How good management leads to better science
Interview with Daniel Lakens, Assistant Professor in Applied Cognitive Psychology at the Eindhoven University of Technology
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Call for papers: publish your confirmatory and non-confirmatory results
Call for papers: publish your confirmatory and non-confirmatory results
In response to rising concerns about irreproducible science and the lack of somewhere to openly discuss these issues, we recently launched the Preclinical Reproducibility and Robustness Channel.
When privacy-bound research pays for open science
A new open science business model charges those who want to keep information private to subsidise those who share it
Supporting Europe's innovators through open innovation
Supporting Europe's innovators through open innovation - 2014-2019
Why Brexit Runs Completely Counter to Modern Science
Whilst Brexit looms more ominously in the background, the next generation of data publishing is moving towards an ever-more collaborative and open place in which researchers can easily choose to make discoveries and data sets available across borders and cultures.
ORCID goes national in Germany
At ScienceOpen, there’s nothing more we like than good news for open science! That’s why we’re happy this week to see ORCID announcing a new partnership with the DFG, the German R…
OpenTrials
Towards a collaborative open database of all available information on all clinical trials
How can we keep science honest in a world of open data?
The advantages of making scientific data available for further analysis are clear, but it could also enable the trawling of data to find significant, or preferred, results.
The Norwegian Approach to Open Science, Impact and Evaluation
Speech by Bjørn Haugstads, State Secretary to the Norwegian Minister of Education and Research
Do academic social networks share academics’ interests?
David Matthews examines the approach of ResearchGate, Academia.edu and Mendeley to profit, user data and open access publishing
EU action plan for Open Science
The Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science is the key outcome of the two-day conference ‘Open Science.
Virtual Networks, Open Science and Digital Revolutions
Interview with Ijad Madisch, co-founder and CEO of the world’s largest online network for scientists
Data Sharing Should Be In Everyone’s Interest
Data Sharing Should Be In Everyone’s Interest
International Conference on Science 2.0
Putting Science 2.0 and Open Science into practice
Web widget nudges scientists to share their data
Open Data Button launched to encourage public sharing of data sets.
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.
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