Open Access has led directly to an increase in usage of platforms that make is easy for researchers to comply with this mandate by depositing open access versions of their papers. Examples of companies in this space are Academia.edu, ResearchGate.net and Mendeley. Open Access also means that anyone can contribute to the post-publication evaluation of research articles.
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Research 2.0.3: The future of research communication : Soapbox Science - 0 views
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There are a number of initiatives focused on improving the process of peer review. Post-publication peer review, in which journals publish papers after minimal vetting and then encourage commentary from the scientific community, has been explored by several publishers, but has run into difficulties incentivizing sufficient numbers of experts to participate. Initiatives like Faculty of 1000 have tried to overcome this by corralling experts as part of post-publication review boards. And sometimes, as in the case of arsenic-based life, the blogosphere has taken peer review into its own hands.
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Traditionally the number of first and senior author publications, and the journal(s) in which those publications appear, has been the key criteria for assessing the quality of a researcher’s work. This is used by funding agencies to determine whether to award research grants to conduct their future work, as well as by academic research institutions to inform hiring and career progression decisions. However, this is actually a very poor measure of a researcher’s true impact since a) it only captures a fraction of a researcher’s contribution and b) since more than 70% of published research cannot be reproduced, the publication based system rewards researchers for the wrong thing (the publication of novel research, rather than the production of robust research).
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Seeking proposals on how to implement the Open Source paradigm of the IT industry in th... - 0 views
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Seeking proposals on how to implement the Open Source paradigm of the IT industry in the area of Drug Discovery
PyBossa - 1 views
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PyBossa is a free, open-source, platform for creating and running crowd-sourcing applications that utilise online assistance in performing tasks that require human cognition, knowledge or intelligence such as image classification, transcription, geocoding and more! Start contributing now " -
PyBossa is a free, open-source, platform for creating and running crowd-sourcing applications that utilise online assistance in performing tasks that require human cognition, knowledge or intelligence such as image classification, transcription, geocoding and more!
The Mendeley API Binary Battle | Mendeley Developers Portal - 0 views
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" Mendeley/PLoS API Binary Battle Build an application with our data, make science more open, win $10,001 and more! What's it all about? PLoS and Mendeley, the popular reference manager and academic social network, teamed up to create a Binary Battle contest to build the best apps that make science more open using PLoS and/or Mendeley's APIs (Application Programming Interface)."
Open Access: a short summary | Michael Nielsen - 0 views
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"So I thought it might be useful to post a summary of the current state of open access. There's a lot going on, so even though this essay appears lengthy, it's actually a very brief and incomplete summary of what's happening. I have links to further reading at the end."
WebHome < Main < TWiki - 0 views
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The Open Science Grid (OSG) advances science through open distributed computing. The OSG is a multi-disciplinary partnership to federate local, regional, community and national cyberinfrastructures to meet the needs of research and academic communities at all scales
Open Access Index - YouTube - 0 views
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Open Access Index
About « The Open Dinosaur Project - 0 views
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The Open Dinosaur Project was founded to involve scientists and the public alike in developing a comprehensive database of dinosaur limb bone measurements, to investigate questions of dinosaur function and evolution. We have three major goals:1) do good science; 2) do this science in the most open way possible; and 3) allow anyone who is interested to participate. And by anyone, we mean anyone! We do not care about your education, geographic location, age, or previous background with paleontology. The only requirement for joining us is that you share the goals of our project and are willing to help out in the efforts.
Is the Open Science Revolution For Real? | Wired Science | Wired.com - 0 views
Science in the Open " Blog Archive " Network Enabled Research: Maximise scale and conne... - 0 views
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Prior to all the nonsense with the Research Works Act, I had been having a discussion with Heather Morrison about licenses and Open Access and peripherally the principle of requiring specific licenses of authors. I realized then that I needed to lay out the background thinking that leads me to where I am.
PsychFileDrawer.org - An Archive of Brief Reports of Replication Attempts in Experiment... - 0 views
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Now Open for Beta Testing The website is designed to make it quick and convenient to upload reports but also to require enough detail to make the report credible and responsible.The site also provides a discussion forum for each posting, allowing users to discuss the report (potentially allowing collective brainstorming about possible moderator variables, defects in the original study or in the non-replication attempt, etc.)
Public Knowledge Project - 0 views
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research project on open access (incl. software)
The Open Dinosaur Project - 0 views
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The Open Dinosaur Project was founded to involve scientists and the public alike in developing a comprehensive database of dinosaur limb bone measurements, to investigate questions of dinosaur function and evolution. We have three major goals:1) do good science; 2) do this science in the most open way possible; and 3) allow anyone who is interested to participate. And by anyone, we mean anyone! We do not care about your education, geographic location, age, or previous background with paleontology. The only requirement for joining us is that you share the goals of our project and are willing to help out in the efforts.
Open Access Overview - 1 views
arXiv.org e-Print archive - 0 views
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Open access to 747,019 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics 29 Mar 2012: new "culturomics" arXiv analysis tool available 6 Feb 2012: January arXiv Sustainability Initiative update See cumulative "What's New" pages.
InTech - Open Science Open Minds | InTechOpen - 0 views
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InTechOpen is a leading global publisher of Journals and Books within the fields of Science, Technology and Medicine. We are the preferred choice of over 60,000 authors worldwide.