS, eln.epfl.ch, LabKey, ...)","95","6.28","","" "","IDE (Integrated Development Environment) (e.g. Visual Studio, PyCharm, RStudio, Oxygen, ...)","733","48.45","","" "","Surveying platform  (e.g. REDCap, Qualtrics, LimeSurvey, Tivian, ...)","162","10.71","","" "","Code sharing  (e.g. GitLab, GitHub, Bitbucket, ...)","844","55.78","","" "","Interactive computing environment (e.g. Matlab, Octave, Jupyter Notebooks, ...)","644","42.56","","" "","Cleaning / Pre-processing  (e.g. OpenRefine, DataWrangler, Trifacta, ...)","47","3.11","","" "","Anonymization Tools (e.g. Amnesia, μ-Argus, ARX, ...)","12","0.79","","" "","Computational Resource Management  (e.g. Slurm, LSF, Kubernetes, ...)","208","13.75","","" "","Spreadsheet  (e.g.: OpenRefine, Microsoft Excel, Google Sheet, ...)","834","55.12","","" "","Plotting/Data Visualization  (e.g. Origin, Tableau, Gnuplot , or other graph, ...)","402","26.57","","" "","Database  (e.g. MySQL, Azure SQL, Oracle RDBMS, Filemaker, ...)","311","20.56","","" "","AI-based assistants / tools (e.g. CodeWhisperer, Copilot, GPT, Ollama, ...)","506","33.44","","" "","Qualitative analysis / Annotation (e.g. CATMA, Nvivo, Atlas.ti, MAXQDA, Taguette, ...)","105","6.94","","" "","Text transcription  (e.g. Corv, ELAN, Transcribo, Swiss Transcript, ...)","82","5.42","","" "","Developed in-house  (e.g. python, R, C, javascript, ...)","778","51.42","","" "","Other ...","107","7.07","","" "","","","","","" "C2.1 Which type of AI assistants / tools do you use for managing your data / code / software? (n = 492)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","In-House / Custom-made AI Models  (e.g. local LLMs, model training, Ollama, LM Studio, ...)","70","14.23","","" "","Coding assistant (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Sourcegraph Cody, Codeium, CodeWhisperer, ...)","253","51.42","","" "","Data assistant (e.g. Julius AI, Numerous, Einstein Copilot, ...)","21","4.27","","" "","Zero-code / Low-Code AI  (e.g. DataRobot, KNIME, Google AutoML, ...)","10","2.03","","" "","General-Purpose AI assistant (e.g. ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, ...)","454","92.28","","" "","Research Companions (e.g. NotebookLM, Elicit, Scite Assistant, ...)","77","15.65","","" "","Surveying / Feedback AI Tools  (e.g. Quantilope, Qualtrics XM Discover, ...)","4","0.81","","" "","Other ...","7","1.42","","" "","","","","","" "C3. Which resource(s) do or did you use to write a Data Management Plan (DMP)? (n = 235)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Funder-specific DMP template","76","32.34","","" "","Text / Word editor (e.g. MS Word, LibreOffice, Google Docs, ...)","162","68.94","","" "","DMPonline","12","5.11","","" "","DMP Opidor","1","0.43","","" "","Data Stewardship Wizard (DSW)","3","1.28","","" "","Argos (OpenAIRE)","3","1.28","","" "","DMP Tool","10","4.26","","" "","AI Assistant / Tool","18","7.66","","" "","Institution-specific DMP template","73","31.06","","" "","Other ...","20","8.51","","" "","","","","","" "D1. During your research, with whom do you share your research data / code / software? (n = 1438)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Only some people in my research group / coworkers","841","58.48","","" "","My entire research group / coworkers","541","37.62","","" "","Other partners / collaborators in my institution","396","27.54","","" "","Academic partners / collaborators in other institution(s)","655","45.55","","" "","Industrial / Commercial partners or collaborators","140","9.74","","" "","Wider public (e.g, the government, NGOs, worker communities, general public, ...)","238","16.55","","" "","(I don't share any data / code / software)","72","5.01","","" "","Other ...","34","2.36","","" "","","","","","" "D2. On average, how many hours of work do you put every week into managing data / code / software? (estimate) (n = 