Research Data Management Practices
Research Data Management Practices is a research topic within Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 21.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers revolves around the practices, challenges, and opportunities of data sharing and stewardship in scientific research. It covers topics such as open science, research data management, data reuse, metadata, ecology, digital repositories, FAIR principles, and data citation.
- Data Sharing
- Scientific Data Management
- Open Science
- Research Data
- Data Reuse
- Metadata
- Ecology
- Digital Repositories
- FAIR Principles
- Data Citation
- Research works
- 17k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 21.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +39% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Research Data Management Practices research?
By volume, the United States and Germany publish the most (1.1k and 634 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.1k works
- 2 Germany 634 works
- 3 United Kingdom 324 works
- 4 France 174 works
- 5 Netherlands 157 works
- 6 China 157 works
- 7 Italy 137 works
- 8 Australia 124 works
- 9 India 119 works
- 10 Canada 109 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Research Data Management Practices research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Oxford publishes the most Research Data Management Practices research, followed by KU Leuven and RWTH Aachen University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of Oxford United Kingdom 25 works
- 2 KU Leuven Belgium 24 works
- 3 RWTH Aachen University Germany 22 works
- 4 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign United States 19 works
- 5 Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) Germany 19 works
- 6 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany 18 works
- 7 University of Michigan United States 17 works
- 8 State Public Scientific Technological Library of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences Russia 16 works
- 9 Forschungszentrum Jülich Germany 16 works
- 10 Leiden University Netherlands 15 works
Where is Research Data Management Practices research done?
The largest centres of Research Data Management Practices research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Berlin (Germany), Paris (France) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Mannheim and Hanover.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- MannheimDE · 23.8 works23×
- HanoverDE · 47.4 works14×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Research Data Management Practices than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Research Data Management Practices?
Among universities, judged by research, KU Leuven, RWTH Aachen University and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KU Leuven Belgium | 62.1 | 10.4% | 6.5× | 24 | +210.7% |
| 2 | RWTH Aachen University Germany | 58.2 | 8.8% | 7.2× | 22 | +257.5% |
| 3 | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany | 56.4 | 13.5% | 8.0× | 18 | +138.6% |
| 4 | Leiden University Netherlands | 52.7 | 12.8% | 10.6× | 15 | +14.7% |
| 5 | University of South Africa South Africa | 52.1 | 40.1% | 5.1× | 9 | +231.0% |
| 6 | Uppsala University Sweden | 50.2 | 60.0% | 3.8× | 8 | — |
| 7 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Germany | 50.0 | 20.9% | 8.6× | 13 | +33.1% |
| 8 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign United States | 48.4 | 24.6% | 5.3× | 19 | +47.2% |
| 9 | University of Oxford United Kingdom | 46.9 | 11.2% | 4.6× | 25 | +41.8% |
| 10 | Graz University of Technology Austria | 46.0 | 7.0% | 13.0× | 11 | — |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Research Data Management Practices research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 39% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Research Data Management Practices.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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