cff-version: 1.2.0
abstract: "<p>An
understanding of the similar and divergent metrics and methodologies underlying
open government data benchmarks can reduce the risks of the potential
misinterpretation and misuse of benchmarking outcomes by policymakers,
politicians, and researchers. Hence, this study aims <i>to compare the metrics
and methodologies used to measure, benchmark, and rank governments' progress in
open government data initiatives. </i>Using a critical meta-analysis approach,
we compare nine benchmarks with reference to meta-data, meta-methods, and
meta-theories. This study finds that both existing open government data benchmarks
and academic open data progress models use a great variety of metrics and
methodologies, although open data impact is not usually measured. While several
benchmarks’ methods have changed over time, and variables measured have been
adjusted, we did not identify a similar pattern for academic open data progress
models. This study contributes to open data research in three ways: 1) it
reveals the strengths and weaknesses of existing open government data
benchmarks and academic open data progress models; 2) it reveals that the
selected open data benchmarks employ relatively similar measures as the
theoretical open data progress models; and 3) it provides an updated overview
of the different approaches used to measure open government data initiatives’
progress. Finally, this study offers two practical contributions: 1) it
provides the basis for combining the strengths of benchmarks to create more
comprehensive approaches for measuring governments’ progress in open data
initiatives; and 2) it explains why particular countries are ranked in a
certain way. This information is essential for governments and researchers to
identify and propose effective measures to improve their open data initiatives.</p>"
authors:
  - family-names: Zuiderwijk-van Eijk
    given-names: Anneke
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3552-7289"
  - family-names: Pirannejad
    given-names: Ali
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4517-7259"
  - family-names: Susha
    given-names: Iryna
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9071-1989"
title: "Associated data underlying the article &#34;Comparing open data benchmarks: which metrics and methodologies determine countries’ positions in the ranking lists?&#34;"
keywords:
version: 1
identifiers:
  - type: doi
    value: 10.4121/14604330.v1
license: CC BY 4.0
date-released: 2021-05-17