If you could help us know more about you by filling out the questionaire below, it would really help us continue delivering the best products possible.

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Questionnaire

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Where are you located? *

What describes your organisation best? *

Start-up
Corporate
Academic Institution
Research Centre
Other

If Other, please specify

What best describes your role *

CXO
Professor/Lecturer
Team Leader
Senior Scientist
Scientist
Analyst
Technician
Student
Other

If Other, please specify

In what area/s do you work in? Please select all that apply *

Analytical Chemistry
Synthetic Chemistry
In Vitro/Vivo Diagnostics (IVD)
Pharmacology
Biology
Nanotechnology
Micro/Nanofabrication
Optics
Plasmonics
Electrochemistry
Biosensors
Batteries
Supercapacitors
Fuel Cells
Solar Cells
Electrolysers
Electric vehicles
Other

If Other, please specify

Are you involved in purchasing/ordering any of the following? Select all that may apply *

Equipment
Chemicals
Other lab consumables
Books and publications
None of the above

What does your organisation take into account when ordering products? Select all that apply *

Price
Performance
Reliability
Brand name
Sustainability
Recyclability
Other

If Other, please specify

Have you worked with a development partner in the past? *

Yes
No
Yes, but was not happy with the result

If you were not happy with the result, what was the reason?

Would you like to access/license processes to improve your products or build your business? *

Yes, it would save me a lot of time
Yes, but I am afraid it would be too expensive
No, I’d rather develop them and own them
No, ‘d rather reverse engineer processes from vendors and competitors
No, I am not interested in that at the moment

Do you use/read scientific publications to fulfill your duties at work *

Yes
No
Ocassionally
I can’t, but would be helpful

If you can't access scientific publications but would like to, what's limiting you?

Do you publish scientific material as peer reviewed papers or application notes? *

Yes, peer reviewed papers
Yes, application notes
No, I don’t need it for my role
I want to publish peer reviewed papers, but can’t afford it

If you publish/ed peer reviewed papers, who pays for publishing fees?

Your institution
Your research group’s grants
Yourself

If you publish/ed peer reviewed papers, what was the most painful experience from the process?

Publishing fees
Formatting
Reviewers
Paper rejection
Resubmission
Other

If Other, please specify

If you publish/ed peer reviewed papers, please select all the statements that you agree with

I produced the material of the paper, so I should get compensated, not charged for it
If I review a paper, I should get compensated for the work it involves, not do it for free because I am expected to
I would like to have the means to call out disrespectful reviewers
The review process should be double blind
I would like readers to freely give their opinion on my peer reviewed papers
Editors should not judge the innovation of papers
I should not be charged extra for making my work accessible to everyone
The review process has helped me be a better scientist/researcher
The review process has not helped me be a better scientist/researcher
Paper rejection should be based on the quality of the science, not the trendiness of the field.