Research Methodologies :: Open Research
Jessy Kate Cowan-SharpUniversity of Maryland
Research...
Research today<-->
The World is Changing
Science?
{ Verifiable, Repeatable, Extensible, Accessible }
"The Open Scholar is someone who makes their intellectual projects and
processes digitally visible... who invites and encourages ongoing [dialog about]
their work and secondary uses..."
http://www.academicevolution.com/2009/08/the-open-scholar.html
Open Science == Science
In Practice?
Product Open Access JournalsMachine readable formatsOpen Peer ReviewLicensesProcess Collaboration Data Licenses
* (There’s tons out there on Open Educational Resources, OpenCourseWare… won't be going into that here.)
Open Access Journals
Openly accessible regardless of affiliation or financial means
Publication models: pay-to-publish || no fee
Access models: print || digital
Public Library of Science (PLoS)plos.org
Open Research Computation ...for computational researchersopenresearchcomputation.com
Nature Communications ...open access option (fee-based)http://www.nature.com/ncomms/open_access
Theory of Computing (Professor Srinivasan)theoryofcomputing.org
Arxive.org(Pr)e-prints
Directory of Open Access Journals doaj.org
OpenAccess
Peer Reviewed
Journals... and many more
Licensing - Content
Licensing - Data
Licensing - Author Rightshttp://scholars.sciencecommons.org
Modifies the publisher’s agreement
Allows you to keep key rights to your articles
Creative Commons Interactive Form - fill out and print
opendatacommons.org
Guides and Licenses
Process :: Open NotebookScience
http://onschallenge.wikispaces.com/
Process :: Blogs
Process ::Microformats
http://jessykate.posterous.com/open-science-microformats-initial-thoughts
References Conversations
Data
Process :: Code
Clutter versus transparency
Getting “scooped” - What if someone steals my idea?
Being wrong
Being special
“They won’t understand”
Challenges
Hippocratic Oath for scientists? Fair trade research?
Databases of theories (correct and falsified)
Databases of failed experiments, negative results.
More fine-grained licensing
Queryable atomic results
Innovating science itself - by exposing the process we make it more "hackable."
Looking to the Future...
Keep a research blog
Make it CC
Post your data online (with good documentation)
Put your code on github (or some other public place)
Use open access journals and source materials for courses.
Things We Can Do
Some PhilosophyTools are always changing, but.. As Scientists we aim to:Advance the state of society’s knowledge and understanding Do good and help humanity.
How can our research reach or benefit the most people? How can we ensure that it is built upon and used to inform future work? How can we ensure our work is maximally re-useable, re-mixable?
:: Sharing process:: Sharing results:: Optimizing for re-usability and re-mixability
Summary
Initiatives - Get Involved
Beyond the Impact Factor
Science Hack DayOpen Science Summit
Open Knowledge Foundation Open Science mailing list
#openscience
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