---
license: other
license_name: rap-benchmark-composite-license
license_link: LICENSE
pretty_name: RAP Benchmark Dataset
---

# RAP Benchmark Dataset

This is the companion data release for **Research Attention Prediction (RAP)**.
RAP evaluates whether an agent can estimate the distribution of newly posted
papers across eight fixed research directions, then forecast the distribution
in the following six months.

The package contains the frozen benchmark interface and the metadata-only
Search snapshot.

## Snapshot

| Item | Count |
| --- | ---: |
| Fields | 278 |
| Dev episodes | 335 |
| Test episodes | 1,055 |
| Fixed Search shards | 1,390 |
| Expanding Search shards | 1,390 |
| Directions per field | 8 |

## Layout

| Path | Use |
| --- | --- |
| `inputs/` | Safe model-facing Dev/Test episode inputs |
| `targets/` | Evaluator-only recent/future counts, shares, and diagnostics |
| `evaluator/` | Combined episodes for scoring and no-API baselines; do not send to agents |
| `data/` | Public runner scope and Search-manifest indexes |
| `search_shards/` | Fixed and Expanding metadata-only Search corpora |
| `DATA_CARD.md` | Task semantics, leakage boundary, and aggregation rules |
| `ARXIV_METADATA_NOTICE.md` | Provenance and redistribution boundary for arXiv metadata |

Each row in `inputs/` contains the field, cutoff date, history-window metadata,
future-window metadata, and the eight direction definitions. It intentionally
does not contain history counts, recent shares, future counts, or future shares.
Those evaluator-only values live in `targets/` and `evaluator/`.

## Search snapshot

- `search_shards/fixed/` enforces `[T-6m, T)`.
- `search_shards/expanding/` enforces `<T`.
- Each shard contains exactly `id`, `date`, `title`, `abstract`, and
  `categories`.
- Each manifest records the shard SHA-256, row count, and date-bound checks.

The shards contain descriptive arXiv metadata. See `ARXIV_METADATA_NOTICE.md`
for provenance and source terms.

## Integrity

Verify the complete snapshot from its root:

```bash
sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS
```

The evaluator contract and scoring commands are documented in the companion
[RAP evaluation-code repository](https://github.com/Win7win/rap-benchmark).

## License

This dataset repository is marked `other` because it combines two provenance
classes. Original RAP-derived artifacts are released under CC BY 4.0. The
metadata-only Search shards retain their arXiv provenance and source terms.
Read `LICENSE` and `ARXIV_METADATA_NOTICE.md` before redistributing or adapting
the snapshot.

## Citation

Please cite the RAP paper:

```bibtex
@misc{wu2026rap,
  title  = {RAP: Research Attention Prediction Reveals Target-Conditioned Evidence Acquisition Biases},
  author = {Wu, Yingqian and Liang, Jingcong and Wang, Siyuan and Yin, Zhenfei
            and Torr, Philip and Yu, Junchi and Wei, Zhongyu},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.10092}
}
```