Its key finding is that Open Data has become more embedded in the research community - 82% of survey respondents are aware of Open Data sets and more researchers are curating their data for data sharing. 

The work by Oxford University Interactive Data Network came to DataScience/FigShare's attention this year because they were using DataScience/FigShare's API to pull datasets from FigShare to create dynamic data visualisations using Shiny.

The platform takes raw datasets and presents them in a way that is easy to analyse and use the data without needing to download and use third party software to create charts. Take a look at Martin Hadley's public research data. 

The survey results of 2,300 respondents

Outputs Sharing: A Perspective from the Wellcome Trust : Robert Kiley & David Carr, Wellcome Trust

Open Data – Sooner or Later? Updated Findings from Surveys of Researchers : Jon Treadway & Briony Fane, Digital Science

2 Out of 3 ‘Aint Bad. When Will Open Research Education Make it Through to Those Generating the Research? Mark Hahnel, Figshare

What Open Data Means for an Institution – The University of Cape Town: Dale Peters, University of Cape Town

Collaboration and Concerted Action are Key to Making Open Data a Reality: Grace Baynes, Springer Nature

Respondents have become more aware of open data sets (82% up from 73%) than in 2016

74% of researchers are curating their data for sharing

Willingness of researchers to reuse open data sets in their own research has grown, a 10% increase to 80%, with the increase replicated across age groups

Researchers who routinely share their data has also grown since 2016, although by a smaller amount, from 57% to 60%

There is further promise for the future of open data, as 70% of these researchers are now willing to reuse open data sets in their own research (up from 65%)

The awareness of open data in Asia has increased by 15%, compared to 9% globally, and sharing open datasets has increased by 10%, compared to 3% globally