- Open government data empowers researchers to conduct meaningful analysis, especially to address important issues in society. It is also a means to achieve open science, which aims to promote a more accurate verification of scientific findings via peer-review and replication, and reduce duplication in collecting data.
- This paper provides insights into the perception of open government data among researchers who do research on Malaysia and use open government data based on an online survey.
- The level of open government data in Malaysia is generally considered unsatisfactory among most respondents. Most researchers find data provided by the Malaysian government falls short in three areas: completeness, granularity and timeliness.
- The survey also highlights the low favourability of Malaysia’s central open government data platform, data.gov.my portal, compared to other open data platforms. It is the last go-to source of data among respondents and has the highest percentage of respondents who considered the platform not useful.
