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This work aims to explore how FAIR and open science practices can be integrated into academic reward systems.

May 29, 2026Open Access

Integrating FAIR and open research data management practices in academic rewarding systems (NFDI4Earth Deliverable D4.2.5)

Key Points

This work aims to explore how FAIR and open science practices can be integrated into academic reward systems.
Examined the current state of academic reward systems and proposed frameworks.
Critically reviewed recent proposals for responsible research assessment such as DORA and the Leiden Manifesto.
Identified challenges in recognizing research data quality and metrics.
NFDI4Earth members can play a role in shifting the culture toward recognizing FAIR practices.
Traditional metrics are not sufficient for assessing research data quality.
Recommendations for implementing better recognition of open research data practices were proposed.

Abstract

This work examines how open science practices and the FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship can be more effectively integrated into the systems that recognise and reward academic work. It outlines the current academic reward system, recent proposals for responsible research assessment such as DORA, the Leiden Manifesto, and CoARA, and the specific challenges around recognising research data quality and research data metrics. The paper highlights how NFDI4Earth members -- as researchers, members of academic societies, journal editors, and grant reviewers -- can support the cultural shift required to reward FAIR and open research data practices alongside traditional publication metrics.

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