The results of the survey show that until now a
large amount of researchers have used different digital
tools, however if the concept of e-Research is exa -
mined (advanced and intensive use of ICTs), it is clear
that a large number of the tools are for extensive use
and often commercial. What represents intensive and
advanced use of ICTs is most probably the quantity of
data processed and the strength of the scientific collaboration.
In this sense, the quantity of data produced
by the use of e-Tools was a key question to make a
diagnostic of the current state of e-Research in the
communication field. As can be seen in figure 2, only
21.97% answered that the space in their personal
computer was not sufficient to store and process data
that they were producing in their research, while
37.38% stated that they still had a lot of space on their
computers after storing data from their research.