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This study assessed trends in data accessibility, compliance with Data availability statements (DAS), and the relationship between data sharing and citation impact in oceanographic research.
The Open Research Funders Group (ORFG) just released its 2026 Funder Policy Landscape Analysis Report and Recommendations. This report analyses access-to-research policies of ORFG members and other private funders of open research and open outputs.
When people trust science, they can make better decisions, follow helpful rules and work together on big problems like health, climate change and new technology. But if people stop trusting science, it's easier for false information to spread, and harder to solve those problems.
Members of the Society for Scholarly Publishing weigh in with their thoughts on the new "Towards Responsible Publishing" manifesto from cOAlition S.
Governments are strengthening security safeguards – sometimes with unintended consequences. It is time for an open dialogue where these are brought to the table.
Amid increasing competition and conflict with countries such as China, calls to restrict international scientific cooperation overlook benefits to the United States.
Study investigates the importance of tasks associated with data sharing, and researchers’ satisfaction with their ability to complete these tasks.
PLOS keeps a watchful and enthusiastic eye on emerging research, and we update our policies as needed to address new challenges and opportunities that surface.
Early career researchers appear to be at the vanguard of open research, with them reporting more positive attitudes towards sharing of code compared to more experienced researchers.
2021 marks four years of publishing on Gates Open Research, now the 2nd most popular publication venue for Gates-funded researchers. In this blog post, Ashley Farley, Program Officer of Knowledge and Research Services at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, explores the publishing activity for the last year and the platform's growth in popularity and size.
A Wikimedia initiative to develop open citations and linked bibliographic data to serve free knowledge. WikiCite is a series of conferences and workshops in support of that goal.
Indonesia has seen progress in open research ecosystem development. More needs to be done.
Analysis of publishing activity on the Wellcome Open Research platform and preview of some of the activities planned for 2020.
Chinese researchers say a novel coronavirus likely sickened 59 people in Wuhan.
Taylor & Francis has acquired open research publisher F1000 Research from its founder Vitek Tracz. The acquisition sum was not disclosed.
Discussions of how to improve research quality are predominant in a number of fields, including education. But how prevalent are the use of problematic practices and the improved practices meant to counter them?
OpenCon works to make research & education more open and equitable.
Science historian Aileen Fyfe explores how copyright has become intertwined with scholarly publishing.