1467)","Description","Rating","Count","%","" "","0","0","56","3.82","" "","","1","226","15.41","" "","","2","228","15.54","" "","","3","103","7.02","" "","","4","120","8.18","" "","","5","82","5.59","" "","","6","55","3.75","" "","","7","24","1.64","" "","","8","78","5.32","" "","","9","10","0.68","" "","","10","80","5.45","" "","","11","8","0.55","" "","","12","33","2.25","" "","","13","2","0.14","" "","","14","14","0.95","" "","","15","51","3.48","" "","","16","34","2.32","" "","","17","6","0.41","" "","","18","10","0.68","" "","","19","4","0.27","" "","","20","46","3.14","" "","","21","32","2.18","" "","","22","7","0.48","" "","","23","0","0","" "","","24","3","0.2","" "","","25","22","1.5","" "","","26","4","0.27","" "","","27","3","0.2","" "","","28","8","0.55","" "","","29","0","0","" "","","30","54","3.68","" "","","31","2","0.14","" "","","32","10","0.68","" "","","33","1","0.07","" "","","34","6","0.41","" "","","35","16","1.09","" "","","36","9","0.61","" "","","37","1","0.07","" "","","38","4","0.27","" "","","39","2","0.14","" "","","40","4","0.27","" "","","41","0","0","" "","42","42","9","0.61","" "","","","","","" "","Average","8.84","","","" "","Standard Deviation","9.73","","","" "","","","","","" "D3. Who or what defines the rules you follow when managing your research data / code / software? (n = 1468)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","(No particular guidelines)","497","33.86","","" "","Funders (e.g. SNSF, ERC, ...)","372","25.34","","" "","Industrial / Commercial guidelines","86","5.86","","" "","Institutional guidelines / policies","578","39.37","","" "","Journals / Publishers' guidelines","273","18.6","","" "","National / Cantonal law (e.g. data protection, security, ...)","253","17.23","","" "","Specific conventions in my group / lab / unit / consortium","559","38.08","","" "","(I don't know)","139","9.47","","" "","Other ...","42","2.86","","" "","","","","","" "D4. Are you concerned about the physical location(s) of your data / code / software? (n = 1468)","Description","Rating","Count","%","" "","No, not at all","0","365","24.86","" "","","1","319","21.73","" "","","2","198","13.49","" "","","3","243","16.55","" "","","4","205","13.96","" "","Yes, greatly","5","138","9.4","" "","","","","","" "","Average","2.01","","","" "","Standard Deviation","1.67","","","" "","","","","","" "D5. Do you know the physical location(s) where your data / code / software is stored (or shared or backed-up)? (n = 1468)","Answer","Count","%","Value","" "","Yes, all of them","288","19.62","1","" "","Some of them, not all","804","54.77","2","" "","No","376","25.61","3","" "","","","","","" "","Average","","","2.06","" "","Standard Deviation","","","0.67","" "","","","","","" "D6. Do you manage personal data? (n = 1468)","Answer","Count","%","Value","" "","Yes","473","32.22","1","" "","No","873","59.47","2","" "","(Not sure)","122","8.31","3","" "","","","","","" "","Average","","","1.76","" "","Standard Deviation","","","0.59","" "","","","","","" "D7. Do you manage sensitive personal data? (n = 1468)","Answer","Count","%","Value","" "","Yes","275","18.73","1","" "","No","1096","74.66","2","" "","(Not sure)","97","6.61","3","" "","","","","","" "","Average","","","1.88","" "","Standard Deviation","","","0.49","" "","","","","","" "D8.  Have your project(s) been submitted to any ethics committee? (n = 499)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Yes","245","49.1","","" "","No","139","27.86","","" "","(I don't know)","53","10.62","","" "","(Not suitable / No dedicated ethics board)","62","12.42","","" "","","","","","" "D8.1 Which one(s)? (n = 245)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Faculty / school / department ethics board","124","50.61","","" "","Institutional ethics board  ","75","30.61","","" "","Cantonal ethics board","101","41.22","","" "","External institution","27","11.02","","" "","Other ...","8","3.27","","" "","","","","","" "E1. Where do you publish your data / code / software as an academic output? (n = 