Evaluating Open Science Practices in Indoor Positioning Research

This technical report provides a comprehensive review of Open Science practices in the field of Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation, focusing on publications from the International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN) for the years 2022 and 2023. The report analyzes the adoption of open data, open code, and open materials in the referenced papers, revealing that 22.4% of the papers utilize open research data, 10.5% employ open code, and 21.1% incorporate other open materials. Furthermore, only 7.9% of the papers provide both open data and code. The methodology includes a systematic examination of 152 papers, characterizing their use of open resources and assessing the technologies, measurement types, and environments associated with the open data. The findings underscore the necessity for wider adoption of Open Science practices to enhance transparency and reproducibility in research outcomes within the indoor positioning community.