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UNESCO Launches a Global Consultation to Develop a Standard-setting Instrument on Open Science

UNESCO Launches a Global Consultation to Develop a Standard-setting Instrument on Open Science

In the context of pressing planetary and socio-economic challenges, sustainable and innovative solutions must be supported by an efficient, transparent and vibrant scientific effort - not only stemming from the scientific community, but from the whole society. Go directly to the questionnaire.

"TOP Factor" Rates Journals on Transparency, Openness

"TOP Factor" Rates Journals on Transparency, Openness

A new tool, created by the advocacy organization Center for Open Science, seeks to change editorial practices. Journals are scored based on ten different criteria, including availability of data and policies on preregistration.

Let's Be FAIR! ALLEA Presents Recommendations for Sustainable Data Sharing in the Humanities

Let's Be FAIR! ALLEA Presents Recommendations for Sustainable Data Sharing in the Humanities

A new ALLEA report provides key recommendations to make digital data in the humanities. The document is designed as a practical guide to navigate the shift towards a sustainable data sharing culture.

Researchers Call on EU Institutions to Ensure Free Circulation of Scientific Knowledge

Researchers Call on EU Institutions to Ensure Free Circulation of Scientific Knowledge

Scientists call on the EU to inshrine a legal right for researchers to share their research findings without restrictions.

Open Science Maturity: Universities in Finland in the Leading Position

Open Science Maturity: Universities in Finland in the Leading Position

Finland has already achieved considerable milestones in fostering an open science culture on a national level. A recently published evaluation highlights best practices in Finland, barriers and ideas to remove them.

'We're Opening Everything': Scientists Share Coronavirus Data in Unprecedented Way to Contain, Treat Disease

'We're Opening Everything': Scientists Share Coronavirus Data in Unprecedented Way to Contain, Treat Disease

Normally, science is highly competitive and secretive, with universities and private sector companies patenting knowledge, scientific journals putting research behind paywalls and all research peer-reviewed before the data is released. But for the moment those barriers have fallen as scientists share research and work together to battle this coronavirus epidemic.

Open Scholarship Knowledge Base

Open Scholarship Knowledge Base

The Open Scholarship Knowledge Base is a collaborative initiative to curate and share knowledge about the what, why, and how of open scholarship.

Atlas of Open Science and Research in Finland 2019 Published

Atlas of Open Science and Research in Finland 2019 Published

This evaluation of Finnish research organisations, research-funding organisations, academic and cultural institutes abroad and learned societies and academies examines the key indicators chosen to assess the performance on openness. Key indicators are used to provide some insights on the competences and capacity of the research system in supporting progress towards openness. Barriers and development needs are discussed, with suggestions for improvement.

What Do Our Researchers Think About the EOSC?

What Do Our Researchers Think About the EOSC?

Researchers are at the very heart of the EOSC. So, what do our researchers say one year after the launch of the initiative? How do they think will they benefit from the EOSC? What are and what can be their roles? Let's see what physicist Toma Susi has to say.

Sharing Your Work by Self-archiving: Encouragement from the Journal of the Medical Library Association | Goben | Journal of the Medical Library Association

Sharing Your Work by Self-archiving: Encouragement from the Journal of the Medical Library Association | Goben | Journal of the Medical Library Association

Sharing your work by self-archiving: encouragement from the Journal of the Medical Library Association

Implementing the New EU Provision That Protects the Public Domain

Implementing the New EU Provision That Protects the Public Domain

An explanation of the mandatory provision in the new Copyright Directive that ensures that faithful reproductions of public domain works of visual art cannot be subject to exclusive rights.

Are You Ready to ROR? An Inside Look at This New Organization Identifier Registry

Are You Ready to ROR? An Inside Look at This New Organization Identifier Registry

What is the Research Organization Registry (ROR) and why do we need it? Learn more from the team behind it (CDL, Crossref, DataCite, and Digital Science) in this interview with Alice Meadows.

Open Science, Open Data and Open Scholarship: European Policies to Make Science Fit for the 21st Century

Open Science, Open Data and Open Scholarship: European Policies to Make Science Fit for the 21st Century

Open science will make science more efficient, reliable and responsive to societal challenges. The European Commission has sought to advance Open Science policy from its inception in a holistic and integrated way, covering all aspects of the research cycle from scientific discovery and review to sharing knowledge, publishing and outreach. 

Ten Key Prerequisites to Securely Fund Open Infrastructure Today and Tomorrow - SPARC Europe

Ten Key Prerequisites to Securely Fund Open Infrastructure Today and Tomorrow - SPARC Europe

Everything we have gained by opening content and data will be under threat if we allow the enclosure of scholarly infrastructures. We propose a set of principles by which Open Infrastructures to support the research community could be run and sustained.

Discussion Paper: New Indicators for Open Science and Open Innovation

Discussion Paper: New Indicators for Open Science and Open Innovation

Established indicators for research and innovation processes do not sufficiently capture the nuances of open science and open innovation. As a result, their opportunities and risks often remain obscure. A new discussion paper therefore makes proposals for the expansion of existing indicators and the development of new ones.

Blockchain: How It Could Make Research More Open and Transparent

Blockchain: How It Could Make Research More Open and Transparent

by Birgit Fingerle The study "Blockchain in Higher Education - Fundamentals - Potentials - Boundaries" (Study in German language "Blockchain in der Hochschulbildung - Grundlagen - Poten