Abstract
This article gives an overview of the findings from the first phase of the Jisc Journal Research Data Policy Registry pilot (JRDPR), which is currently under way. The project continues from the initial study, ‘Journal of Research Data policy bank’ (JoRD), carried out by Nottingham University’s Centre for Research Communication from 2012 to 2014. The project undertook an analysis of 250 journal research data policies to assess the feasibility of developing a policy registry to assist researchers and support staff to comply with research data publication requirements. The evidence shows that the current research data policy ecosystem is in critical need of standardization and harmonization if such services are to be built and implemented. To this end, the article proposes the next steps for the project with the objective of ultimately moving towards a modern research infrastructure based on machine-readable policies that support a more open scholarly communications environment.
Highlights
The research data landscape has changed considerably in recent years
The debates around research data policy and research data management (RDM) have been drivers of good practice with views from diverse stakeholder groups coalescing on the importance of the accessibility of the ‘data behind the paper.’
Recent discussions, such as those at the UK Open Research Data Forum, have indicated that there is a need to encourage the development of journal policies for data – drawing on the growing evidence that mandatory data polices incentivize data sharing described in the literature review – and that recognition of data in the publishing process will help to incentivize data sharing and reuse
Summary
This article gives an overview of the findings from the first phase of the Jisc Journal Research Data Policy Registry pilot (JRDPR), which is currently under way. The project continues from the initial study, ‘Journal of Research Data policy bank’ (JoRD), carried out by Nottingham University’s Centre for Research Communication from 2012 to 2014. The evidence shows that the current research data policy ecosystem is in critical need of standardization and harmonization if such services are to be built and implemented. To this end, the article proposes the steps for the project with the objective of moving towards a modern research infrastructure based on machine-readable policies that support a more open scholarly communications environment
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