Affiliations: Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University, 3511 ZC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Correspondence:
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Corresponding author: Igbal Safarov, Utrecht University, Utrecht School of Governance, Bijlhouwerstraat 6, 3511 ZC Utrecht, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 684708713; E-mail:i.safarov@uu.nl
Abstract: This paper presents a comprehensive overview of the literature on
the types, effects, conditions and user of Open Government Data (OGD). The
review analyses 101 academic studies about OGD which discuss at least one of
the four factors of OGD utilization: the different types of utilization, the
effects of utilization, the key conditions, and the different users. Our
analysis shows that the majority of studies focus on the OGD provisions
while assuming, but not empirically testing, various forms of utilization.
The paper synthesizes the hypothesized relations in a multi-dimensional
framework of OGD utilization. Based on the framework we suggest four future
directions for research: 1) investigate the link between type of utilization
and type of users (e.g. journalists, citizens) 2) investigate the link
between type of user and type of effect (e.g. societal, economic and good
governance benefits) 3) investigate the conditions that moderate OGD effects
(e.g. policy, data quality) and 4) establishing a causal link between
utilization and OGD outcomes.
Keywords: Open data, open government data, utilization, effects, users, conditions