1417)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","(Not sure / I don't know / Not going to publish)","503","35.5","","" "","Institutional / Faculty server","385","27.17","","" "","Data repository","532","37.54","","" "","Data / Code journal","90","6.35","","" "","Publisher's platform","182","12.84","","" "","Public database / databank","175","12.35","","" "","Code sharing platform","473","33.38","","" "","Data archive","129","9.1","","" "","Project / Lab / Personal webpage","175","12.35","","" "","Analysis / Computing platform","24","1.69","","" "","","","","","" "E1.2 Under what license(s) are your data published? (n = 911)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Custom License","69","7.57","","" "","CC0 (Creative Commons Universal)","74","8.12","","" "","PDDL (Public Domain Dedication and License)","8","0.88","","" "","CC-BY (Creative Commons Attribution)","232","25.47","","" "","ODC-By (Open Data Commons Attribution)","10","1.1","","" "","CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike)","65","7.14","","" "","CC-BY-NC (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial)","172","18.88","","" "","(Not sure)","395","43.36","","" "","(I Don't know what licenses are)","79","8.67","","" "","Other ...","58","6.37","","" "","","","","","" "E1.3 Under what license(s) is your code / software published? (n = 909)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Custom License","48","5.28","","" "","BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution)","29","3.19","","" "","MIT License","219","24.09","","" "","GPL / LGPL (GNU / Lesser General Public License)","120","13.2","","" "","Apache","51","5.61","","" "","Mozilla Public License","5","0.55","","" "","CC-BY (Creative Commons Attribution)","182","20.02","","" "","(Not sure)","341","37.51","","" "","(I Don't know what licenses are)","78","8.58","","" "","Other ...","77","8.47","","" "","","","","","" "E1.4 Who encourages you to publish openly your data / code / software? (n = 911)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Funder (e.g. SNSF, ERC, ...)","381","41.82","","" "","Industrial / Commercial partner(s)","10","1.1","","" "","Institutional guidelines / policies","284","31.17","","" "","Journal's guidelines / policies","248","27.22","","" "","My peers / research community (outside the lab)","303","33.26","","" "","National / Cantonal law (e.g. data protection, security, ...)","14","1.54","","" "","No particular entity, I do it for the sake of openness","423","46.43","","" "","Specific conventions of my group / lab / unit / consortium","173","18.99","","" "","(I don't know / Not sure)","73","8.01","","" "","Other ...","34","3.73","","" "","","","","","" "E2. What are the main reasons you don't openly publish your data / code / software? (n = 1413)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Not required to publish openly","350","24.77","","" "","Nothing to publish","325","23","","" "","Commercial reasons (e.g. 3rd party contract, patent, ...)","126","8.92","","" "","Ethical reasons (e.g. unable to anonymize, ...)","181","12.81","","" "","Security concerns (e.g. dual-use technology, ...)","76","5.38","","" "","Time or resource constraints / Not a priority","286","20.24","","" "","Not a standard practice in my research community / discipline","180","12.74","","" "","Uncertainty / Lack of knowledge (e.g. don’t know how or where to publish) ","139","9.84","","" "","Fear of misuse / misinterpretation","108","7.64","","" "","Fear of being scooped (others may publish first using my work)","147","10.4","","" "","(No reason / I publish data/code openly)","355","25.12","","" "","Other ...","112","7.93","","" "","","","","","" "E3. Where do you store your data / code / software for the long term? (n = 1413)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","(Not sure / I don't know / Not going to archive)","265","18.75","","" "","Institutional / Department / Faculty server","672","47.56","","" "","Data