Table 21. Using others' data by subject discipline.
| Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the data1 | The opportunity to collaborate on the project2 | Results based (at least in part) on the data could not be disseminated in any format without the data provider's approval3 | At least part of the costs of data acquisition, retrieval or provision must be recovered4 | Reprints of articles that make use of the data must be provided to the data provider5 | Legal permission for data use is obtained6 | |
| social sciences | 104(52.8%) | 142(72.1%) | 83(42.8%) | 60(30.9%) | 125(64.4%) | 107(55.2%) |
| computer science/engineering | 59(52.2%) | 88(80.0%) | 59(54.6%) | 46(42.2%) | 66(60.0%) | 61(56.0%) |
| physical sciences | 84(55.3%) | 120(82.8%) | 64(43.8%) | 35(24.3%) | 107(73.8%) | 58(40.3%) |
| environmental sciences & ecology | 289(63.7%) | 360(80.7%) | 208(46.2%) | 122(27.5%) | 337(75.4%) | 173(38.7%) |
| atmospheric science | 31(63.3%) | 39(79.6%) | 20(42.6%) | 11(24.4%) | 32(66.7%) | 17(37.8%) |
| biology | 105(60.7%) | 143(84.6%) | 84(49.7%) | 42(25.3%) | 114(67.1%) | 65(38.9%) |
| medicine | 24(82.8%) | 27(93.1%) | 20(71.4%) | 15(53.6%) | 22(78.6%) | 19(70.4%) |
| other | 54(60.7%) | 71(84.5%) | 47(56.0%) | 33(38.8%) | 56(66.7%) | 45(54.2%) |
1
χ2 = 17.514, p = .014;
2
χ2 = 15.076, p = .035;
3
χ2 = 14.610, p = .041;
4
χ2 = 24.282, p = .001;
5
χ2 = 17.680, p = .014;
6
χ2 = 35.158, p = .000.