Researchers in Japan need more support to share their research findings after publication | Springer Nature Survey
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Summary:
On 2 April 2024, Springer Nature released the results of a survey, based on over 1000 responses from researchers in Japan. The survey aimed to understand researchers’ habits, motivations and challenges in sharing research and research outputs to the wider public, beyond publishing in academic journals and books and presenting at academic conferences.
The main findings of the survey include the following:
- While around 90% of Japanese researchers want to communicate their research findings with the wider public, approximately a third of them have not done so in the last 3 years or more.
- The main target audiences were the general public (73%), researchers within their community (61%), and students (44%), whereas significantly fewer researchers answered policy makers (15%) and funders (12%) as their target audience.
- Approximately 40-50% of researchers answered that they are more likely to be motivated to communicate their research to the wider community more if their institutions and/or funders acknowledge it as a part of research achievement.
- 77% agreed that they need more support in carrying out effective research communication.
- 72% of respondents identified Japan—not a global audience—as the primary region for their research communication.