Developing a Guide to Ensuring Access to the Publications and Data of Federally Funded Transportation Research (2020)

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36 5 APPENDIX A SURVEY CONTENTS Q1 Please tell us which of the following describes your primary work sector? (More than 50% of your work hours)  U.S. Department of Transportation (1)  Other U.S. Federal Government (2)  Non-U.S. Government (3)  State Highway/Transportation Department (4)  Other State Government (5)  Local or Regional Government Agency (City, County, MPO) (6)  Aviation (7)  Port Authority (8)  Transit Agency (9)  Railroad (10)  Academia (11)  Research Institution (12)  Industry (13)  Contractor/Consultant (14)  Service/Trade Organization or Association (15)  Other (Please Specify) (16) ____________________ Q2 Please tell us which transportation domains are most relevant to your work? (Please select all that apply)  Road and Highway Transportation (1)  Air Transportation (2)  Maritime and Water Transportation (3)  Rail Transportation (4)  Intelligent Transportation Systems (5)  Freight Transportation (6)  Pipeline Transportation (7)  Transportation System Planning and Policy (8)  Transportation System Design and Construction (9)  Transportation System Asset Management and Maintenance (10)  Transportation Systems Operations Research (11)  Transportation Safety and Security (12)  Transportation Materials Science (13)  Intermodal Transportation (14)  Transportation Economics and Mobility (15)  Other (Please Specify) (16) ____________________

37 Q3 Please tell us which types of federal funds your institution or organization receives to support transportation research. (Please select all that apply)  Direct Research Grants (1)  Contract and Project Research Awards (2)  Other (Please Specify) (3) ____________________ Q4 Please tell us which of the following describes funding agencies for your research? (Please select all that apply).  Federal/National Government (1)  State/Regional Government (2)  Local Government (3)  Private Funding Sources (4) Q5 Please tell us which of the following describes funding for your federal transportation related research. (Please select all that apply)  Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) (1)  Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) (2)  Federal Transit Administration (RTA) (3)  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (4)  National Science Foundation (NSF) (5)  National Institutes of Health (NIH) (6)  Department of Energy (DOE) (7)  Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (8)  Department of Education (DOE) (9)  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (10)  Department of Agriculture (DOA) (11)  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) (12)  Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) (13)  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) (14)  Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST) (15)  Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) (16)  Federal Maritime Administration (MARAD) (17)  Other (Please Specify) (18) ____________________ Q6 Please tell us whether you use any of the following methods to track federal funds for transportation research. (Please select all that apply)  FundRef (1)  Internal Institutional Research Board Processes (2)  Sponsored Project and Research Unit Specific Processes (3)  Other (Please Specify) (4) ____________________

38 Q7 Please tell us which of the following types of research products your organization generates using federal transportation research funds. (Please select all that apply)  Technical Reports and Memoranda (1)  Research Progress Reports (2)  Peer-Reviewed Publications (3)  Research Data Sets (Supporting the Results and Conclusions Referenced in Publications/Reports) (4)  Research Models (Supporting Results and Conclusions Referenced in Publications/Reports) (5)  Research Code Books (Supporting Results and Conclusions Referenced in Publications/Reports) (6)  Other (Please Specify) (7) ____________________ Q8 Please tell us which of the formats and types of research data are produced with federal transportation research funds. (Please select all that apply)  Quantitative Tabular and Numerical Data (e.g. rectangular files) (1)  Qualitative Textual Data (2)  Digital Image Data (3)  Digital Audio Data (4)  Digital Video Data (5)  Chemical Structures and Models (6)  Engineering Drawings (7)  Geospatial Data Files (8)  Other (Please Specify) (9)

