DOI: 10.60804/5Y5X-M612 Make Data Count will be part of a pre-conference event focused on advancing research assessment reform across the Asia-Pacific region. The framing is ambitious but necessary: how do we move toward systems that better reflect the full range of scholarly contributions, while avoiding the unintended consequences that have...

On the ascent and with the summit in sight – Reflections on three years at Make Data Count

Date: May 11, 2026

DOI: 10.60804/CQ98-3H62 By Iratxe Puebla Three years ago, I took on the rewarding challenge of leading Make Data Count‘s work to build the tools, practices, and community needed to drive recognition for data as a primary research output. As I prepare to transition out of the role as Director of...

Data as Scholarship: A Conversation at FORCE2026

Date: May 7, 2026

DOI: 10.60804/2PEK-XM77 By John Chodacki and Kristi Holmes For all the progress around open science, one thing remains stubbornly unresolved: research data is still rarely treated as a first-class scholarly output for tracking and reporting. This limits our ability to reward data contributions in tenure and promotion processes, and it...

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"Make Data Count is a critical first step in bringing attention to the value that data scientists put into research through activities like data cleaning, data merging/collating, and other critical preparation stage work. If Make Data Count is successful, the use of the data sets that result from these efforts will translate into academic credit and help advance their career."

Chris Mentzel, Stanford University