Factors of Open Science Data Sharing and Reuse in the COVID-19 Crisis: A Case Study of the South Korea R&D Community

Semi-structured interviews with South Korean experts were conducted to explore enabling and limiting factors influencing open commutation of scholarly outputs and data in public health emergencies, such as the COVID-19 outbreak. The study provided a set of contextual/external, institutional/regulatory, resource, and individual/motivational factors with some relevant examples. The results revealed the highest importance of institutional/regulatory factors in such situations. The findings might be useful for a country’s comprehensive Open Science policy development as a component of future outbreak preparedness.