Web widget nudges scientists to share their data
Open Data Button launched to encourage public sharing of data sets.
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Help us integrate GitLab and the Open Science Framework
The Center for Open Science (COS) is funding the development of an integration between GitLab and the Open Science Framework (OSF).
Is Psychology’s Replication Crisis Really Overblown?
Jesse Singal argues that the critique by Gilbert et al on the Reproducibility Project isn’t as muscular as it appears at first glance.
May excessive transparency damage Science?
Science self-regulation allows detecting more quickly and accurately methodological flaws, fraudulent results and conflicts of interest that may affect the credibility of the discovery. However, it also opens room for disproportionate reactions.
Publish ideas from scholarly articles early, event told
Jisc Digifest hears openness could bring benefits, but some cite plagiarism risks
The open research value proposition: How sharing can help researchers succeed
The open research value proposition: How sharing can help researchers succeed
A review on the open citation advantage, media attention for publicly available research, collaborative possibilities, and special funding opportunities to show how open practices can give researchers a competitive advantage.
Open Scholar C.I.C.
A not-for-profit organisation whose activities, assets and profits are dedicated to the purpose of providing benefit to the scientific community.
The peer reviewers’ openness initiative
A new initiative published this week outlines how scientists can make a change to open science practices at an individual level.
The establishment of an Open Science policy platform
The Directorate-General for Research and Innovation intends to set-up an Open Science Policy Platform to develop open science policy through a structured discussion with the main stakeholders.
Line-up announced for the OpenCon conference
OpenCon 2015 will feature leading speakers from across the Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data movements including Mike Eisen (PLoS) and Jimmy Wales (Founder Wikimedia).
Making open science a reality
A OECD Report on the benefits and the action required to make open science a reality.
New ways of publishing research in the digital age
A massive increase in the power of digital technology over the past decade allows us today to publish any article, blog post or tweet in a matter of seconds.
Homo naledi fossil discovery a triumph for open access and education
The lead paper describing Homo naledi has been viewed more than 170,000 times in one week.
The Mozilla Fellowship for Science
Are you a champion of open science and open data? Mozilla is seeking researchers eager to advance openness in science and data within their institutions.
Call to unlock a treasure chest of hidden research data
"The right to read is the right to mine" : publishers are resisting a change to copyright law that would allow academics to digitally mine published research to help crack intractable problems.
OpenCon 2015
On November 14-16, 2015 in Brussels, OpenCon 2015 will feature leading speakers from across the Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data movements.
Research Hackdays
On June 5 and 6, 2015, Opendata.ch invites researchers and experts, designers, developers, journalists and all people who would like to embrace experimentation with data to participate in our hackdays in Zurich and Lausanne.
An online glossary
This glossary is designed to to be a resource to help inform people about the culture of ‘open scholarship’.
Final report on Science 2.0 public consultation
[24]This report presents the key findings, the main areas of discussion and the policy recommendations emerging from the consultation.
Final report on Science 2.0 public consultation
Science 2.0 is a new approach to science that uses information-sharing and collaboration made possible by network technologies. This consultation gathers the opinions of a broad sample of interested parties from across the EU research landscape.
How the NIH, FDA, CDC, AHRQ & ASPR guidelines will define open science
Institutional public access plans for Open Science.
rOpenSci Unconference 2015
For a second year running, rOpenSci is excited to announce another R unconference in March 2015 at GitHub's headquarters in San Francisco.
Updated Open Science Peer Review Oath [OdWEbgJGTuegDl2APXt6__fMPwwQw_400x400.png]
We propose steps to help increase the transparency of the scientific method and the reproducibility of research results.
Uber for experiments
A startup enables researchers to tap labs worldwide to conduct experiments on their behalf
What is it?
Open science is the concept of opening up all aspects of scientific research, to allow others to follow the process.
Why we need badges in science
There's a lot that gets done that goes unrecognized. That unrecognized work can not only be crucial for getting to the actual research outcome put forward in the form of publications, but also for reflecting important skills gained.
To get more out of science, show the rejected research
The research conducted using federal funds is driven - and distorted - by the academic publishing model.
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