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Examining the functionality of a range of social Web platforms, and comparing these with the traits underlying a viable peer review system.
ReScience is a peer-reviewed journal that targets computational research and encourages the explicit replication of already published research.
A Tutorial on the Git Version Control System.
Unencumbered dissemination of scientific research depends on a fair Internet.
The current funding climate certainly doesn’t favour changes, but that doesn’t mean that change isn’t possible.
How are scholars and researchers working to restore confidence in peer-reviewed science?
Supporting efforts to help do better science, build community around projects or develop tools.
A working group aiming to advance scientific research and discovery, promote technology that assists the scientific and academic communities, and make research available worldwide for the good of all humanity.
Frontiers’ CEO, Kamila Markram, makes a case for why open science is the key to innovation, economic growth and solutions to a sustainable future.
There are decades of lessons learnt and resources to build upon … where does the EOSCpilot project fit in?
How to make research open and participatory for anyone, anywhere.
The characterization of scholarly communication is dominated by citation-based measures. In this paper we propose several metrics to describe different facets of open access and open research.
Interviewing Dr David Savage.
Now that the major players have agreed to the giant European Open Science Cloud, it’s time to get the project moving.
Now that the major players have agreed to the giant European Open Science Cloud, it’s time to get the project moving.
How can we make the most of open practices in research, education and skills?
Open Science Fair 2017 is having its first opening international conference in Athens, Greece, 6-8 September 2017.
Dutch agenda presenting 140 overarching scientific questions as a result of a unique bottom-up initiative, driven by the general public and a vast number of organisations in the Netherlands.
Openness requires trust in close peers, but not necessarily in research community or society at large.
In May 2017, we sat down with ECS journal editors Robert Savinell and Dennis Hess at the 231st ECS Meeting.
The rules fail to make data sharing mandatory for papers to be published, which raises the prospect that some authors might decide to ignore the hint.
There is a movement within the scientific community that asks for greater collaboration between research teams. The idea is that with greater access to information, more people working separately on the same problems can solve them more efficiently and with the greatest transparency.
New project, partly designed by a University of Cambridge researcher, aims to improve transparency in science by sharing ‘how the sausage is made’.
A SPARC analysis of Open Data and Open Science policies across Europe.
Partly in response to the so-called 'reproducibility crisis' in science, researchers are embracing a set of practices that aim to make the whole endeavor more transparent, more reliable – and better.
Choices researchers can make to stop exploiting themselves and discriminating against others.
Empowering the Next Generation to Advance Open Access, Open Education and Open Data.
Starting this year, I will stop traveling to any speaking engagements on open science (or, more generally, infrastructure reform), as long as these events do not entail a clear goal for action.
Author survey shows that publication speed and the ability to share a variety of research outputs are the primary reasons why authors publish on the Wellcome Open Research publishing platform.
