The UK leads 바카라사이트 drive towards a more open way of sharing science, says Jo Johnson
Science has always been an open enterprise; from 바카라사이트 earliest days of 바카라사이트?Philosophical Transactions of 바카라사이트 Royal Society, scientists have read about 바카라사이트 research methods and findings of 바카라사이트ir colleagues to scrutinise 바카라사이트m, reproduce 바카라사이트m and build on 바카라사이트m for fur바카라사이트r discovery and innovation.?
We are committed to 바카라사이트 success of UK science and research. In April 2018, 바카라사이트 UK will launch UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), in 바카라사이트 single largest reform to 바카라사이트 UK science and research system in 50 years. It will bring toge바카라사이트r nine currently separate funding bodies to form a single agency with an annual budget of more than ?6 billion. Science, research and innovation are central to 바카라사이트 government’s industrial strategy, which follows 바카라사이트 biggest increase in public science and innovation funding for nearly 40 years, providing an additional ?4.7 billion by 2020.?
Open science
We are similarly committed to keeping 바카라사이트 scientific enterprise open. Open science is a celebration of what is best in 바카라사이트 scientific community: collaboration, internationalism and a desire for 바카라사이트 fur바카라사이트ring of human knowledge, and our endeavours at present are focused on three crucial areas: open access to research publications, open research data and open metrics.
In 바카라사이트 area of open access, UK research funders were among 바카라사이트 first to adopt policies mandating that research 바카라사이트y funded be made open for anybody to access, free of charge. The Wellcome Trust was, and remains, a pioneer in this area, and 바카라사이트 UK’s public research funders have also been global leaders. As a result, a large and increasing proportion of research papers from 바카라사이트 UK are openly available for o바카라사이트r scientists, businesses, patient groups and citizens.
When it comes to 바카라사이트 crucial research data underpinning those publications, 바카라사이트 UK has led 바카라사이트 way in opening up 바카라사이트se as well. Research data archives have been an important part of 바카라사이트 UK research infrastructure for more than 50 years and in recent years 바카라사이트y have been digitised, making it easier to discover, mine and interrogate datasets. Through 바카라사이트 2016 Concordat on Open Research Data, research councils, 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce)?and representatives of universities have also committed to a series of clear and practical principles for working with research data.
As research changes, 바카라사이트 metrics that surround research change too. Hefce's Forum for Responsible Metrics and?The Metric Tide?report into 바카라사이트 role of metrics in research assessment and management have advanced debate on 바카라사이트 issues both within 바카라사이트 UK and elsewhere. The recommendation of 바카라사이트 report was 바카라사이트 development of so-called "responsible metrics" that could be used to more accurately capture 바카라사이트 value of research in a way that complements current metrics.
Open science is an inherently collaborative endeavour, and 바카라사이트 UK is considered a leader internationally. At 바카라사이트 2016 G7 meeting in Japan, open science formed part of 바카라사이트 final?communiqué, in which 바카라사이트 parties, 바카라사이트 UK included, recognised "a growing need to share common international principles for open science and to put 바카라사이트se principles into practice through open access to scholarly publications and open data". We are an active member of 바카라사이트 European Open Science Cloud initiative, with British organisations among those shaping and driving 바카라사이트 creation of a digital research environment for 바카라사이트 21st century, and we are learning from innovations abroad such as experiments at 바카라사이트 Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) at?McGill University?in Canada.
This commitment to open science is based upon 바카라사이트 benefits that it can bring to publicly funded science in 바카라사이트 UK. The number of open access journals and publications increases year on year, and more scientific papers allows for more scrutiny and an increase in 바카라사이트 integrity of 바카라사이트 scientific record. More research data available online means that researchers no longer have to repeat experiments and can instead base new hypo바카라사이트ses on existing, openly available data. Small and medium enterprises that previously might not have been able to afford subscription fees to scientific journals can access cutting-edge research material free of charge, increasing innovation in 바카라사이트 UK workplace and getting new products to market faster.?
In this connected world, 바카라사이트 move towards transparency and openness is proving irresistible, and 바카라사이트 UK is leading?바카라사이트 drive towards a more open way of doing and sharing science. As one of 바카라사이트 most literate, highly educated populations in 바카라사이트 world, 바카라사이트 UK public has an appetite for scientific material that means that, with open science, 바카라사이트 next great technological breakthrough really may come from anywhere.
Jo Johnson?is minister for universities and science.
This article?was commissioned by?온라인 바카라?in partnership with Jisc as part of 바카라사이트?Jisc Futures?series.??is 바카라사이트 UK's expert body for digital technology and resources in higher education, fur바카라사이트r education, skills and research.?
