Readiness Toward the Implementation of Open Science Initiatives In the Republic of Moldova

Figures & Tables

Variable	Level	Frequency	Percentage
Current position	Administrative and management staff	109	20.49
	Researchers	71	13.35
	Pedagogical staff in higher education institutions	262	49.25
	Academic fellows (doctoral and postdoctoral students)	51	9.59
	Librarians	32	6.02
	Other positions	7	1.32
Total		532	100

Question	Mean score	Standard deviation
In your opinion, how important is it to have a national Open Science policy or strategy?	3.54	0.542

Barriers to Open Science transition in the Republic of Moldova	PM 1	PM 2	PM 3	PM 4	AMS 5	AMS 6	AMS 7	AMS 8	AMS 9
– Issues with providing access to publications and data			*						*
– Low quality of research results				*			*
– Lack of skilled and competent staff for practicing Open Science	*			*	*		*	*	*
– Unawareness of the benefits and opportunities of Open Science	*		*		*		*	*
– Lack of open scientific culture		*
– Insufficient funding for adoption of Open Science practices	*	*		*	*		*		*
– Lack of interoperability			*	*
– Lack of incentives and rewards		*	*
– Lack of adequate infrastructure		*		*				*	*
– Lack of regulations/legislation supporting Open Science practices	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
– Lack of transparency				*
– Doubts regarding the ethical use of research results			*				*

Expected benefits of making Open Science a national strategic priority	PM 1	PM 2	PM 3	PM 4	AMS 5	AMS 6	AMS 7	AMS 8	AMS 9
– Sharing and reusing research data			*		*			*
– Faster implementation of research results	*	*							*
– Wider involvement of citizens in the decision-making process	*		*
– Objective and transparent evaluation of research outputs			*		*		*	*
– Wider access to research results and publications			*				*	*
– Easier access to high-performance infrastructures			*
– Faster circulation of scientific ideas							*		*
– Facilitates collaboration among researchers		*		*	*			*	*
– Increasing accountability toward research and citizens		*				*
– Increasing research quality		*						*
– Increasing the funders’ level of trust	*							*
– Fraud elimination		*
– Excludes duplication of expenses					*
– Greater visibility and promotion of research results					*

Participant ID	Group	Title	Institution	Gender	PhD
PM 1	Policymakers	Director	National Agency for Research and Development	F	Yes
PM 2	Policymakers	President	The Academy of Sciences of Moldova	M	Yes
PM 3	Policymakers	President	National Agency for Quality Assurance in Education and Research	M	Yes
PM 4	Policymakers	President	The Court of Accounts of the Republic of Moldova	M	Yes
AMS 5	Administrative and management staff	Vice-Rector	Moldova State University	F	Yes
AMS 6	Administrative and management staff	Rector	Technical University of Moldova	M	Yes
AMS 7	Administrative and management staff	Rector	State Agrarian University of Moldova	M	Yes
AMS 8	Administrative and management staff	Head of Research Department	“Nicolae Testemitanu” State University of Medicine and Pharmacy	M	Yes
AMS 9	Administrative and management staff	Deputy director	Institute of Legal, Political and Sociological Research	M	Yes
-	Policymakers	NA	Ministry of Education and Research
-	Policymakers	NA	The culture, education, research, youth, sports and media commission of the Parliament
-	Policymakers	NA	Presidency of the Republic of Moldova

Statement	Mean score	Standard deviation
The state should develop a national strategy supporting Open Science	3.49	0.672
As part of negotiations with publishers, government officials should call for a reduction in publishing costs	3.34	0.742
Each research organization/university should have a strategy/policy and/or guidelines supporting Open Science	3.44	0.701
Each research organization should have an Open Access repository of its employees’ publications	3.49	0.674
Each research organization should have an Open Access repository of research data of its employees	3.30	0.789
All publications produced in the framework of publicly funded projects should be accessible as full text	3.41	0.722
Open Access publications contribute to a better positioning in performance evaluation rankings	3.37	0.692
Self-archiving of publications in repositories should be an obligation of the author	2.85	0.940
More workshops and trainings on the principles and practices of Open Science are needed	3.42	0.692