New report suggests open data on edge of becoming a recognized global standard for scholarly output - Digital Science

"New analysis suggests that open data practice is now on the edge of becoming a standard, recognized and supported scholarly output, globally.

As part of the latest in the State of Open Data series, produced by partners Digital Science, Figshare and Springer Nature, direct author-sharing practices have been analyzed from a funder, country and institutional level. The resulting data shows key trends driving successful open sharing and the growth of global adoption, while also enabling recommendations to be drawn to help bridge the remaining gaps between policy and practice...."