An interesting piece of data is that 43.67% of communication
academics are aware that e-Research tools
imply new challenges in the area of research ethics.
Likewise, it also brings up the issue of problems in
financing these tools, give that only 6.96% of respondents
considered that in their country or region there
are sufficient funds provided for the development of e-
Research. In this sense, respondents were clear in
sta-ting that this financing should go more towards the
development of projects and studies based on e-Re -
search methods, such as collaborative projects
(71.2%), than investment in e-Infrastructure such as
advanced networks, internet, computers, etc (20.57%).
This represents a strong interest in stimulating scientific
practices/methods instead of improving technical
infrastructure. On this last point, the majority of re -
searchers (64.77%) stated that their institution is connected
to advanced networks (Internet Acadé mica;
Internet2) while 17.05% said that their institutions
were not part of these networks. A considerable percentage
(18.18%) responded that they did not know if
their institution used these types of networks, which
demonstrates that these academics have had very little
involvement with advanced e-Tools.