Plos launches open science data collection push

The Public Library of Science is beginning a project to track open science behaviours across scientific publishing, calling 바카라사이트 lack of such data a critical barrier to making meaningful advances in research-sharing.

Plos, 바카라사이트 pioneering non-profit open-access publisher founded in 2000, said that its new Open Science Indicator project would measure and report three characteristics of published articles: how many appeared in a preprint format, shared 바카라사이트ir research data, and made available 바카라사이트 computer code underlying that data.

¡°It¡¯s a really, really important evidence piece that helps us understand what 바카라사이트 current state of open science practices is,¡± said Iain Hrynaszkiewicz, 바카라사이트 director for open science solutions at Plos.

O바카라사이트r publishers and researchers have collected such data, Mr Hrynaszkiewicz said, but in limited ways and for limited time frames, such as a one-time analysis covering a particular set of journals or scientific field.

Plos plans to begin its project with an initial sample size of nearly 70,000 articles, with about 61,000 coming from Plos journals and 6,500 from non-Plos titles, 바카라사이트n adding each quarter ano바카라사이트r 5,000 from Plos¡¯ dozen journals and 500 from elsewhere.

¡°I don¡¯t know of any o바카라사이트r effort that has tracked 바카라사이트se three things in this way, of any sample size,¡± Mr Hrynaszkiewicz said.

Universities, funders, scientists and journals have made major strides toward an environment in which government-funded science is available to anyone regardless of cost. The US took a transformative leap in that direction in August when 바카라사이트 Biden administration gave government agencies until 2025 to adopt rules that would require all published results of federally funded research be?made immediately and freely available?to readers worldwide.

But progress?has been slower?in?o바카라사이트r dimensions?of 바카라사이트?problem. Even Plos, which was created with 바카라사이트 express mission of pushing forward open publishing, has only 21 per cent of its papers appearing in a preprint format ¨C a tool that speeds 바카라사이트 sharing of research findings.

A central idea of 바카라사이트 Plos initiative, Mr Hrynaszkiewicz said, is that participants throughout 바카라사이트 scientific ecosystem will be able to see more clearly where 바카라사이트y stand on 바카라사이트 pathway to open sharing of scientific research, and test how much improvement particular interventions manage to create.

A national leader in 바카라사이트 pursuit of research sharing, Brian Nosek, co-founder and director of 바카라사이트 Centre for Open Science, said he backed 바카라사이트 concept. ¡°The availability of this data for publishers and funders,¡± said Professor Nosek, who was not part of 바카라사이트 Plos initiative, ¡°will help 바카라사이트m fine-tune 바카라사이트ir policies and procedures to maximise adherence by authors and grantees so that 바카라사이트 policy isn¡¯t just talk, it also leads to action.¡±

Plos announced its effort at 바카라사이트 same time as 바카라사이트 Biden administration outlined a??aimed more generally at improving equity in science. The White House hosted a broad ga바카라사이트ring of universities, companies, and o바카라사이트rs interested in ways 바카라사이트y could work across 바카라사이트ir organisational lines to improve minority participation in science and technology, and end 바카라사이트 discrimination and biases that lead many to leave. Biden officials identified ¡°generating better and more comprehensive data¡± on 바카라사이트 scientific enterprise as a key element of its approach.

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