RIP-20: Reputation v2 & Healthy Research Rewards

SUMMARY

This proposal introduces a newly structured Reputation v2 and Healthy Research Rewards redesign to incentivize researchers to document science in a reproducible manner. The proposal includes changes to 2 concepts: reputational incentives (REP v2) and financial incentives (ResearchCoin Rewards) for healthy research behaviors. The financial incentives are a proposed redistribution of the RSC emissions towards users who behave in research behaviors that promote reproducible science (details below).

MOTIVATION

The revamped reputation and incentive structure aims to:

1. Promote Reproducibility: Encourage thorough documentation of research processes.
2. Recognize Contributions: Acknowledge both traditional and innovative research activities.
3. Enhance Engagement: Foster active participation and engagement within the research community.

PROPOSAL

A summary of the proposed changes to REP v2 and ResearchCoin Rewards can be found below with a full technical document in the Appendix

Reputational Incentives (REP v2):

• Author Profile Pages: Highlight reputation and research achievements.
• Subfields: 248 research areas classified by OpenAlex.
• Iterative REP Approach: Points for actions/outcomes, initialized with citations and upvotes.
• Reputation Tiers: Four tiers based on citation counts within subfields.
• Earning Reputation: Through peer reviews, preregistrations, research bounties, discussions, and publications.
• Upvote Power: Higher tiers distribute more points per upvote.
• Faster Withdrawals: Reduced cooldown for verified users

Financial Incentives (ResearchCoin Rewards):

• Publishing of open-access articles/preprints (1X multiplier)
• Provisioning of open-access data (2X multiplier)
• Preregistration of studies (3X multiplier)

APPENDIX

Technical document available at: https://www.researchhub.com/post/3019/reputation-v2-healthy-research-rewards