« A large number of organizations that carry out, fund, and evaluate research have signed the Barcelona Declaration. These organizations have committed (1) to make openness the default for the research information they use and produce, (2) to work with services and systems that support and enable open research information, (3)…
« The Wikimedia projects, like Wikipedia and Wikidata, are some of the most visited informational websites on the internet, with around 25 billion page views each month. They help make research widely visible by citing and linking to the original sources. As more research is freely licensed, using Wikimedia platforms can…
« D’énormes quantités d’informations sont utilisées pour gérer la recherche, qu’il s’agisse d’informations sur les acteurs de la recherche et leurs activités, d’informations sur les apports et les résultats du processus de recherche ou de signaux sur l’utilisation, l’estimation et l’impact sociétal de la recherche. Ces informations jouent souvent un rôle…
« The Federation of Finnish Learned Societies (TSV) organized a webinar on the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information and OpenAlex database. The recording of the webinar is now available. (…) »
– The recording of the webinar is available until April 19, 2024.
– Barcelona Declaration…
« After five years of collaborative efforts, including interactions with the European Commission, EOSC Association, ESFRI-EOSC task force, and e-Infrastructure Reflection Group (e-IRG), there is a need for a fresh articulation of the Science Clusters’ vision for the future, as reflected in this third position paper.. (…) »
« UKRN, through our Open Research Programme, is enabling a set of pilot projects that will run in 2024 to explore how best to monitor aspects of open research to support institutional planning and evaluation. Note that this monitoring is aggregate and anonymous, unlike the individual indicators that…
« Open research publishing platforms could be an important mechanism for reform.
New research from the University of Bristol has found academic researchers are demoralised by a culture that disincentivises sharing and collaboration, encourages questionable research practices (QRPs), and increases the risk of bias.
The researchers carried out a…
« Today UKRN is launching a call for members of the research community to help us prioritise which aspects of open research are most important for us to monitor. Our particular focus is on helping institutions to monitor those aspects of openness and transparency in research that are most relevant to…
« Nitasha is two-term President of Association of Publishers in India, the trade body for international publishers. A publishing professional of 28 years and an active commentator on Indian publishing.
Evolution Of An Open Research Environment
The last decade has been one of evolution and change for research and…
Today (21 November 2022), Ireland’s National Action Plan for Open Research 2022-2030 was launched at an event hosted by the National Open Research Forum (NORF). The National Action Plan outlines objectives and actions for the next chapter in Ireland’s transition towards open research.…