39 Q10 Please tell us what metadata standards you use to describe your research publications and data. (Please select all that apply)  Dublin Core (DC) (1)  Darwin Core (DwC) (2)  Directory Interchange Format (DIF) (3)  Ecological Metadata Language (EML) (4)  Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) (5)  ISO 19115 (Geographic Information Metadata) (6)  Other ISO Metadata Standards (Please Specify) (7) ____________________  Open GIS (OGIS) (8)  ANZLIC Metadata Profile (9)  Metadata Standardized Within my Institution (Please Specify) (10) ____________________  Metadata Standardized Within my Lab (Please specify) (11) ____________________  No Metadata Standards (12)  Other Metadata Standards No Listed Above (Please Specify) (13) ____________________ Q11 Please tell us where you currently store your research data. (Please select all that apply)  On My Institution's Server (1)  On the Principle Investigator's Server (2)  On a Departmental Server (3)  On my Personal Computer (4)  In Paper Files in my Office (5)  In a Discipline Based Repository (6)  In a Publisher or Publisher-Related Repository (7)  Other Data Repository or Archive (e.g., National Data Center) (8)  Other (Please Specify) (9) ____________________ Q12 Generally, please tell us how much of your data you make available to others?  A great deal (1)  A lot (2)  A moderate amount (3)  A little (4)  None at all (5)

40 Q13 If all or part of your research products and data are not available to others, please tell us why. (Please select all that apply)  Lack of Funding (1)  Lack of Procedures (2)  Other's Do Not Need Them (3)  There is insufficient time to make them available (4)  There is no place to store them that supports access (5)  They should not be available (6)  I am concerned that if I share my research will be stolen or appropriated (13)  I am concerned about liability if another researcher uses my data (14)  I am not sure other researchers will know how to cite my data (15)  Funding organization does not require access (7)  Do not have the rights to make it public (8)  I would lose control of the data (9)  I need to publish it first (10)  I have insufficient skills to make the data available (11)  Other (Please Specify) (12) ____________________ Q14 Please tell us whether any of the following offices and units are involved in managing or storing research products and data. (Please select all that apply)  Research Support Units (Office of Research, Institutional Research Board, Sponsored Programs and Contracts) (1)  Library (2)  Information Technology Support Units (3)  Administrative Offices (e.g., Department/Division Heads, Vice-Presidents, Deans, Provosts, Program Offices, Research Offices, etc.) (4)  Designated Data Managers (5)  Colleagues in my Unit or Department (6)  Other (Please Specify) (7) ____________________ Q15 Please tell us which of the following research data and publications management processes and tools are in place in your organization. Please also tell us whether they are sufficient to support your research data management responsibilities.

41 Not Available (1) Available (2) Not Sufficient (3) Sufficient (4) Best Practice (5) Data Management Policies (1)      Data Management Procedures (13)      Data Management Plan Forms (12)      Guidance on When Standard Plans and Templates Suffice (14)      Guidance on When to Use a Specialized Template (15)      Guidance on Which Repositories to Use and How to Use Them (16)      Click to write Statement 17 (17)      Online Data Management Training Materials (2)      In-Person Data Management Training (3)      Specialized Data Management Coaching (4)     

42 Metadata Creation Services (5)      Data Citation Training (6)      Compliance Guidance for Research Funds Managers (7)      Compliance Guidance for Sponsored Project Units (8)      Quality Control Processes for Research Data and Products (9)      Data Preservation Policies and Services (10)      Other (Please Specify) (11)     

43 Q16 Please share with us your views on the use of transportation-related research data. (Please select all that apply)  Lack of access to generated by other researchers is a major impediment to progress in transportation (1)  Lack of access to research data generated by other researcher has restricted my ability to address transportation problems. (2)  Research data may be misinterpreted if the full explanation and code book is not available (3)  Research data may be misinterpreted if the quality or description is not strong (4)  Research data may have uses beyond that originally intended (5)  I would use other researchers' data if they were easily accessible (6)  I would be willing to share some of my data in a central repository without restriction (7)  I would make my data available if I could place conditions on access (8)  I am satisfied with my current ability to access and integrate data from other sources (9)  I would be willing to share data within my field of transportation (10)  I would be willing to allow a data curation service to prepare my data for use by others (11)  Other Views (Please Explain) (12) ____________________ Q17 If your organization has any of the methods or tools referenced in Question 17, would you be willing to share them with the research project team? If so, please tell us what you are willing to share and how to contact you. Q18 Would be willing to share your thoughts with a member of the research project team in an interview? If so, please advise what format would be most convenient for you.  Phone or Skype Conversation (1)  Online Virtual Meeting (2)  In-Person Interview (3)  Other (Please Specify) (4)