{"id":28621,"date":"2021-03-15T11:38:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T11:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technopolis-group.com\/?p=28621"},"modified":"2021-03-15T11:38:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T11:38:01","slug":"open-science-science-without-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technopolis-group.com\/nl\/open-science-science-without-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"Open science: science without borders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Science is no longer adhering only to\nnational borders and researchers\u2019 work is becoming increasingly international.\nThe boundaries between science, society and business are blurring. The COVID-19\npandemic has highlighted the relevance of open science and the need to\nfacilitate the share and reuse of research data.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collaborative, transparent and\nreproducible science<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Open science, defined as scholarly<\/strong>\nresearch that is<\/strong> collaborative, transparent and reproducible<\/strong> and\nwhose outputs are publicly available<\/strong>[1]<\/a>free of charge, focuses on making optimal use and reuse of research data. The\nreality of open science, in a current system that is closed by default, is\nsturdy. Difficulties of (selectively) opening up scientific output became\napparent when publishers attempted to introduce an emergency program to open up\nCOVID-19-related scientific articles[2]<\/a>:\nin 1.5 month after a request by the Welcome Trust for publishers to make all\nthe coronavirus-related articles fully open access, around half of the\nCOVID-related articles since the late 1960s remain closed. In order to achieve open\nscience a global and international strategy is needed that involves all\nstakeholders at any stage and for any role in the involvement of the research\nprocess.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although open access to research outputs\nis important, open science is the evolution of science that goes far beyond\nmaking scientific results publicly available. It demands sharing and opening\ndata as well as the good handling of research data (research data management;\nRDM). Open science impacts the way in which researchers conduct research (open methodology),\npublish (open access), and teach (open educational resources). Moreover, it has\nimpact on the data used (open data). Lately, awareness has been raised in order\nfor software, besides other scientific outputs such as publications and data, to\nbe considered as a first-class citizenin open science[3]<\/a>. Bringing\nthese dimensions together, open science is a movement that refers to being\ntransparent about the entire research processes and methods, with the aim to\nallow others to use and reuse scientific results. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Science of the future<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Open science is in our opinion an important driver of change in\nscience. By increasing visibility and transparency, open science helps avoid\nduplications, makes it easier to replicate research, as well as lowering the\ncosts of moving and duplicating data due to a more efficient use of datasets. Moreover,\nit is important to promote for publicly funded research to benefit the whole\nof society<\/strong>. Making research visible and valuable to others, through an\ninnovative open model of research, benefits not only the researchers, but the\nprofessional community, companies as well as citizens:<\/p>\n\n\n\n