Gambling researchers’ use and views of open science principles and practices: a brief report

Figures & data

Table 1. Percentage of respondents who indicated some or extensive/regular experience with aspects of open science

Variable (n)	Valid %
I have some or extensive/regular experience with …
Open Science Practices (86)	44.18
Study pre-registration (86)	31.40
Open materials/code (83)	32.53
Open data (83)	48.19
Pre-print archiving (82)	15.86

Table 2. Top three concerns by open science practice

Variable (n)	Valid %
Concerns with study pre-registration (86)
Need to look at data before deciding how to best analyze it	33.72
Stifles research creativity or flexibility	25.58
Others might take ideas	23.26
Concerns with open materials/code (83)
Issues related to intellectual property	37.35
Might lose control over materials/code	34.94
Might not receive appropriate credit	24.10
Concerns with open data (83)
Issues related to privacy	44.58
Others might use my data for another study	33.73
Might lose control over how data are used	32.53
Concerns with pre-print archiving (82)
Might add noise to the literature	37.80
Journals might not publish findings if there is a pre-print	36.59
Others might copy my ideas & Might reveal differences in pre-print and publication	17.07

This table shows the top three concerns reported for each of the four specific open science practices (i.e. pre-registration, open materials/code, open data, and pre-print archiving) in descending order.

Funding sources

This work was supported by Entain PLC. Study pre-registration, statistical analyses, data interpretation, and manuscript preparation were conducted without any input from Entain PLC. We did not require approval from Entain PLC to publish this study.

Data availability statement

The data described in this article are openly available in the Open Science Framework at https://osf.io/7dgnm/.