Oct 2026· Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Research Data Management PracticesAcademic Publishing and Open Access
Abstract
Presentation by Esther Plomp at the Open Science Festival on 14 October 2026, TU Delft. Abstract: Implementation of open science practices remainsinconsistent, with research evaluation remaining focused on traditional metricsand outputs. Treating openness as optional risks reproducing inequalitiesacross the research ecosystem. Universities and researchers with fewerfinancial, institutional, and infrastructural resources are less able tocontribute to, benefit from, and shape open science practices. Drawing on thepreliminary results of a case study on The Turing Way (a community and book focusingon reproducible, ethical and collaborative data science), this contribution examineshow financial compensation influences participation and community dynamics. Sustainableimplementation of open science practices requires institutional and long-term financialsupport, rather than relying on unequal capacities for voluntary participationor short-term project-based investments.
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