Open science by design
A new report from the USA’s National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine lays out the promise of open science and the challenges ahead
Earlier this week, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine released a joint report into the future of open science. The three academies work together to provide “independent, objective analysis and advice” to the United States government and its people, to “solve complex problems” and “inform public policy decisions”. So it’s a big deal that they’ve come together with open science at the top of their agenda.
Entitled Open Science by Design, the report’s central argument is that open science should be an integral part of the scientific workflow.
Making research results openly available is not an afterthought when the project is over, but, rather, it is an effective way of doing the research itself. That is, in this way of doing science, making research results open is a by-product of the research process, and not a task that needs to be done when the researcher has already turned to the next project.
It’s a perspective that is very much aligned with our objectives here at Frankl Open Science. We’re building applications that integrate data archiving into the scientific workflow, that make the data findable (even if it’s not associated with a journal article), and that also provide incentives for sharing. But we want to ensure that researchers who don’t prioritise open science still want to use our apps — because they are better than existing tools.
But at over 200 pages, the report takes some digesting. So we’ve pulled out what we think are some of the key themes and most interesting quotes.
Read the rest of this post at Toward Data Science
Elise has also covered the report for Science Meets Business
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