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Open Science & Reproducible Research

An overview and resources on Open Science/Reproducibility

Open science

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What does "Open Science" mean?

In announcing 2023 as "the year of Open Science", the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the OSTP set the definition of open science across the U.S. federal government to be "“The principle and practice of making research products and processes available to all, while respecting diverse cultures, maintaining security and privacy, and fostering collaborations, reproducibility, and equity.”

Open science has many facets, and practitioners may engage with open science across the spectrum or only in specific areas, such as Open Access publishing (OA) or creating Open Education Resources (OERs).

Areas of Open Science

One early conceptualization of Open Science uses four "instruments of Open Science" to organize different aspects of the movement (Kraker et al., 2011). Since then, the Open landscape has expanded and diversified.

"Open Access"

  • Open Access journal and book publishing
  • Open Educational Resources

"Open Data"

  • Public data sharing
  • Using open licenses for data

"Open Source"

  • Open Source software
  • Public research code sharing
  • Using open licenses for software

"Open Methodology"

  • Preregistration
  • Registered reports
  • Public workflow sharing
  • Sharing equipment setting or instrument calibration information

Open Science can also include Open Hardware and aspects of reproducibility/replicability.

 

Kraker, P., Leony, D., Reinhardt, W., & Beham, G. (2011). The case for an open science in technology enhanced learning. International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 3(6), 643–654. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTEL.2011.045454

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