Year: 2026
Type: data-paper
Abstract: Scientific posters are one of the most common forms of scholarly communication and contain early-stage insights with potential to accelerate scientific discovery. We investigated where posters are shared, to what extent their sharing aligns with the FAIR principles, and how commonly they are reused. We identified 86 platforms hosting posters, with many not assigning persistent identifiers. A total of 150k posters are shared as of 2024 on the 43 platforms where we were able to count, which is relatively low. Looking in more detail at posters shared on Zenodo and Figshare, we found that repositories are not always supporting structured metadata critical for poster discovery, like conference information, and that researchers are not providing such metadata even if they are supported. We also observed that while there is some engagement with posters in terms of views and downloads, citing posters is not yet a common practice. These gaps mean valuable early-stage insights are being lost to the scientific community, pointing to a need for clearer guidelines and stronger incentives for FAIR poster sharing and reuse.
Source: Scientific Data
Authors: Aydan Gasimova, Paapa Mensah-Kane, Gerard F. Blake, Sanjay Soundarajan, James O’Neill, Bhavesh Patel
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems and Management
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,490
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Award: G9000148692
OpenAlex ID: W7155536588
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