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Lukas Hörmann^1,2, Hemanadhan Myneni³, Rwayda Kh S Al-Hamd⁴

¹Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna Vienna 1090 Austria.

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Materials science journals are improving research data policies (RDPs), but mandatory data sharing and software standards are still uncommon. Most journals have RDPs, yet enforcement and FAIR data principles are often encouraged, not required.

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Information Science

Background:

Open and reproducible research requires accessible data, code, and metadata standards.
Journal research data policies (RDPs) are key for enforcing community norms in scientific publishing.

Purpose of the Study:

To survey and analyze RDPs across 171 materials science journals from 17 publishers.
To assess the comprehensiveness of RDPs regarding data and code sharing, and refereeing standards.

Main Methods:

Conducted a survey of 171 materials science journals.
Utilized an expanded coding framework to evaluate RDPs for data/code sharing and refereeing.
Calculated an open research data score based on policy features.

Main Results:

Nearly all journals have RDPs, and most mention data availability.
Enforceable requirements for data deposition and FAIR publication are uncommon.
Research software expectations are underdeveloped, lacking standards for versioning, identifiers, and reproducibility.

Conclusions:

Materials science journals show progress in RDPs but lack strong enforcement mechanisms.
Significant heterogeneity exists in RDP strength, unrelated to impact factor or access model.
Recommendations are provided for improving RDPs to foster open and reproducible research.