repository","351","24.84","","" "","Data / Code journal","26","1.84","","" "","Publisher's platform","46","3.26","","" "","Public database / databank","74","5.24","","" "","Code sharing platform","332","23.5","","" "","Data archive","124","8.78","","" "","Project / Lab / Personal webpage","58","4.1","","" "","Analysis platform ","7","0.5","","" "","External HDD / External SSD","321","22.72","","" "","Institutional Cloud","214","15.15","","" "","Personal / Institutional device","273","19.32","","" "","Private / Personal cloud or server","158","11.18","","" "","","","","","" "E4. Do you have a process in place for deleting data (what, when, who, how)? (n = 1413)","Answer","Count","%","Value","" "","Yes","206","14.58","1","" "","No","927","65.61","2","" "","(I don't know)","280","19.82","3","" "","","","","","" "","Average","","","2.05","" "","Standard Deviation","","","0.58","" "","","","","","" "F1. For what RDM-related topics would you like help? (n = 1382)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Data Management Plan (DMP)","357","25.83","","" "","Publish data / code / software","339","24.53","","" "","Anonymisation / Pseudonymisation / De-identification","194","14.04","","" "","Organize / Document datasets","339","24.53","","" "","Code sharing / Versioning","250","18.09","","" "","Licenses / Copyright","341","24.67","","" "","Metadata / Standards","420","30.39","","" "","Storage / Backup","461","33.36","","" "","Archiving ","388","28.08","","" "","AI applied to RDM","218","15.77","","" "","Data Visualization","191","13.82","","" "","Computation / Simulation","151","10.93","","" "","Budgeting data management ","183","13.24","","" "","Contracts to acquire data","77","5.57","","" "","Data privacy / protection ","255","18.45","","" "","Reuse of data","152","11","","" "","Sustainability / Environmental concerns","219","15.85","","" "","Ethics compliance","167","12.08","","" "","(No difficulties / No needs)","382","27.64","","" "","Other ...","51","3.69","","" "","","","","","" "F2. Have you already consulted any institutional RDM service / support? (n = 1381)","Answer","Count","%","Value","" "","Yes","246","17.81","1","" "","No","938","67.92","2","" "","(Don't know if any exist)","197","14.27","3","" "","","","","","" "","Average","","","1.96","" "","Standard Deviation","","","0.57","" "","","","","","" "F3. What type of RDM service / support do you find helpful? (n = 1372)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Training","528","38.48","","" "","Consulting","514","37.46","","" "","Resources (digital or physical)","650","47.38","","" "","(I don't need / I don't care)","395","28.79","","" "","","","","","" "F3.1 What type of training do you find most helpful? (n = 528)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","On-site training","339","64.2","","" "","Remote training","210","39.77","","" "","e-Learning / MOOC / Video tutorials","330","62.5","","" "","Coffee / Lunch lectures","154","29.17","","" "","Conferences / Events","93","17.61","","" "","Other ...","10","1.89","","" "","","","","","" "F3.2 What type of consulting do you find most helpful? (n = 514)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","In-person 1-on-1","309","60.12","","" "","In-person group / lab","233","45.33","","" "","Remote by email","198","38.52","","" "","Remote by video conference","227","44.16","","" "","Infopoint / Physical help desk","112","21.79","","" "","Other ...","8","1.56","","" "","","","","","" "F3.3 What type of resources do you find most helpful? (n = 659)","Answer","Count","%","","" "","Specialized AI chatbots","138","20.94","","" "","Website","428","64.95","","" "","Checklists","358","54.32","","" "","Cheat sheets","273","41.43","","" "","Guidelines","387","58.73","","" "","Templates","346","52.5","","" "","Paper documentation","117","17.75","","" "","Mailing list","28","4.25","","" "","(I Don't need / I Don't care)","8","1.21","","" "","Other ...","19","2.88","",""