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Last month, I participated virtually in the Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools (JROST) workshop as 86 individuals from 58 different organizations gathered in Berkeley on August 27-28 to explore the growing category of open source scholarly workflow tools, to…
For the first time, the Wellcome Trust is publishing received project proposals, and will be adding funding decisions end of October.
86 people from 58 different organizations gathered in Berkeley, CA and remotely to attend the first workshop convened by the Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools, to develop a common vision, user stories, and roadmap to support open science research workflows, and better coordinate work across the community of open science projects.
Support for publication of reviewer reports has been mounting as part of a greater effort to inform the discussion on peer review practice.
Biomedical funders and ASAPbio call on journals to sign a pledge to make reviewers’ anonymous comments part of the official scientific record.
The Serbian Government has adopted a national policy mandating open access (OA) to all publications resulting from publicly-funded research in Serbia. The policy, titled the Open Science Platform, was introduced by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (MESTD), the main funder for research in Serbia, in July 2018. EIFL welcomes the adoption of the policy, which makes a major contribution to improving visibility and discoverability of Serbian research outputs.
Open letter signed by many journals supporting the idea that publishing peer review reports would benefit the research community by increasing transparency of the assessment process.
Jessica K. Polka and colleagues call on journals to sign a pledge to make reviewers’ anonymous comments part of the official scientific record.
25 technologists, activists, and scientists will spend the next 10 to 12 months creating a more secure, inclusive, and decentralized internet.
Unpaywall has become indispensable to many academics, and tie-ins with established scientific search engines could broaden its reach.
A set of complementary guides covering the main aspects of depositing software into digital repositories.
The Open Science movement champions transparency, but how much and how quickly is a matter of dispute.
Choosing wisely from a burgeoning array of digital tools can help researchers to record experiments with ease.
In this controversial opinion piece, German science expert Stefan Hornbostel argues that some transparency is good for science - but too much can backfire, reducing the efficiency and quality of research and eroding public trust.
Coko Foundation is constructing an open source technology framework with separate components that can be assembled and reassembled to support a wide range of use cases. All code is open source under an MIT license.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine have published a framework to help academics, research institutions and funders bring open science to the fore.
With the current crisis that Academia is witnessing; irreproducibility of scientific research, extravagant costs associated with…
Generation R is a new editorial platform based on themes, blogposts and learning resources. Its editor, Simon Worthington, answers questions concerning its scope and organization.
An outline of Hindawi's submitted proposal in response to the European Commission’s tender to launch a new publishing platform.
Involving Elsevier in the European Open Science Monitor is a grave mistake according to palaeontologist Jon Tennant.
The story so far regarding the opinion piece in The Guardian expressing deep concerns with Elsevier as the sole contractor for the new European Commission Open Science Monitor.
France’s new national plan to activate Open Science - presented by the French Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Frédérique Vidal, at LIBER’s 2018 Annual Conference.
A formal complaint to the European Commission Ombudsman regarding the relationship between Elsevier and the Open Science Monitor.
Article covers basic principles and summarise best practices, indicating how to use Open Peer Review to achieve best value and mutual benefits for all stakeholders and the wider research community.
Imagine using version control to track the process of research in real time. Peer review becomes a community-governed process, where the quality of engagement becomes the hallmark of individual reputations. All research outputs can be published and credited with not an 'impact factor' in sight.
Dr. Jon Tennant’s June 29 article in The Guardian Online, "Elsevier are corrupting open science in Europe," raises fundamental questions about open science, and is coupled with misinformation about Elsevier’s role. Both deserve a response.
Stencila launches the first version of its word processor and spreadsheet editor designed for researchers.
Techniques for overcoming the challenges of open manuscript writing.
Supporting the EUA membership with the development of research assessment approaches that focus on research quality, potential and future impact, and that take into account Open Science practices.
Elsevier - one of the largest and most notorious scholarly publishers - are monitoring Open Science in the EU on behalf of the European Commission. Jon Tennant argues that they cannot be trusted.
